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题目内容：

Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had 36over 50 pounds. “I decided to 37,” she says. She took a clock and started 38what she did every day, and then she 39an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble（泡沫）baths with a candle 40, because Cosmopolitan Magazine 41that this would be good for me. But I got 42of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the 43times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up 44.

She decided to start 45the next day. She ran for an hour, 46a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks 47I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in 48with the after effects of it.

Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for 49distance runners. Over the next years, she 50records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon 51than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records 52an 8-month period.

Patti believes that, if we can 53standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult 54and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an 55and everybody has that in them.”

小题1:

A．lost

B．gained

C．earned

D．reduced小题2:

A．change

B．move

C．walk

D．cry小题3:

A．remembering

B．collecting

C．sharing

D．recording小题4:

A．set out

B．set up

C．set aside

D．set about小题5:

A．lit

B．swung

C．surrounded

D．burnt小题6:

A．spoke

B．said

C．wrote

D．went小题7:

A．afraid

B．fond

C．tired

D．ashamed小题8:

A．happiest

B．saddest

C．loneliest

D．luckiest小题9:

A．smoking

B．bathing

C．dieting

D．running小题10:

A．only

B．right

C．even

D．again小题11:

A．overcoming

B．spreading

C．passing

D．covering小题12:

A．but

B．although

C．since

D．because小题13:

A．peace

B．line

C．love

D．touch小题14:

A．men

B．women

C．adult

D．children小题15:

A．kept

B．held

C．broke

D．cleared小题16:

A．faster

B．more

C．slower

D．rather小题17:

A．for

B．over

C．at

D．on小题18:

A．set

B．follow

C．require

D．seek小题19:

A．pleasures

B．pities

C．challenges

D．purposes小题20:

A．expert

B．runner

C．athlete

D．champion

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:D

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:B

小题7:C

小题8:A

小题9:D

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:D

小题13:C

小题14:B

小题15:C

小题16:A

小题17:B

小题18:A

小题19:C

小题20:D

答案解析：

本文讲述了一个曾经喜欢抽烟不喜欢运动的女士，在决定减肥后，开始了每天的跑步，最后成为了女子马拉松冠军，并几次自己打破纪录。

小题1:考查动词辨析。根据下文她要决定减肥，故选gained.

小题2:考查动词辨析。他决定改变(change)自己。

小题3:考查动词辨析。考试记录(reording)每天所做的事情。

小题4:考查动词短语辨析。set aside留出 set out 开始做某事 set up建立 set about着手做某事。每天留出一个小时作为对她有利的时间。

小题5:考查动词辨析。with复合结构with a candle lit蜡烛是被点着的，故用过去分词。

小题6:考查动词辨析。杂志上说，应用say或read，但不能用write.

小题7:考查形容词辨析。很快他又厌倦了。get tired of对…感到厌倦

小题8:考查形容词辨析。她发现最幸福的(happiest)时光就是做体育运动的时间。

小题9:考查动词辨析。take up running开始跑步。根据后面的ran for an hour,可知答案为D。

小题10:考查副词辨析。就在第二天开始。right恰好，就在。

小题11:考查动词辨析。表示行走了多少路程，用cover。

小题12:考查连词辨析。前后为因果关系，我不能跑两个星期因为我全身疼痛。

小题13:考查名词辨析。be in love with爱上…

小题14:考查名词辨析。后面多次提到是女子马拉松，故选women。

小题15:考查动词辨析。break records打破记录。

小题16:考查形容词辨析。修饰run应该用fast.这里是比较级。

小题17:考查介词辨析。over表示“throughout a period of time”，故用over。

小题18:考查动词辨析。根据前面的set standards for，可知，答案为A。

小题19:考查名词辨析。我们能使我们自己走出最困难的挑战。

小题20:考查名词辨析。champion冠军；每个人都必须成为一个冠军。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。