Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years
31 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English
32 , began to believe he might
33 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a
34 chance. Bannister had been
35 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real
36 to him. Describing the
37 later, Bannister said,” On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I
38 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved
39 now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired. My legs
40 to meet no resistance, as if I was
41 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful
42 gave me greater strength. I felt the
43 of a lifetimes had come.”
“I was driven on by a
44 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy
45 it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they
46 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the
47 tape, I fell, almost
48 .
“I knew I had done it, even before I
49 the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was
50 in the noise of excitement.”| 小题1: | | A．passed along | B．passed down | C．went by | D．went over |
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| 小题2: | | A．coach | B．athlete | C．captain | D．judge |
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| 小题3: | | A．defeat | B．move | C．beat | D．break |
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| 小题4: | | A．real | B．lucky | C．serious | D．false |
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| 小题5: | | A．competing | B．training | C．fighting | D．attending |
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| 小题6: | | A．eagerness | B．pleasure | C．relief | D．worry |
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| 小题7: | | A．accident | B．event | C．issue | D．topic |
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| 小题8: | | A．did up | B．made up | C．put up | D．lined up |
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| 小题9: | | A．safely | B．heavily | C．thinly | D．gently |
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| 小题10: | | A．seemed | B．used | C．happened | D．had |
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| 小题11: | | A．dragged | B．drawn | C．pulled | D．pushed |
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| 小题12: | | A．mass | B．residents | C．crowd | D．team |
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| 小题13: | | A．moment | B．period | C．while | D．date |
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| 小题14: | | A．concentration | B．collection | C．combination | D．classification |
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| 小题16: | | A．never | B．ever | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题17: | | A．starting | B．lasting | C．finishing | D．running |
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| 小题18: | | A．unconcerned | B．unconscious | C．unknown | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．told | C．announced | D．heard |
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| 小题20: | | A．stuck | B．involved | C．lost | D．spread |
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