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A female runner from Kenya came third at the Austin Marathon Sunday. Against great ____，she crawled(爬)on her hands and______across the finish line. Ngetich , 29，was______the pack of top female runners at the 23-mile mark，but____ victory in sight，she started to feel tired. By the time the finish line______into view，Ngetich's
body began to______，but the determined runner was not ready to give up. ____to run anymore，Ngetich went down to her knees and began to crawl on all fours， her eyes______on the finish line. Race volunteers rushed to Ngetich's side rolling a______but she refused to sit in it. She continued to______forward down Congress Avenue under the watchful eyes of medical staff, with the crowd cheering her on______ step of the way. If anyone ____her help，Ngetich would have been disqualified from the race. At one point，Ngetich had a______in order to gather her strength.
Right______she crossed the finish line，Austin runner Steffan beat Ngetich for second place. Her teammate Jerop won the race in 2:54:22. But it was the______Ms Ngetich who won the hearts of the fans Sunday.“You ran the bravest ______ and crawled the bravest crawl I have ______ seen in my life. You have earned much honor，and I am going to adjust your prize money，______you get the same prize money you would have gotten if you were______”Austin Marathon race director said.
The 29-year-old runner recalled that what gave her the strength to______on was that she believed perseverance does win out.
1.A. difficulty B. sorrow C. confidence D. power
2.A. feet B. legs C. knees D. arms
3.A. making B. attending C. joining D. leading
4.A. to B. with C. from D. by
5.A. came B. flew C. took D. brought
6.A. go down B. shut down C. turn down D. put down
7.A. Unable B. Unfortunate C. Unwilling D. Uninterested
8.A. impressed B. locked C. watched D. observed
9.A. bench B. chair C. sofa D. wheelchair
10.A. put B. look C. inch D. step
11.A. either B. his quick C. every D. the tiring
12.A. provided B. offered C. supplied D. handed
13.A. rest B. breath C. talk D. pause
14.A. after B. when C. as D. before
15.A. determined B. optimistic C. intelligent D. outstanding
16.A. competition B. speed C. race D. fame
17.A. completely B. frequently C. never D. ever
18.A. so B. however C. while D. though
19.A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
20.A. rely B. call C. carry D. take
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Runners never forget crossing the finishing line at their first marathon, and that will be especially true for Mike Kohler. When Kohler crossed the starting line in Fargo last Saturday, he thought he was going to run 13.1 miles, his first half marathon. Six hours later, he had "mistakenly” completed his first full marathon, 26.2 miles.
Kohler, a 26-year-old plumber (水管工) who now lives in West Fargo, had lined up for the half marathon that he hoped to complete in 150 minutes. He didn't realize he was in a starting fence with the full marathoners. Several miles later, Kohler began to realize he was on the course for the full marathon. "The 8-mile mark was when I figured out that I had made a mistake," he said. "Between then and 13.1, I debated with myself about what I should do.”
At some point — he doesn't remember when — he doubled down on the distance. "After I decided I was going to keep going, the thought of quitting didn't come back. Run, walk, or crawl, I wanted to finish," he said.
Until Saturday, Kohler's longest race was a 10-kilometer run, just over 6 miles. Even the most casual marathoners do a training run of 18 miles before the race. From his experience, he said he learned one thing: sometimes people can do more than they think they can.
After his long race, he went right back to work, put in a 10-hour day and then boarded a flight to Scotland for a vacation. "I was pretty sore, but I found the more I kept moving, the less sore I was, so I tried my best to go about life normally — minus running,” Kohler said from Glasgow. "I needed a break from that for a bit."
Not for too long, though. He's already considering the Bemidji Blue Ox Marathon in October.
1.When did Kohler realize that he made a mistake?
A.Before starting the race.
B.After running 8 miles.
C.When being with the full marathoners.
D.While lining up for the half marathon.
2.Which of the following best describes Kohler?
A.Determined. B.Cooperative.
C.Open-minded. D.Well-prepared.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A.He went to Scotland to get a break from work.
B.He had never trained for the full marathon before.
C.He decided to complete the race at the 8-mile mark.
D.He was debating with himself when he finished the race.
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A.Life Lies in Movement
B.Life Means Never Quitting
C.One Can Always Do More Than He Can
D.One Mistakenly Runs Full Marathon Not a Half
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—Do you know Tom came _____ third in the marathon held yesterday?
—Yeah！And it was _____ 18-hour bicycle marathon.
A. 不填; the B. the; 不填 C. 不填; an D. the; a
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John B. Goodenough, an engineering professor from the University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry-jointly with M. Stanley Whittingham, a chemistry professor from the State University of New York and Japan’s Akira Yoshino, a professor of Meijo University-for the development of lithium-ion batteries (锂电池). According to the Nobel Committee, the three scientists “have created the right conditions for a wireless and fossil fuel-free society, and so brought the greatest benefit to humankind”.
Goodenough, born in 1922, identified and developed the key materials that can power portable electronics, leading to the wireless revolution. Today, batteries containing Goodenough’s innovations are used worldwide for mobile phones, power tools, laptops, tablets and other wireless devices, as well as electric vehicles.
Goodenough received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Yale University and a doctorate in physics from the university of Chicago. He beat the odds against him, first overcoming dyslexia (阅读困难症) as a child, and then the claim of a teacher who told the doctoral student in his 20s that he had started too late to be successful in physics.
He began his career in 1952 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, where he laid the groundwork for the development of random-access memory (RAM) for the digital computer. After MIT, Goodenough became a professor and head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford where in 1979 he discovered it would be possible to store energy in rechargeable batteries through lithium cobalt oxide (锂钴氧化物).That discovery helped develop the lithium-ion battery. Goodenough joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, where his groundbreaking work continued.
At 97 years old, he still continues to push the boundaries of materials science. Despite the lithium-ion battery being well developed and available as a commercial product, it has its limitations. It can’t be charged too fast or overcharged. Goodenough still wants to see some new developments.
“I hope Ut-Austin still keeps me employed,” Goodenough once joked.
1.The underlined phrase “beat the odds” in Paragraph 3 means “ “.
A.become very famous B.face the challenges
C.win the competition D.overcome the difficulties
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A.In MIT, Goodenough made the important discovery leading to the development of the Lithium-ion battery.
B.When he studied for his doctorate in university, not all his teachers encouraged him to be successful.
C.According to the Nobel Committee, Goodenough made the greatest contributions in the discovery.
D.Because of his old age, Goodenough found it difficult to improve the limitations of the lithium-ion battery.
3.What is the best title for the text?
A.The Father of the Lithium-ion Batteries. B.Three Scientists are Awarded the Nobel Prize.
C.Make the World “Good enough”. D.It’s Never too Old to Learn.
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When I first came to Rochester from Austin, Texas — a place where fall is practically non-existent — I was excited for a real northern fall. But, I wasn’t ________ it to feel like Christmas in October.
Regardless of this ________, and the adjustment period that I’m not entirely sure I’m ________, I am thankful to be somewhere that has a ________ fall. By “real” I ________ a distinctive season, a(n) ________ in the weather and a visual changing of the world around me. The leaves ________ colors, it rains more often, the air is almost always ________ and dry, and a light breeze ________ me to walk a bit faster to get inside. Yes, it is more difficult to be ________ outside in a Rochester fall — where it isn’t just “less hot” but ________, fairly cold. But, I would argue that time spent outside in this season could be more ________ than in the summer.
Everyone ________ that fall is about change — I won’t argue against that. Things do ________ in the fall — the weather is ________ becoming worse and worse, the dying leaves become warmly colored, and ________ you know it, we’ll be back to having only eight hours of sunlight a day.
This oncoming change is why I think it is so important to ________ fall. Fall is not just about the ________ of change, but also appreciating what will soon be ________. Go ________ this fall. Enjoy the leaves not because they are turning beautiful deep shades of orange and red, but because there will soon be no leaves in those branches at all.
1.A. interested in B. exposed to C. ashamed of D. prepared for
2.A. accident B. possibility C. shock D. motivation
3.A. beyond B. against C. for D. after
4.A. rare B. real C. hard D. strange
5.A. take in B. pick up C. call back D. refer to
6.A. shift B. conclusion C. improvement D. experience
7.A. spoil B. keep C. turn D. avoid
8.A. cold B. warm C. hot D. cozy
9.A. prevents B. expects C. urges D. suspects
10.A. grateful B. creative C. considerate D. comfortable
11.A. luckily B. actually C. helpfully D. instantly
12.A. terrible B. casual C. unpleasant D. valuable
13.A. questions B. emphasizes C. recalls D. analyzes
14.A. relax B. change C. harvest D. rest
15.A. steadily B. hardly C. helpfully D. narrowly
16.A. if B. since C. as D. before
17.A. control B. describe C. appreciate D. hide
18.A. process B. disadvantages C. fear D. result
19.A. disappointing B. puzzling C. gone D. broken
20.A. inside B. forward C. backward D. outside
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81. Male and female students are quite different from each other ______ the age at which they begin to develop an intellectual self-discipline.
A．with regard to
B．in the light of
C．in honor of
D．on account of
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Male and female students are quite different from each other______ the age at which they begin to develop an intellectual self-discipline.
A. with regard to B. in the light of C. in honor to D. on account of
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Strong winds and cold temperatures tested New York City Marathon runners on Sunday. Despite the tough conditions, about 50,000 people completed the 26.2-mile course. They wound (曲折而行) their way from the starting line in Staten Island through Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx toward the finish line in Manhattan’s central Park.
Wilson Kipsang from Kenya won the marathon in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 59 seconds. Because of the wind, his time was the slowest winning time in New York since 1995. it was more than 7 and a half minutes off the world record he set just over a year ago in Berlin. The runners adjusted carefully to 30 mph winds by sticking to a slow pace at the start.
Keitany, also from Kenya, won the women’s title with a final time of 2:25:07. In her previous NYC Marathon, Ke
itany took an early lead but this year she held back. She and Kenya’s Jemima Sumgong entered Central Park side by side, and Sumgong appeared to be pulling away with just over a mile left. But Keitany had one last burst left and won by 3 seconds. It was the tightest finish in the history of the women’s race. “In the closing miles, my target was to win,” Sumgong said, “but it was Keitany’s day.”The New York City Marathon has grown from a Central Park race with 55 finishers to the world’s biggest and most popular marathon. Sunday was the 44th edition of the NYC Marathon. The race had its millionth finisher in history.
Keitany, a two-time London Marathon champ, hadn’t run a 26.2-mile race since 2012 because of the birth of her second child. “I worked hard for this opportunity,” she said. “I’m happy because I have a victory today.”
1.How did Wilson Kipsang perform at the 44th NYC Marathon?
A. He was the first man to reach the finish line.
B. He finished the course in less than two hours.
C. He ran at a fast pace from the very beginning.
D. He set the worst reco
rd in his marathon history.2.At the 44th NYC Marathon, Mary Keitany .
A. won by over a mile
B. took an early lead as usual
C. didn’t win an easy victory
D. beat the former world record holder
3.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about
?A. The purpose of the NYC Marathon.
B. The importance of the NYC Marathon.
C. The uniqueness of the NYC Marathon.
D. The development of the NYC Marathon.
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The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud he assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine. As he got up to investigate, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he noticed a tree enveloped in smoke about 500 yards away. A car wrapped around the tree's base, its engine on fire.
Grabbing buckets of water, he and his wife ran to the crash site. Up close, the accident looked worse. The car was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 20- year-old Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver's side window, in visible pain.
Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water but failed. When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to get the young man out. So Languell opened the car's back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he'd brought with him, he cut through Thompson's seat belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.
It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as he said, "My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly." For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of real-life heroes changing the world.
1.Where was the first sound actually from?
A.A house on fire. B.A car crash.
C.The bedroom window. D.The basement.
2.What do we know about Quintin Thompson?
A.He saved his car from fire. B.He was successfully rescued.
C.He remained calm all the time. D.He was capable of helping himself out.
3.Which of the following best explains "empathy” underlined in the last paragraph?
A.Honesty. B.Wisdom. C.Sympathy. D.Responsibility.
4.Which words can best describe Damian Languell?
A.Daring and generous. B.Caring and grateful.
C.Courageous and noble. D.Ambitious and reliable.
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When you’re shopping at the grocery store, you probably expect that the olive oil you see came from,well, olives. And that the organic vegetables were never exposed to poisonous chemicals. Increasingly, however, there’s a chance you might be ______. In recent years, there has been a rise in reports of so-called food fraud, or attempts by various entities — including storage workers, suppliers and distributors — to alter products and mislead customers and food companies alike for ______ gain. Among the more recent examples: “natural” honey containing antibiotics and Italian companies selling “Italian olive oil” from a blend of oils that did not ______ from Italy.
By and large, the fraudsters are trying to make easy money — ______ for a whole food or pricey ingredient, then cutting it with ______ stuff secretly. But the health consequences can be ______.
How can this happen? In the U.S., the Pure Food and Drug Act has prevented the “manufacture, sale or transportation of misbranded or poisonous foods” since 1906, and similar laws exist in other countries.
But most global food regulators, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, aren’t ______ to enforce them effectively. For the most part, they focus on safety standards — ______ that foods don’t contain bacteria or viruses — and rely on companies to police their own ingredients, lest they face ______ backlash（强烈抵制）. But now that food manufacturing has become globalized, supply chains are longer, creating more opportunities for bad actors to ______. Anyone who can ______ substituting cheap ingredients for more expensive ones is going to try.
Governments are starting to fight back. In 2014, the U.K. created a food-crime unit that collects reports of food fraud. But in order to prevent fraud in the first place, the food industry needs to ______ the safeguarding of its own production network. So the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) — a trade group including officials from more than 300 food manufactures — will this year start ______ its members’ supply chains, from field to table, to identify vulnerabilities.
______, dozens of other food-industry experts recently teamed up with academics from Michigan State University to launch the Food Fraud Initiative （FFI）, a group that studies fraudsters — specifically, how they avoid safeguards — and then advises food companies on how to get rid of them. “There are plenty of criminals out there who are going to wake up and perceive some opportunity for fraud,” says John Spink, director of the FFI. “We just need to make ourselves a(n) ______ target.”
1.A.definite B.peaceful C.optimistic D.wrong
2.A.financial B.social C.technological D.potential
3.A.initiate B.originate C.withdraw D.profit
4.A.asking B.paying C.charging D.harvesting
5.A.cheaper B.faulty C.lighter D.bad
6.A.ok B.terrific C.incredible D.horrible
7.A.honored B.equipped C.justified D.promoted
8.A.maintaining B.struggling C.ensuring D.reflecting
9.A.consumer B.manufacturer C.market D.organizer
10.A.mess around B.make off C.show off D.stand aside
11.A.hold on to B.come up with C.get away with D.carry away with
12.A.minimize B.upgrade C.publicize D.abandon
13.A.recalling B.breaking C.describing D.examining
14.A.However B.Meanwhile C.Instead D.Therefore
15.A.easier B.nicer C.harder D.rarer
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itany took an early lead but this year she held back. She and Kenya’s Jemima Sumgong entered Central Park side by side, and Sumgong appeared to be pulling away with just over a mile left. But Keitany had one last burst left and won by 3 seconds. It was the tightest finish in the history of the women’s race. “In the closing miles, my target was to win,” Sumgong said, “but it was Keitany’s day.”
rd in his marathon history.
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