Question

   When Pheidippides left school,he was proud 1. (serve) in the Athenian army. A famous battle was fought on the plain of Marathon. Finally their enemy knew 2. their arrows were not strong enough and they ran back to their ships. The Greeks won 3. battle.

   The soldiers were very happy,and they wanted to tell their people about the battle. 4.(sudden) Pheidippides decided that he must carry the good news to the people in Athens. So he 5.(start) running towards the city.

   He seemed to have wings on his feet. He was running 6. (fast) than ever before in his life.He never stopped to think about the distance to Athens,7. was over 20 miles away from Marathon. The brave soldier didn’t stop 8.(run) until he reached the market place in Athens.9. his last breath he shouted,uThe battle is over and Greece is safe!” and he fell dead.

   Pheidippides had run the longest race and he became a Greek hero. Even today,the longest distance run in the Olympic Games 10.(call) the Marathon.

Answer 1

1. to serve。考查不定式作状语的用 法。be proud to do sth.意为“以做某事而自豪”。

2. that。考查连接词。设空处引导宾 语从句且从句意义及成分均完整， 故填that。

3. the。考查定冠词。battle在这里是 第二次提到，故其前用the。

4. Suddenly。考查副词。设空处修饰 整个句子，故用副词形式。

5. started。考查一般过去时。由上下可知，start表示的是过去发生的 动作，故填started。

6. faster。考查副词的比较级。由 than可知，应填fast的比较级。

7. which。考查关系词。设空处引导 非限制性定语从句修饰distance ,故 填 which。

8. running。考查动词-ing形式作宾语 的用法。此处意为“停止一直在做 的事”,故用动词-ing形式。

9. With。考查介词。

With his last breath意为“用他的最后一口气”。

10. is called。考查一般现在时的被动 语态。由today可知应用一般现 在时，且run与call之间是被动关 系，故填 is called。