1.At a young age,Patti Wilson was told by her doctor that she was an epileptic(a person with a serious brain disease).Her father is a morning jogger.One day she said:"Daddy,I'd love to run with you every day."After a few weeks of running,she told her father:"Daddy,I'd love to break the world's long-distance running record for women."
Her father checked and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80miles(129km).As a new student in high school,Patti announced:"I'm going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(a distance of 644km).""For the second year,"she went on:"I'm going to run to Portland,Oregon(2,414km).As a junior I'll run to St Louis(about 32.18km).As a senior I'11run to the White House(more than 4,800km away)."
Patti was regarded ambitious(有抱负的)because of her epilepsy,but she said she looked at it simply as"an inconvenience".That year she completed her run to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that read:"I love Epileptics."Her dad ran every mile by her side.In her second year,Patti's classmates got behind her.They built a giant poster that read:"Run,Patti,Run"She completed the run to Portland with a fractured bone(骨折)in her foot.After four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast,Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States.
Because of her great efforts,enough money was raised to open up 19 epileptic centers around the country."I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives."Patti said.
33.The phrase"morning jogger"in Paragraph I means a personB.
A.who eats breakfast quite early
B.who runs in the morning
C.who gets up early in the morning
D.who reads aloud in the morning
34.When did Patti decide to break the world's long-distance running record for women'?A
A.After she ran with her father for a few weeks.
B.After she completed her run to San Francisco.
C.When she knew she was an epileptic.
D.When she was in her second year of college.
35.What happened during Patti's second year of running?A
A.She overcame(克服)the pain in her foot and achieved success.
B.She fractured a bone in her foot and couldn't run from then on.
C.She was forced to stop running because of the pain in her foot.
D.She did so well in the run that the president shook hands with her.
36.What was Patti's attitude(态度)towards life?D
A.She was proud because of her serious brain disease.
B.She expected other people to have pity on her.
C.She refused to let others know that she was epileptic.
D.She believed people with epilepsy could do what others could do.
分析 在年轻的时候,佩蒂威尔逊被医生告知她是一名癫痫患者(有严重脑部疾病的人).她的父亲是一个在早晨慢跑的人.有一天,她说:"爸爸,我想每天和你在一起跑步."跑了几周后,她告诉她的父亲:"爸爸,我想打破女子世界长跑记录."
她父亲查找之后发现女人跑的最远的是80miles(129km).作为一名高中的新学生佩蒂说:"我要从奥兰治县 跑到旧金山(距离644km).""第二年,"她继续说:"我要跑到俄勒冈的波特兰(2414km).作为一个初级跑步者的我会跑到圣路易斯(约32.18km).作为一名资深的跑步者我会跑到白宫(超过4800公里远)."
佩蒂因为有癫痫病所以被视作雄心勃勃,但她说她仅仅将它看作"不便".那一年,她跑去旧金山,穿了一件T恤衫上写着:"我爱癫痫."她爸爸每一英里都跑着守在她身边,在第二年,佩蒂的同学在她身后,他们做了一个巨大的海报,写着:"跑,佩蒂,快跑"她跑完了去波特兰的路,脚骨折了.经过四个月从西海岸到东海岸的跑步的路程.佩蒂抵达华盛顿,和美国总统握手.
由于她的努力,筹集了足够的钱去在全国开办癫痫病患者中心."我希望人们知道癫痫病患者是有正常生活的人."佩蒂说.
解答 33.答案:B.词义辨析题;根据Her father is a morning jogger.One day she said:"Daddy,I'd love to run with you every day并联系词义可知morning jogger是指在早上慢跑的人,故选B.
34.答案:A.细节理解题;根据After a few weeks of running,she told her father:"Daddy,I'd love to break the world's long-distance running record for women."可知她是和她的爸爸跑了几周后决定去打破记录,故选A.
35.答案:A.细节理解题;根据She completed the run to Portland with a fractured bone(骨折)in her foot.After four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast,Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States可知第二年她跑步的过程中脚骨折了,但是克服了脚伤,并跑完了全程获得了成功,故选A.
36.答案:D.细节理解题;根据"I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives."Patti said.可知她希望人们知道癫痫病患者是有正常生活的人,也就是有癫痫病的人也能做别人能做的事,故选D.
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