Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose(昏迷) for two months and with permanent brain injuries, Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on September 10 in Beijing, Buchan, at 52, the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3,000-meter cycling pursuit.
“You can be very upset at the world and have everyone take care of you,” Buchan said by telephone from Beijing, “or get back on your feet again.”
Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at age 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Games. She became a top American cyclist by July 1982, when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time; her accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard-shell helmets that are now common.
Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, where she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women’s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet, so Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia — she finished 9th and 10th in two races — and then successfully fought for a separate women’s cycling program beginning in 2004 in Athens, where she did not get a medal.
Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States Paralympic team for Beijing — where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.
“Barbara’s almost the leader of our team — she’s been through it all,” said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. “She’s never retired. She’s never let her body go and then come back. I don’t think age is as big of a deal as people make it out to be.”
小題1:According to the passage, after the accident,  ____________.
A.Buchan asked her friends to take care of her
B.cyclists started to wear helmets in competition
C.Buchan could not answer questions correctly
D.doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life
小題2:What’s the right order of the events related to Buchan?
a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.
b. She became a top American cyclist.
c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.
d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.
e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.
A.c-d-b-a-eB.b-c-d-a-eC.b-d-c-e-aD.c-b-d-e-a
小題3:What does the underlined phrase get back on your feet in the second paragraph mean?
A.rise to your feetB.walk on your way
C.go beyond yourselfD.depend on yourself
小題4:Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A.The Making of a HeroB.From a Loser to a Winner
C.All Roads Lead to RomeD.Health is Better than Wealth

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A  

試題分析:本文講述的是殘奧會(huì)冠軍Barbara Buchan 的經(jīng)歷,在車禍中殘疾的她沒有消沉,而是通過自己的努力取得了巨大的成就。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二句的內(nèi)容left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive.可得出此答案D。
小題2:排序題。根據(jù)文中提供的信息可知,Barbara Buchan 所經(jīng)歷的事情的先后順序?yàn)?①She became a top American cyclist (by July 1982).②She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.③She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.④She took part in a cycling program in Athens (in 2004).⑤She won a gold medal in Beijing (in 2008)。因此可判斷答案為C。
小題3:句意猜測(cè)題。該短語所在的語境為:你可能會(huì)非常沮喪并讓別人來照顧你,或者依靠自己, 重新振作起來。故D 項(xiàng)合適。
小題4:主旨大意題。本文講述的是殘奧會(huì)冠軍Barbara Buchan 的經(jīng)歷,用The Making of a Hero 作文章的題目非常貼切。選A  
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找,對(duì)于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題,要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同,常犯錯(cuò)誤有:絕對(duì)化語言,范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小,以偏概全,張冠李戴等。帶著問題,再讀全文,找出答題所需要的依據(jù),完成閱讀。
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