Question

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years
1，the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English
2, began to believe he might3this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a4chance. Bannister had been5hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real6
to him.Describing the7later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I8for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved9now.This was the moment when I made my decision.
“The gun fired.My legs10to meet no resistance,as if I was11forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful12gave me greater strength.I felt the13of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a14of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy15it 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 they16could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(沖向) the17tape,I fell,almost18.”
“I knew I had done it,even before I19the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was20in the noise of excitement.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      passed along
   2. B.
      passed down
   3. C.
      went by
   4. D.
      went over
2. 2.
   1. A.
      coach
   2. B.
      athlete
   3. C.
      captain
   4. D.
      judge
3. 3.
   1. A.
      defeat
   2. B.
      move
   3. C.
      beat
   4. D.
      break
4. 4.
   1. A.
      real
   2. B.
      lucky
   3. C.
      serious
   4. D.
      false
5. 5.
   1. A.
      competing
   2. B.
      training
   3. C.
      fighting
   4. D.
      attending
6. 6.
   1. A.
      eagerness
   2. B.
      pleasure
   3. C.
      relief
   4. D.
      worry
7. 7.
   1. A.
      accident
   2. B.
      event
   3. C.
      issue
   4. D.
      topic
8. 8.
   1. A.
      did up
   2. B.
      made up
   3. C.
      put up
   4. D.
      lined up
9. 9.
   1. A.
      safely
   2. B.
      heavily
   3. C.
      thinly
   4. D.
      gently
10. 10.
    1. A.
       seemed
    2. B.
       used
    3. C.
       happened
    4. D.
       had
11. 11.
    1. A.
       dragged
    2. B.
       drawn
    3. C.
       pulled
    4. D.
       pushed
12. 12.
    1. A.
       mass
    2. B.
       residents
    3. C.
       crowd
    4. D.
       team
13. 13.
    1. A.
       moment
    2. B.
       period
    3. C.
       while
    4. D.
       date
14. 14.
    1. A.
       concentration
    2. B.
       collection
    3. C.
       combination
    4. D.
       classification
15. 15.
    1. A.
       so
    2. B.
       but
    3. C.
       or
    4. D.
       as
16. 16.
    1. A.
       never
    2. B.
       ever
    3. C.
       even
    4. D.
       still
17. 17.
    1. A.
       starting
    2. B.
       lasting
    3. C.
       finishing
    4. D.
       running
18. 18.
    1. A.
       unconcerned
    2. B.
       unconscious
    3. C.
       unknown
    4. D.
       unnoticed
19. 19.
    1. A.
       offered
    2. B.
       told
    3. C.
       announced
    4. D.
       heard
20. 20.
    1. A.
       stuck
    2. B.
       involved
    3. C.
       lost
    4. D.
       spread

Answer 1

CBDAB DBDDA DCACB ACBDC
1.答案：C
解析：go by 意為“(時(shí)間)經(jīng)過(guò)”，as years passed by表示“隨著許多年過(guò)去”。pass along意為“沿……走,路過(guò)”；pass down意為“往里面走，代代相傳”；go over意為“轉(zhuǎn)變,仔細(xì)檢查,潤(rùn)色,復(fù)習(xí)”。
2.答案：B
解析：athlete意為“運(yùn)動(dòng)員”。根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可判斷出Roger Bannister是一位英國(guó)年輕的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)員。coach意為“教練”；captain意為“隊(duì)長(zhǎng)”；judge意為“裁判員”。
3.答案：D
解析：break意為“打破”，根據(jù)其賓語(yǔ)barrier可判斷出他開(kāi)始相信可以會(huì)越過(guò)這個(gè)幾乎是不可思議的障礙，故選D項(xiàng)。defeat意為“打敗(敵人)，使受挫折”；move意為“感動(dòng),鼓動(dòng),激動(dòng)；引起(人)……的興致,打動(dòng),發(fā)動(dòng)，刺激,鼓勵(lì)”；beat意為“打敗(敵人等)，勝過(guò)，超過(guò)”。
4.答案：A
解析：real意為“真正的”，根據(jù)下文中他參加測(cè)試的情況可判斷出他知道這是一次真正的機(jī)會(huì)。lucky意為“運(yùn)氣好的，僥幸的”；serious意為“嚴(yán)肅的，一本正經(jīng)的”；false意為“虛偽的，虛假的，捏造的，撒謊的，不誠(chéng)實(shí)的，錯(cuò)誤的”。
5.答案：B
解析：train意為“訓(xùn)練”，作為體育運(yùn)動(dòng)員在測(cè)試前都要參加訓(xùn)練。compete意為“比賽”；fight意為“戰(zhàn)斗，奮斗，斗爭(zhēng)”；attend意為“出席，到場(chǎng)，參加，上，到”。
6.答案：D
解析：worry意為“苦惱”。根據(jù)下文中的“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.”可判斷出由于天氣很糟糕，而引起B(yǎng)annister的苦惱。eagerness意為“渴望，殷切，熱忱，熱情”；pleasure意為“愉快，快樂(lè)，滿意，愉快的事情”；relief意為“慰藉，安慰，安心”。
7.答案：B
解析：event意為“運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目”。根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可判斷出他參加了測(cè)試，所以是在后來(lái)描述那次測(cè)試的情況。 accident意為“故障，事故，偶發(fā)事件，偶然”；issue意為“結(jié)果，結(jié)局，成績(jī)，論點(diǎn)，爭(zhēng)論問(wèn)題，商討”；topic意為“論題，題目，話題，標(biāo)題”。
8.答案：D
解析：line up意為“排隊(duì)”。根據(jù)下文中“The gun fired.”可判斷出在即將開(kāi)始測(cè)試時(shí)，運(yùn)動(dòng)員列隊(duì)在起跑線上。do up意為“束起,重新整修,收拾齊整,疲乏,包好”；make up意為“彌補(bǔ),虛構(gòu),縫制,整理,包裝,和解”；put up 意為“舉起,抬起,進(jìn)行,提供,表現(xiàn)出,建造,提名,推舉”。
9.答案：D
解析：gently意為“輕輕地”。根據(jù)句意選D項(xiàng)。safely意為“安全地,確實(shí)地”；heavily意為“很重地,沉重地”；thinly意為“稀疏地”。
10.答案：A
解析：seem意為“似乎”。根據(jù)下文中的as if可判斷出他的兩腿幾乎沒(méi)有任何阻力。use意為“用，使用，利用，應(yīng)用”；happen意為“發(fā)生”。
11.答案：D
解析：push意為“推”，因?yàn)槭窃谶M(jìn)行賽跑，所以他感覺(jué)到一種未知的力量在把他向前推進(jìn)。drag意為“拖，曳，拖動(dòng)，拖著，硬拖”；draw意為“拉，牽，曳”；pull意為“拉，拖，牽，曳”。
12.答案：C
解析：crowd意為“人群”，這里指賽場(chǎng)上的觀眾，表示觀眾的歡呼聲給了他更大的力量。mass意為“群眾，集團(tuán)”；resident意為“住戶，居民”；team意為“(運(yùn)動(dòng)比賽的)隊(duì)，團(tuán)”。
13.答案：A
解析：moment意為“片刻，瞬息”，指一生中最重要的時(shí)刻來(lái)到了。period意為“期間，階段”；while意為“一段時(shí)間，一會(huì)兒”；date意為“日期”。
14.答案：C
解析：combination意為“結(jié)合”。根據(jù)下文中的fear and pride可判斷出Bannister感到既害怕又驕傲。concentration意為“集中”；collection意為“收集，采集，集團(tuán)，收集品，珍藏”；classification 意為“選別，分等，分級(jí)，分選”。
15.答案：B
解析：but意為“但是”，比較“My body had long since used up all its energy”和“it went on running just the same”可判斷出它們是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，表示雖然身體用完了能量，但這種能量仍然像過(guò)去一樣釋放著。so意為“因此”；or意為“或，或者，還是，亦或是”；as意為“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候，因?yàn)椤薄?br>16.答案：A
解析：never意為“從來(lái)沒(méi)有”。根據(jù)上文中的“This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards”可判斷出Bannister的腿從來(lái)沒(méi)有像現(xiàn)在那么有力。ever意為“曾經(jīng)”；even意為“甚至”；still意為“還，仍是”。
17.答案：C
解析：finishing line意為“終點(diǎn)線”。根據(jù)上文中的the last few yards可判斷出Bannister沖向了終點(diǎn)線。starting line意為“起跑線”。
18.答案：B
解析：unconscious意為“失去知覺(jué)的”。根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容可判斷出Bannister以飛快的速度沖向終點(diǎn)線，摔到了，失去了知覺(jué)。unconcerned意為“漫不經(jīng)心的，不關(guān)心的，冷淡的，滿不在乎的”；unknown意為“未知的，未詳?shù)�，未被發(fā)覺(jué)的”；unnoticed 意為“不受人注意的；沒(méi)有受到注意的，不觸目的，沒(méi)人理睬的”。
19.答案：D
解析：hear意為“聽(tīng)見(jiàn)”。根據(jù)下文中的Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...可判斷出Bannister聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了自己賽跑所用的時(shí)間。offer意為“提供，提出，提議，伸出”；tell意為“告訴，吩咐”；announce意為“宣布，宣告，發(fā)表”。
20.答案：C
解析：lose意為“輸?shù)簟�；stick意為“堅(jiān)持，堅(jiān)守，忠實(shí)，不變心，不離開(kāi)，留住不動(dòng)”；involve意為“包括，涉及，引起，包含，含有……的意義”；spread意為“散布，流傳，傳播，普及”。根據(jù)句意選C項(xiàng)。