Getting to the top is hard enough but staying there is an even greater challenge. And so it could be argued that the 10th World Championship 400m victory by Tonique Williams Darling is even more remarkable than when she struck Olympic gold in 2004.

   Coming off the final turn the 27-year-old from the Bahamas held off the attack of both Sanya Richards (USA) and the former World champion Ana Guevara of Mexico displaying a hunger that permanent champions must have.

"I would say that being able to pull off the Olympic title and then come back a year later and pull off the World Championship title has just been a miler coaster (过山车) experience for me," she revealed. "It's really an historical moment for me and for the Bahamas, just to be able to do something like this. And so I feel really humbled and grateful and just overjoyed right now."

   "It is not an easy experience. I will tell you, definitely, that in the off-season it was just a struggle to go out there every day and practice because coming off the top races and after the Olympics experience you are just kind of worn out mentally. It's not even physical. So you just go with the season, and work through it, and by the time, like two weeks away from this competition, I was hungry again and ready to be competitive."

   Williams Darling credits a support group of friends and family, her husband, Bahamian 400m runner Denis Darling, with keeping her grounded when the natural tendency would be to celebrate and then rest on one's laurels (桂冠，荣誉), Most importantly she credits her Christian faith.

   "My life has changed a little bit (since winning the Olympics) but as far as the competition and training it hasn't changed that much,' she declares. "One thing I have tried to do is to train like I have never won anything before. And I think that it was achieved because I could have been lackadaisical (无精打采的) and blown off the season or whatever. I just stayed in there and knew that everybody else was coming after me. That really helped me to stay motivated this season."

46. The underlined words "credit' in paragraph 5 probably means

    A. believe somebody

    B. add money to the bank

    C. attributes her success to those who have supported her

    D. record, payment of money

47. Who won the gold medal of the 400m at the 9th World Championship?

    A. Denis Darling.                         B. Sanya Richards.

    C. Tonique Williams Darling.                D. Ana Guevara.

48. According to the passage we can infer that _________.

    A. the 10th World Championship was held in 2005.

    B. Tonique Williams Darling's husband was her coach.

    C. Denis Darling used to be a winner of the 400m of the Olympics

    D. Sanya Richards only won at the .10~ World Championship

49. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. Tonique Williams Darling was retired after the 10' World Championship.

    B. Tonique Williams Darling believed that SomeOne would catch up with her if she'         did not stay motivated and train hard enough.

    C. Tonique Williams Darling got to the top because she Was hungry before a competition.

    D. According to Tonique Williams Darling, the Olympic title was less important than         the World Championship title.                  

50. Which is the most probable title of the passage?

    A. The harder you work, the more you'll get.

    B. An athlete's successful story.

    C. The higher top you get, the greater challenge you'll meet.

    D. Do your best, and you are sure to be the top.

第二部分  语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节  完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A sudden large increase in interest in reading among children is preventing them from suffering accidents, British researchers say.

The  21  looked at the number of children attending casualty John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on weekends of Saturday, 21 June, 2003 and Saturday, 16 July this year – the   22   dates of the two most recent Harry Potter books, The Order of the Phoenix and The Half-Blood Prince.

     They found that only 36 and 37 kids respectively needed treatment   23   with an average of 67 children on "normal" weekends.

     The doctors said while   24    did keep children away from dangerous games, it could lead to a    25   in obesity.

     The authors of the study suggested that   26   more book reading might be a   27   way to combat childhood accidents.

     "It may be hypothesized (假设）that there is a place for a committee of safety conscious, and talented writers who could produce high quality books for the   28   of injury prevention," they wrote in the British Medical Journal.

      However they acknowledged there could be a downside to a strategy that seeks to turn

  29  children into bookworms.

  30   problems could include "an unpredictable increase in childhood obesity, ( 肥胖症 )，rickets （ 软骨病 ）and loss of cardiovascular fitness ( 心血管病 ).

21. A. researchers            B. writers                      C. parents               D. doctors

22. A. open                 B. launch               C. show                D. publish

23. A. dealt                 B. interfere             C. compared             D. meet

24. A. reading               B. fighting              C. playing              D. seeing

25. A. high                 B. growth              C. behavior             D. condition

26. A. increasing             B. improving            C. urging               D. encouraging

27. A. useful                B. careful              C. delightful             D. thoughtful

28. A. object                B. purpose              C. principle             D. attention

29. A. beautiful              B. small                C. honest               D. active

30. A. Likely                B. Forgetful            C. Potential             D. Suitable

Sonny was the only one of the students who ___ late for class.

A. is   B. was   C. are    D. were

Our city has changed a great deal,It doesn’t even resemble ___.

A. the one of three years ago   B. one three years ago   C. the one since three years  D. one from three years

Many people agree that ___ knowledge of English is a must in ___ internationsl trade today.

A. a;/   B. the;an    C. the; the   D. /; the

They wanted to get paid before the Spring Festival, but it didn't quite ________ as planned．

A．make out        B．go on       C．turn out   D．come up

 Most of my friends will go hiking next Sunday. The rest ______ to see a new film.

   A. has           B. have          C. are            D. is

I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life_____ so happy.

  A. did I feel   B. I felt    C. I had felt    D. had I felt

A new study says one part of the human brain may become smaller as the result of a condition known as jet lag. Jet lag results from flying long distances in an airplane. People with jet lag may feel extremely tired for several days. They may also have problems thinking clearly and remembering.

Recently a researcher at the University of Bristol in Britain reported the findings of his jet lag study, which involved twenty young women who worked for international airlines. They had served passengers on airplanes for five years. These flight attendants flew across many countries and at least seven time zones. In the study, the flight attendants had different amounts of time to recover from jet lag. Half the women spent five days or fewer in their home areas between long flights The other half spent more than fourteen days in their home areas.

The researcher took some saliva from the women's mouths to measure levels of a hormone(荷尔蒙) that increases during stress (紧张). He tested them to see if they could remember where black spots appeared on a computer screen. And he took pictures of their brains to measure the size of the brain's temporal lobes (脑叶).

It was found that the women who had less time between flights had smaller right temporal lobes. This area of the brain deals with recognizing and remembering what is seen. The same group performed worse and had slower reaction times on the visual memory test. And their saliva samples showed higher levels of stress hormones.

The researcher believes the brain needs at least ten days to recover after a long trip. He says airline workers told him their ability to remember got worse after working on planes for about four years. Other studies have shown that increased feelings of stress can cause a loss of cells in the part of the brain that controls memory.

Scientists say more tests are needed to study the effects of jet lag on the brain. They want to find out if too much jet lag could permanently (永久性的) affect memory.

According to the text, jet lag _________.

A. can cause difficulties in speaking

B. can make people feel tired for a few weeks

C. can be only found in flight attendants

D. can be caused by flying over several time zones

It can be inferred from the text that _________.

A. the conclusion is refused by many scientists

B. scientists fear that this research is not done properly

C. every scientific conclusion needs the support from many tests

D. the women who were examined in the research were not healthy

From the result of the research we can see that _________.

A. the women who have longer rest at home show better memory

B. the women who fly in short time have smaller right temporal lobes

C. the women who have longer flights fail the memory test

D. the women who rest more than 14 days produce less hormones

What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The cause of jet lag.      B. A story of a group of flight attendants.

C. The importance of having enough rest after flights.

D. A research about the effects of jet lag on the brain.

. I appreciated ____ the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.

having been given            B. having given        

to have been given            D. to be given