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A

After

the

Summer

Olympics

are

over,

when

all

the

athletics

have

gone

home

and

the

tele

vision

audience

has

switched

off,

another

group

of

athletics

and

fans

will

arrive

at

the

ho

st

city,

and

another

competition

will

begin.

These

are

the

Paralympics,

the

games

for

athl

etes

with

a

disability.

But

in

Beijing

in

2008,

for

the

first

time,

one

of

the

greatest

paral

ympics

will

not

be

taking

part.

She

is

a

British

athlete

by

the

name

of

Tanni

Grey-Thormpson.

Born

with

spine

bifida

(

脊椎裂

)

which

left

her

paralysed

from

the

waist

down.

Tanni

used

a

wheelchair

from

the

age

of

7.

At

first,

she

was

not

keen

on

sport,

apart

from

horse-riding,

which

gave

her

a

sense

of

freedom.

But

in

her

teens,

she

started

taking

sports

more

seriously.

She

tried

s

wimming,

basketball

and

tennis.

Eventually

she

found

athletics,

and

never

looked

back.

Indeed,

Tanni’s

athletic

career

took

off.

In

1984,

when

she

was

15,

she

pulled

off

a

surpr

ise

victory

in

the

100

metres

at

the

Junior

National

Wheelchair

Games.

In

1998,

Tanni

went

to

her

first

Paralympic

Games

in

Seoul.

She

won

bronze

in

the

400

metres.

Even

greater

success

followed

at

the

1992

Barcelona

Paralympics.

Tanni

won

gol

d

in

the

100,

200,

400

and

800

metres

relay,

setting

two

world

records

in

the

process.

In

the

same

year

she

achieved

the

first

of

her

six

London

Wheelchair

Marathon

victories.

Tanni’s

enduring

success

had

been

part

motivation(

动机

),

part

preparation,

“The

training

I

do

that

enables

me

to

be

a

good

sprinter(

短跑运动员

)

enables

me

to

be

good

at

a

marath

on

too.

I

train

50

weeks

of

the

year

and

that

keeps

me

prepared

for

whatever

distance

I

want

to

see….

I

am

still

competing

at

a

very

high

lever,

but

as

I

get

older

things

get

ha

rder

and

I

want

to

retire

before

I

fall

apart.”

Indeed

Tanni

retired

finally

after

the

Visa

Paralympic

World

Cup

in

2007.

Her

wish

is

to

coach

young

athletes

for

Beijing

2008

Olympic

Games.

In

spite

of

ups

and

downs,

she

never

take

her

fate

lying

down.

In

her

splendid

life,

she

has

won

an

amazing

eleven

gold

medals,

four

silvers

and

one

bronze

in

series

of

Paralym

pics

－

a

top

level

athletic

career

covering

two

decades.

She

has

won

the

London

Wheelcha

ir

Marathon

six

times,

more

than

any

other

competitor,

and

she

has

set

over

thirty

world

records.

What

advice

does

she

have

for

y

oung

athletes?

“Work

hard

at

your

studies,

and

then

trai

n,

train

and

train

again.”

分析：

故事性较强，

< br>对学生个人成长有一定的鞭

策作用。

56.

Which

of

the

following

sports

did

Tanni

like

before

thirteen?

A.

Basketball

B.

Swimming.

C.

Tennis.

D.

Horse- riding.

正确答案为

D

。细节理解题。根据第二段中

At

first,

she

was

not

keen

on

sport,

apart

fro

m

horse- riding,

which

gave

her

a

sense

of

freedom.

一句中

“be

(not)keen

on(

不喜欢< /p>

)…”

、

“a

p art

from(

除了

…..

之外

)”

就可得出正确答案。

57.

When

did

Tanni

win

her

first

Olympic

gold

medal?

A.

In

1984.

B.

In

1988.

C.

In

1992.

D.

In

2007.

正确答案为

C

。细节理解题。结合第四段中

Even

greater

success

followed

at

the

1992

Bar

celona

Paralympics.

Tanni

won

gold

in

the

100,

200,

400

and

800

metres

relay,…

可以推

出正确答案。

58.

The

underlined

word

“that”

in

the

5th

paragraph

refers

to

_______.

A.

fifty

wee

ks’

training

B.

being

a

good

sprinter

C.

training

almost

every

day

D.

part

motivation

and

part

preparation

正确答案为

C

。细节理解题。误选

A

选项的学生只单纯看到了前面的

“I

train

50

weeks

of

the

year

，他们没有联系前两句

“The

training

I

do

that

enables

me…”

，由于断章取

义而导致丢分。

59.

What’s

the

right

order

of

the

events

related

to

Tanni?

a.

She

works

as

a

coach.

b.

She

took

up

athletics.

c.

She

won

four

gold

medals

in

Barcelona.

d.

She

competed

in

her

first

Paralympic

Games.

e.

She

achieved

a

victory

in

her

first

London

Wheelchair

Marathon.

A.

b,

d,

c,

e

a

B.

a,

d,

b,

c

,e

C.

A,d,c,e,b

D.

b.d.a.e.c

正确答案为

A

。

解答 本题只要用代入淘汰法就行，

很显然

She

works

as

a

coach.

是最后才发

生的事情，故

a

小点只能排最后。

60.

What

can

we

learn

from

Tanni’s

success?

A.

Union

is

strength.

B.

Never

too

late

to

learn.

C.

Well

begun

is

half

done.

D.

No

pains,

no

gains.

正确答案为

D

。该题为主旨概括题，读懂整篇文章就 不难得出正确答案。

B

For

years

we

have

been

told

that

encouraging

a

child’s

self

-respect

is

important

to

his

or

her

success

in

life.

But

child

experts

are

now

learning

that

too

much

praise

can

lead

to

t

he

opposite

effect.

Praise-aholic

kids

who

expect

it

at

every

turn

may

become

teens

who

seek

to

same

kind

of

approval

from

friends

when

asked

if

they

want

to

go

in

the

backse

at

of

the

car.

The

implication(

含义

)

of

saying

“You

are

the

prettiest

girl

in

class,”

or

talking

about

the

goals

she

scored

but

not

her

overall

effort,

is

that

you

love

her

only

when

she

looks

the

best,

scores

the

highest,

achieves

the

most.

And

this

carries

over

to

the

classroom.

Social

psychologist

Carrol

Dweck,

PhD,

tested

the

effects

of

overpraise

on

400

fifth

grade

rs

while

she

was

at

Columbia

University.

She

found

that

kids

praised

for

“trying

hard”

di

d

better

on

testes

and

were

more

likely

to

take

on

difficult

assignments

than

those

praised

for

being

“smart”.

“Praising

attributes(

品质

)

or

abilities

makes

a

false

promise

that

success

will

come

to

you

because

you

have

that

quality,

and

it

devalues

effort,

so

children

are

afraid

to

take

on

c

hallenges,

”

says

Dweck,

now

at

Stanford

University,

“They

figure

they’d

better

quit

whil

e

they’re

ahead.”

61.

The

underlined

words

“Praise

-

aholic

kids”

refers

to

kids

who

are

______.

A.

tired

of

being

praised

B.

worthy

of

being

praised

C.

very

proud

of

being

praised

D.

extremely

fond

of

being

praised

正确答案为

D

。推理判断兼主旨概括，在通 读全篇文章的情况下还要排除

C

选项的干扰。

< br>

62.

The

author

quoted(

引用

)

Dr.

Dweck’s

words

in

the

last

paragraph

in

order

to

make

th

e

article

_____.

A.

better-known

B.

better-organized

C.

more

persuasive

D.

more

interesting

正确答案 为

C

。推理判断题，根据构词法推出

p ersuade

与

persuasive

为同根词，其中文含义

不言自喻。

63.

We

can

infer

from

the

passage

that

_____.

A.

praise

for

efforts

should

be

more

encouraged

B.

praise

for

results

works

better

than

praise

for

efforts

C.

praising

a

child’s

achievements

benefits

his

or

her

success

in

life

D.

praising

a

child’s

abilities

encourage

him

or

her

t

o

take

on

challenges

正确答案为

A

。结合第三段可以得出正确答案。

C

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