Question

Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated     ; it was just something that     came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’d have told you in all honesty that I had a better     of winning the lottery（彩票）.

The turning     came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy(化学疗法)for her cancer, and still     to run 30 miles a week. I     that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started to walk a 2-mile     around my neighborhood. Two months later, I     the whole route, running for the first time. I felt exhausted,     I felt happy.

Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few     minutes, slowly building my endurance(耐力). I didn’t need to     against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.

After continuing to     myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I     I would train for the Detroit Free Press/ Flagstar Marathon.

The race day     came and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was the final time to see what I was made of. The     ended up incredibly. I did     through the last few miles, but after my journey, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I     the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of     and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.

As John Bingham once said, “The     isn’t that I finished. The miracle(奇迹) is that I had the     to start.”

1.A. studying    B. thinking   C. running    D. teaching

2.A. never       B. always     C. usually    D. often

3.A. chance      B. belief     C. suggestion D. hope

4.A. case        B. point      C. situation  D. stage

5.A. devoted     B. applied    C. led       D. managed

6.A. figured     B. agreed     C. provedD. ordered

7.A. race       B. route      C. site      D. test

8.A. closed      B. changed   C. finished   D. considered

9.A. and          B. or      C. so     D. but

10.A. perfect      B. extra   C. actual D. basic

11.A. compete      B. take      C. rely  D. argue

12.A. treat     B. entertain   C. march  D. challenge

13.A. forced     B. decided   C. doubted  D. seemed

14.A. certainly  B. instantly   C. finally  D. regularly

15.A. moment  B. atmosphere  C. experience   D. reward

16.A. struggle    B. manage   C. get         D. look

17.A. travelled   B. moved   C. crossed       D. walked

18.A. touch      B. pride    C. humor       D. hearing

19.A. miracle  B. habit      C. view       D. way

20.A. chance    B. ability   C. idea       D. courage

Answer

1.C

2. A

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者一开始讨厌跑步，但看到得了癌症的格林太太一个星期跑30英里，于是自己也每天坚持跑步，最后竟然参加了马拉松比赛。

1.C考查动词辨析A. studying学习；B. thinking认为；C. running跑；D. teaching教；根据第一句话提到Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs故选C项。

2.A考查副词辨析A. never从不；B. always一直；C. usually通常；D. often经常；由前文的“felt lucky after escaping”及“hated”可知，跑步对作者来说从来不是件容易事，故选A。

3.A考查名词辨析A. chance 机会；B. belief信念；C. suggestion建议；D. hope希望；此处表示作者更可能会买彩票中奖，故选A，chance意为“机会”

4.B考查名词辨析A. case案件；B. point点；C. situation状况；D. stage阶段；由后文可知作者遇到格林太太后情况便有了转机。turning point意为“转折点”，为固定短语

5.D考查动词辨析A. devoted奉献；B. applied申请；C. led指导；D. managed管理；此处指尽管她生病了，但仍然一个星期跑30英里。manage to do sth“设法做成某事”，符合句意。devote to“专心致力于”；apply to“应用，运用”；lead to“导致”

6.A考查动词辨析A. figured明白；B. agreed同意；C. proved证明；D. ordered命令；作者认为格林太太一次能跑6英里，那么作者就能跑至少2英里。figure意为“认为，以为”，符合语境

7.B考查名词辨析A. race比赛；B. route路线；C. site地址；D. test检测；由第23空后的“route”及空前的“2­mile”可知此处指2英里的路程，故选B。

8.8】C考查动词辨析A. closed关；B. changed改变；C. finished完成；D. considered认为；此处指作者第一次跑完了2英里的路程，故选C

9.9】D考查连词辨析A. and并且；B. or否则；C. so因此；D. but但是；由“exhausted”和“happy”可知前后分句之间为转折关系，故选D

10.10】B考查形容词辨析A. perfect 理想的；B. extra额外的；C. actual确实；D. basic基础的；由下文讲述的作者慢慢提升耐力可知，此处表示作者每一次跑步的时间增加几分钟，故选B

11.11】A考查动词辨析A. compete完成；B. take带走；C. rely依靠；D. argue争论；由后半句“for my most important competitor was myself.”可知此处应该是说作者不用与其他的跑步者竞赛

12.12】D考查动词辨析A. treat对待；B. entertain娱乐；C. march前行；D. challenge挑战；由前文提到作者一次次地增加跑步的时间可知作者是在挑战(challenge)自己，故选D项。

13.13】B考查动词辨析A. forced强迫；B. decided决定；C. doubted怀疑； D. seemed好象；后文提到作者要去参赛，此处应该是作者的决定，故选B。

14.14】C考查副词辨析A. certainly可以；B. instantly瞬间；C. finally最后；D. regularly有规律地；由语境可知，此处指出赛的日子最后(finally)到来了。

15.15】C考查名词辨析A. moment时刻；B. atmosphere气氛；C. experience经验；D. reward奖赏；根据上文提到I 48 I would train for the Detroit Free Press/ Flagstar Marathon.，故选C项。

16.16】A考查动词辨析A. struggle努力；B. manage成功做成某事；C. get得到；D. look看；由语境可知，在最后的几英里路程上，作者的确努力了。Struggle意为“奋斗，努力”，符合语境，故选A项。

17.C考查动词辨析A. travelled旅行； B. moved移动；C. crossed穿过；D. walked走；由常识可知，比赛时我们通常说穿过终点线，故选C，cross意为“穿过”，符合语境。

18.B考查名词辨析A. touch触摸；B. pride骄傲；C. humor幽默；D. hearing听力；穿过终点线后，作者应该感到自豪(pride)，故选B。

19.A考查名词辨析A. miracle奇迹；B. habit习惯；C. view观点；D. way方法；由最后一句话中的“The miracle”可知此处意为“奇迹不是我完成了(某事)”，故选A项。

20.D考查名词辨析A. chance机会；B. ability能力；C. idea想法；D. courage勇气；此处意为“奇迹是我有勇气(courage)开始”，故选D

考点：日常生活类阅读。