专题11 中国马拉松赛事蓬勃发展 -2024届高考英语时文阅读与强化练习

2024年高考英语时文阅读专项 专题11 Ⅰ.中国马拉松比赛蓬勃发展 Ⅱ.中国女裁判创造历史 Ш.我的自驾流浪之旅 【原文·外刊阅读】 Road race events thrive through integrity and fairness The number of road race participants has hit new highs across China since March of this year. Nearly 500,000 runners took part in over 50 marathon races on the weekend of April 20, and more events are expected to fuel the marathon craze amid an evolving running trend.  In an effort to tighten up supervision of the athletics events and maintain fairplay in athletics competitions, the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) released new regulations for national athletic event discipline management through its official Weibo account on Tuesday. The regulations came after an incident at Beijing Half Marathon sparked uproar last week. On Friday, He Jie, winner of the event, and three African pace setters who finished as runners-up, were all stripped of their awards, medals and prize for violating the rules of the competition. While event organizers are vying to entice maximum participation with their packages of benefits, ensuring a safe, fair, and orderly competition environment is key to maintain the vitality and passion for road races. Given the abundant choices of current road races across the country, runners have encountered "sweet dilemmas" when making decisions. About 25,000 people participated to the Qingdao Marathon in East China's Shandong Province, while the Shanghai Half Marathon, one of the World Athletics Gold Label Road Races, saw 15,000 participants on April 21.  The Wuxi Marathon in East China's Jiangsu Province held on March 24 saw a record registration number of over 260,000 people. During the race, He Jie broke the men's national marathon record with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 57 seconds. Whether it is in large cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, or in smaller cities such as Wuxi and Pu'er in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, the abundance of running events reflects people's constantly increasing health awareness and ma