Question

While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.

The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.

I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I'm not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.

But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.

No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout "Come on, you can do it! " and he did.

A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.

In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog.

1.From the passage we can learn that the young man         .

A．made his turn to start back pitifully

B．was skillful in freestyle in the game

C．swam faster than the average swimmer

D．was not capable enough to win the medal

2.The crowd changed their attitudes because ________.

A．they felt sorry for the young man

B．they were moved by the young man

C．they wanted to show their sympathy

D．they meant to please the young man

3.According to the passage, "it is nice to watch an underdog" probably means _______.

A．it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills

B．it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself

C．it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors

D．it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Compete for Gold!                      B．Try again!

C．Break a Record!                        D．Go for it!

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者在觀看奧運(yùn)會(huì)的一天晚上，作者遇到了一個(gè)令人難以置信的一幕。這不是金牌，或破一項(xiàng)世界紀(jì)錄，而是勇氣表演。這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)是游泳比賽，由于一些隊(duì)員作弊故意在開(kāi)始時(shí)犯錯(cuò)誤，被取消比賽資格。觀眾對(duì)此意見(jiàn)很大，后來(lái)看見(jiàn)一個(gè)游泳特別慢的參賽隊(duì)員，在努力地向前沖，觀眾被這個(gè)年輕人感動(dòng)了，因此改變了他們的嘲笑態(tài)度，轉(zhuǎn)而為他喝彩。

1.推理判斷題。依據(jù)第四段可知the young man并非往回游很痛苦，而是整個(gè)過(guò)程都很痛苦；B項(xiàng)敘述錯(cuò)誤，依據(jù)When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle．可知，他的游姿不對(duì)，并非擅長(zhǎng)自由泳；C項(xiàng)：由第七段可知，他比別人慢得多。依第三段this was not exactly medal quality可知D項(xiàng)正確。這個(gè)人實(shí)力不夠拿金牌，他的速度比平均水平還慢一分多鐘。故選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章的敘述可知，觀眾被這個(gè)年輕人感動(dòng)了，因此改變了他們的嘲笑態(tài)度，轉(zhuǎn)而為他喝彩。故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。某些運(yùn)動(dòng)員認(rèn)為被騙取了金牌，因而在對(duì)手面前很自豪地摘掉銀牌（以示不滿(mǎn)），與這種現(xiàn)象相比，這個(gè)年輕人挑戰(zhàn)自己的勇氣是多么令人驚嘆��！underdog的本意是 “輸家”? 這里指一個(gè)沒(méi)有實(shí)力的人挑戰(zhàn)自我，故選B。

4.標(biāo)題歸納題。本文講述的例子旨在證明人應(yīng)該努力挑戰(zhàn)自己，全力以赴，并非是努力獲得金牌，也非再試一次，更不是破紀(jì)錄。“Go for it!”表全力以赴之意，符合本文的思想。故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類(lèi)短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：標(biāo)題歸納題時(shí)還要遵循三個(gè)原則，即注意題的醒目性、概括性和針對(duì)性。醒目性——我們所判斷的標(biāo)題如果放在文章的最前面，應(yīng)該能使讀者一看到標(biāo)題就對(duì)其內(nèi)容發(fā)生興趣，即，吸引讀者的眼球；概括性——指標(biāo)題應(yīng)最大限度地覆蓋全文，囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容，體現(xiàn)文章的主題；針對(duì)性——我們所選的標(biāo)題不能偏題，必須指向具體文意，因此也應(yīng)具備強(qiáng)烈的針對(duì)性。