【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 race of the day. There were over 600 people in my race. We were taken through an acclimatization area a children39。s paddling poolsized part of the lake where we moved in to feel how cold the water was. Not too bad was everyone39。s thought! Then we headed out towards the middle of the lake. We39。d been warned that the first 100 metres would be really rough. However, somewhere near the 750m mark I was still waiting for the calm。 it felt more like swimming in the sea than a lake. I tried to focus on my breathing and technique, and just keep going. As I approached the 400mtogo mark my lower right leg became painful. I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。t work. I began to feel the entire leg tight and painful. I didn39。t want to stop, so I bent my right knee and just kicked with the left leg. Finally I saw the finishing post, and I just concentrated on getting there—still onelegged. My finishing time was 38 minutes 25 seconds but that didn39。t matter—the atmosphere was fantastic and everyone felt a sense of achievement, whatever their time. I39。m hooked, and want to give it another go. I39。ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.（1）How did the author feel before the race? A.Scared of the most challenging race.B.Disappointed by the difficult conditions.C.Concerned about the other swimmers in the race.D.Determined to be as tough as the people around her.（2）Why does the author mention the two people in Paragraph 2? A.To stress the importance of the race.B.To praise the experienced swimmers.C.To show the wide range of the participants.D.To introduce the various events of the race.（3）The author suggests in Paragraph 4 that ______. A.the race would cause breathing problemsB.the race became harder than she had expectedC.it was really necessary to prepare for tough swimsD.it would have been easier if she had taken others39。 advice（4）What does the author talk about in the last paragraph? A.Her confidence in her own ability.B.Her pride in having swum so quickly.C.Her eagerness to repeat the experience.D.Her surprise at having managed to finish.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了參加一英里的天然水域游泳的經(jīng)歷，最終成功到達(dá)終點(diǎn)線。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to plete the challenge.”可知，我馬上和其他10000名游泳者完成這項(xiàng)挑戰(zhàn)，故可知，他們很堅(jiān)定要完成這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“There seemed to be a mix of openwater enthusiasts alongside plete beginners—which is precisely the aim of the swims, to get as many people as possible pleting their own challenge. The oldest woman peting was 77, taking part in the twomile race, alongside a man who last year had swum in every onemile race.”可知，參賽者包括天然水域游泳的愛(ài)好者，也包括初學(xué)者，也有很多人完成自己的挑戰(zhàn)，這里面就有77歲參加2英里游泳的老人，也有去年參加一英里的男子，故可知，該比賽參與者范圍很廣，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。t work. I began to feel the entire leg tight and painful.”可知，我想起了那些人提及的克服水中抽筋的技巧，但是沒(méi)有作用，我感覺(jué)整條腿開(kāi)始緊張?zhí)弁矗士芍?，這次比賽比她想象的要艱難，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I39。m hooked, and want to give it another go. I39。ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.”可知，我被吸引住了，想要再嘗試一次，準(zhǔn)備好為下一次游泳比賽報(bào)名，故可知，作者為完成比賽而感到興奮，也喜歡上了這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren39。t human. They were feline — ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. Not one or two here and there, reported English Illustrated Magazine, but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. Some of the linenwrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。 the rest were sold as fertilizer. One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England. Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized. In the century since then, archaeology has bee less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites39。 wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that. They39。re really displays of daily life, says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with xrays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King SoandSo had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000plus years, the ancient Egyptians bee clearer and closer to us.（1）Which of the following words has the closest meaning to peddled(paragraph 1)? A.modernizedB.displayedC.illustratedD.demonstrated（2）Why was archaeology once referred to as a treasure hunt (paragraph 3)? A.In the royal tombs, there were many treasures made of silver and gold.B.Animal mummies could be made into fertilizer which is very valuable.C.It was hard to find animal mummies since they were buried under dirt.D.People sought the remains of ancient Egypt merely for their material value.（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Salima Ikram? A.She wishes to establish the continuity of pets over hist