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2019 高考英语复习 阅读理解
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Cheating Isn’t Winning
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1. How much do you know about the marathon race? Do you want to run a marathon if possible?
The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy. The marathon has an official distance of 42.195 kilometres. The name “Marathon” comes from the legend of Philippides or Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens (雅典) to announce that the Persians (波斯人) had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.
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A total of 258 runners were caught cheating during the race. Among them 237 runners took shortcuts. Organizers say they would have run two or three kilometers less than the full 21-kilometre distance.
2. Have you heard the news about the massive cheating behavior in Shenzhen’s half-marathon race last month? What do you think of this behavior?
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Leo Durocher was a tough, American professional baseball player and manager who① wasn’t above② breaking a few rules if③ it meant winning a game.
who在这个句子中引导了一个定语从句,对先行词baseball player and manager进行修饰限定。。
not be above (doing) sth.是一个固定搭配,意思是“没有好/诚实到不做某事”。这里可以理解为“不惜做某事”。
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if在这个句子中引导了一个条件状语从句。
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In business, there was the melamine scandal in 2008, where① a company tried to increase its profits by adding a poisonous chemical to its baby formula.
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关系副词where在这个句子中引导了一个定语从句,对先行词scandal进行补充说明。我们都知道,where引导的定语从句的先行词大多数情况下是表示地点的名词。但where也常用来修饰point、situation、scene、condition、case等表示情况、处境的抽象名词。scandal在这个句子中是对2008年“毒奶粉”事件情况的概括,因而后面的引导词用了where。
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1. I was ________ enough to obtain a research studentship at Princeton.
2. This is a(n) ________ book for people looking to start a professional speaking career.
3. Sam’s arrival ________ the ice at the party and people began to talk and laugh.
4. Despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to ________ normally.
5. They might be hiring more people but nothing has been ________ yet.
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