1.At a young age,Patti Wilson was told by her doctor that she was an epileptic(a person with a serious brain disease).Her father is a morning jogger.One day she said:"Daddy,I'd love to run with you every day."After a few weeks of running,she told her father:"Daddy,I'd love to break the world's long-distance running record for women."
Her father checked and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80miles(129km).As a new student in high school,Patti announced:"I'm going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(a distance of 644km).""For the second year,"she went on:"I'm going to run to Portland,Oregon(2,414km).As a junior I'll run to St Louis(about 32.18km).As a senior I'11run to the White House(more than 4,800km away)."
Patti was regarded ambitious(有抱負(fù)的)because of her epilepsy,but she said she looked at it simply as"an inconvenience".That year she completed her run to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that read:"I love Epileptics."Her dad ran every mile by her side.In her second year,Patti's classmates got behind her.They built a giant poster that read:"Run,Patti,Run"She completed the run to Portland with a fractured bone(骨折)in her foot.After four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast,Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States.
Because of her great efforts,enough money was raised to open up 19 epileptic centers around the country."I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives."Patti said.
33.The phrase"morning jogger"in Paragraph I means a personB.
A.who eats breakfast quite early
B.who runs in the morning
C.who gets up early in the morning
D.who reads aloud in the morning
34.When did Patti decide to break the world's long-distance running record for women'?A
A.After she ran with her father for a few weeks.
B.After she completed her run to San Francisco.
C.When she knew she was an epileptic.
D.When she was in her second year of college.
35.What happened during Patti's second year of running?A
A.She overcame(克服)the pain in her foot and achieved success.
B.She fractured a bone in her foot and couldn't run from then on.
C.She was forced to stop running because of the pain in her foot.
D.She did so well in the run that the president shook hands with her.
36.What was Patti's attitude(態(tài)度)towards life?D
A.She was proud because of her serious brain disease.
B.She expected other people to have pity on her.
C.She refused to let others know that she was epileptic.
D.She believed people with epilepsy could do what others could do.
分析 在年輕的時候,佩蒂威爾遜被醫(yī)生告知她是一名癲癇患者(有嚴(yán)重腦部疾病的人).她的父親是一個在早晨慢跑的人.有一天,她說:"爸爸,我想每天和你在一起跑步."跑了幾周后,她告訴她的父親:"爸爸,我想打破女子世界長跑記錄."
她父親查找之后發(fā)現(xiàn)女人跑的最遠(yuǎn)的是80miles(129km).作為一名高中的新學(xué)生佩蒂說:"我要從奧蘭治縣 跑到舊金山(距離644km).""第二年,"她繼續(xù)說:"我要跑到俄勒岡的波特蘭(2414km).作為一個初級跑步者的我會跑到圣路易斯(約32.18km).作為一名資深的跑步者我會跑到白宮(超過4800公里遠(yuǎn))."
佩蒂因為有癲癇病所以被視作雄心勃勃,但她說她僅僅將它看作"不便".那一年,她跑去舊金山,穿了一件T恤衫上寫著:"我愛癲癇."她爸爸每一英里都跑著守在她身邊,在第二年,佩蒂的同學(xué)在她身后,他們做了一個巨大的海報,寫著:"跑,佩蒂,快跑"她跑完了去波特蘭的路,腳骨折了.經(jīng)過四個月從西海岸到東海岸的跑步的路程.佩蒂抵達(dá)華盛頓,和美國總統(tǒng)握手.
由于她的努力,籌集了足夠的錢去在全國開辦癲癇病患者中心."我希望人們知道癲癇病患者是有正常生活的人."佩蒂說.
解答 33.答案:B.詞義辨析題;根據(jù)Her father is a morning jogger.One day she said:"Daddy,I'd love to run with you every day并聯(lián)系詞義可知morning jogger是指在早上慢跑的人,故選B.
34.答案:A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)After a few weeks of running,she told her father:"Daddy,I'd love to break the world's long-distance running record for women."可知她是和她的爸爸跑了幾周后決定去打破記錄,故選A.
35.答案:A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)She completed the run to Portland with a fractured bone(骨折)in her foot.After four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast,Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States可知第二年她跑步的過程中腳骨折了,但是克服了腳傷,并跑完了全程獲得了成功,故選A.
36.答案:D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)"I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives."Patti said.可知她希望人們知道癲癇病患者是有正常生活的人,也就是有癲癇病的人也能做別人能做的事,故選D.
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