Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years    16   , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    17   , began to believe he might    18    this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954,when Bannister knew he had a    19    chance. Bannister had been    20    hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real    21    to him. Describing the    22    later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I    23    for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved    24    now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fried. My legs    25    to meet no resistance, as if I was    26    forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful    27    gave me greater strength. I felt the    28   of a lifetime had come.”

“I was driven on by a    29    of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy    30    it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they    31    could have done in previous years. When I leapt at(冲向) the    32    tape, I fell, almost    33   .”

“I know I had done it, ever before I    34    the time. The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile… Time, three minutes…’ the rest was    35    in the noise of excitement.”

If you come across a key new word in your reading comprehension, you can        this dictionary.

       A. turn to                     B. consult              C. refer to             D. All of the above

―― your help, we couldn’t have finished our task in time.

       A. But for              B. Otherwise          C. As for               D. As was the case

 As a teacher, we must        the party’s cause of education.

       A. insist on            B. stick to              C. lead to        D. keep up

When I visited her, she was        in writing a speech on AIDS prevention.

       A. occupied           B. taken up            C. absorbing          D. devoted

 He spoke in a loud voice in order to make himself       .

       A. hear           B. hearing              C. heard                D. to be heard

―― everybody is here, let’s begin our meeting.

A. For            B. Now that           C. On condition that        D. For fear that

He came to classroom, only        nobody in.

       A. found                B. finding                     C. find                  D. to find

When judging your examination, I will        your recent illness into consideration.

       A. make                B. give                      C. take                  D. find

Homework       , he went to bed at 12:00 in the night.

       A. finished             B. was finished             C. being finished           D. to be finished