Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (馬拉松冠軍), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”      Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don't think that—although I can't put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小題1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her       .
A．develop respect for Liz.B．love people around her more.
C．rest for five months.D．face criticism calmly.
小題2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.
B．Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.
C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.
D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.
小題3:By saying “I can't put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure        .
A．if she has the ability to set a new world record.
B．if she can win another race though she has won many times.
C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record.
D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times.
小題4:What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?
A．Practice makes perfect.B．Well begun is half done.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.D．Where there is a will there is a way.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文講述了著名的馬拉松運(yùn)動(dòng)員Radcliffe不顧困難，創(chuàng)造出屬于自己的成績(jī)的故事，告訴我們要有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行“Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.” “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”說明現(xiàn)在的她更能平靜地面對(duì)別人的批評(píng)，這讓她更為強(qiáng)大，故D正確。
小題2:B 推理題。根據(jù)Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”她說在紐約她并沒有處在自己的最佳狀態(tài)，說明那個(gè)時(shí)候她還沒有從過去恢復(fù)過來，所以才會(huì)沒有處于最佳的狀態(tài)。故B正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)上一段However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.說明這里的I can't put a number on it,是指創(chuàng)造世界紀(jì)錄的話題，故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:D 推理題。本文講述了著名的馬拉松運(yùn)動(dòng)員Radcliffe不顧困難，創(chuàng)造出屬于自己的成績(jī)的故事，告訴我們要有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文內(nèi)容較為抽象，考生要細(xì)細(xì)閱讀文章才可以理解大意，考生讀懂文章中的每個(gè)句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測(cè)出未知部分－推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評(píng)論，把自己的觀點(diǎn)當(dāng)成作者的觀點(diǎn)。
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always proud of my success. If I won a spelling contest(競(jìng)賽) at school, he was on top of the world. Later in life whenever I got a promotion(提升), I'd call my father right away and he'd rush out to tell all his friends. In 1970,when I was named president of the Ford Motor Company, I don't know which of us was more excited.
Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their feelings and their loves not only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would never hug(擁抱) their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity for nothing could have felt more natural.
He was a curious man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle. Unfortunately, my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well. He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels.
Because of that motorcycle, I wasn't allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other hand, my father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen.
小題1:I hugged and kissed my father at every opportunity,______.
A．even though I hated to do so
B．because I was told to do so by my mother
C．a(chǎn)s I was named president of the Ford Motor company
D．for I felt it quite natural to do so
小題2:My father trusted no vehicle with less than four wheels because _____.
A．he did not like the way I always borrowed bicycles from friends
B．he thought that cars were faster than motorcycles
C．he liked every new model made by the Ford Motor company
D．he had trouble in riding his motorcycle
小題3:Which of the following statements shows that my father was a curious man?
A．I wasn't allowed to have a car when I was growing up.
B．He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.
C．He was always proud of my success.
D．He was very open with his feelings and his love.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．My father loved his motorcycle. He rode through the dirty streets of Allentown every day.
B．I was not allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up, but when I was just 16 I was allowed to drive a car.
C．My father was always proud of what I did. He was very pleased when I won a spelling contest at school.
D．My father bought a motorcycle, but got rid of it because he fell off it so often.

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