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UNIT 2 课时检测(一) “Reading”的课文习读环节
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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My First Marathon (马拉松)
A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school.In my first PE class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball.I didn't do either well.He later informed me that I was “not athletic”.
The idea that I was “not athletic” stuck with me for years.When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic.It was all about the battle against my own body and mind.A test of wills!
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line.I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoelaces (鞋带) became untied.So I stopped to readjust.Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign:“GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!”
By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly.Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was starving!
As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign.She is my biggest fan.She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish.But I finished!And I got a medal.In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels (世俗标签), I can now call myself a “marathon winner”.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者不畏艰难,挑战自我,坚持跑完马拉松,实现了一次从自我砥砺到自我认知的人生“长跑”的励志故事。
1.A month before the marathon, the author ________.
A.was well trained B.felt scared
C.made up his mind to run D.lost hope
解析:选C 细节理解题。由第一段第二句“Yet, I was determined to go ahead.”并结合第一句中的“leaving me only two weeks to train”可知,虽然作者在马拉松比赛前一个月脚踝受伤需休息两周,但他决心在仅剩的两周训练时间里继续前行,去