Question

【題目】 It's at this time of the year that marathon recovery, not marathon training, starts to take center stage.

Research indicates that the muscle damage from running a marathon can last up to two weeks. The research also indicates that muscle soreness(肌肉酸痛）is not a good indicator of muscular healing. In other words, just because you aren't sore anymore doesn't mean that you are fully healed. This is the danger for marathon runners: post-marathon muscular soreness fades after a few days but minor damage within the muscle cells remains. If you return to full training too soon--running more and faster than the tissues are ready for--you risk delaying full recovery and the chance to get ready for your next goal.

The solution, it appears, is to recognize (and accept) that the muscles will take a while to heal and to be prepared to take it easy for the first couple of weeks (even longer if you’re particularly sore after your marathon).While the research isn't very promising when it comes to things to do to reduce soreness and aid healing, a couple of concepts appear to help. First, providing gentle blood flow to the area helps bring healing nutrients （營養(yǎng)） into the muscles and also helps to remove waste products and damaged tissue. Walking and gentle massage(按摩）can help, particularly in the first few days after a marathon. Once muscle soreness has significantly reduced (usually two to four days after the race), light jogging can commence. Just be mindful to run very slowly.

No runner wants to get super fit and then lose that during the recovery process. But since you must reduce your training load following your marathon, it can be difficult as to how much and how soon to insert running into your post-marathon training.

【1】When should marathon runners return to full training?

A. About half a month after the competition.

B. A few days after soreness disappears.

C. Before the tissues recover completely.

D. Before the next game draws closer.

【2】How can marathon runners reduce their muscle soreness?

A. Through family care.

B. By doing gentle exercise.

C. Through medical treatment.

D. By removing damaged tissue.

【3】Which of the following best explains “commence” underlined in Paragraph 3?

A. Fit.B. Heal.

C. Start.D. Mend.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Reducing Training LoadB. Soreness with Sports

C. Healing Muscle SorenessD. Recovery after Marathon

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。這篇文章介紹的是“馬拉松之后的恢復”。

【1】推理判斷題。根據第二段第一句Research indicates that the muscle damage from running a marathon can last up to two weeks.“研究表明，跑馬拉松造成的肌肉損傷可以持續(xù)兩周。”由此可知，馬拉松運動員應該在大約半月之后恢復全面訓練。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段中First, providing gentle blood flow to the area helps bring healing nutrients （營養(yǎng)） into the muscles and also helps to remove waste products and damaged tissue. Walking and gentle massage(按摩）can help, particularly in the first few days after a marathon.“首先，為該區(qū)域提供溫和的血液流動，有助于將愈合的營養(yǎng)帶入肌肉，也有助于清除廢物和受損組織。散步和輕柔的按摩會有幫助，尤其是在馬拉松比賽后的頭幾天。”可知，馬拉松運動員通過做一些溫和的運動來減輕肌肉酸痛。故選B。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據第三段最后一句Just be mindful to run very slowly.“只是要注意跑得很慢。”可知，一旦肌肉酸痛明顯減輕(通常在比賽后兩到四天)，可以開始輕度慢跑。由此推知劃線詞的意思是“開始”。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據第一段It's at this time of the year that marathon recovery, not marathon training, starts to take center stage.“每年的這個時候，馬拉松恢復，而不是馬拉松訓練，開始成為人們關注的焦點。”可知這篇文章講述的是“馬拉松之后的恢復”。故選D。

做詞義猜測題時，我們要特別注意熟詞生義，切不可脫離語境想當然。在句子或段落中，我們可以利用熟悉的詞語，根據語言環(huán)境所表示的關系推斷生詞詞義，尤其要重視劃線詞前后的內容。本題第3小題，根據第三段最后一句Just be mindful to run very slowly.“只是要注意跑得很慢。”可知，一旦肌肉酸痛明顯減輕(通常在比賽后兩到四天)，可以開始輕度慢跑。由此推知劃線詞的意思是“開始”。故選C。