出自:信阳师范学院-大学英语1（高起专）
. (阅读理解题)Not so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another American teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. Her time were not exactly impressive, but even so, he seemed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training seasons. Their cooperation quickly produced results, and a few year later at Jamaica’s Olympic games in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen of the sprint(短跑).
“Where did she come from?” asked an astonished sprinting world, before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championship in Briton, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73--- the fourth record ever.
Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann.s friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse.s roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.
It didn.t take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.
But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “ I have so much fire burning for my country,”Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world.
As Muhammad Ali puts it, “ Champions aren.t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.
(1). (单选题) Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.
B、 He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.
C、 She had big problems maintaining her performance.
D、 She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.
(2). (单选题) What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 She would become a promising star.
B、 She badly needed to set higher goals.
C、 Her sprinting career would not last long.
D、 Her talent for sprinting was known to all.
(3). (单选题) What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 Her success and lessons in her career.
B、 Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit.
C、 Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.
D、 Her early entrance into the sprinting world.
(4). (单选题) What can we infer from Shelly-Ann.s statement underlined in Paragraph 5?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 She was highly rewarded for her efforts.
B、 She was eager to do more for her country.
C、 She became an athletic star in her country.
D、 She was the envy of the whole community.
(单选题) By mentioning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that .( )(本题4.0分)
A、 players should be highly inspired by coaches
B、 great athletes need to concentrate on patience
C、 hard work is necessary in one’s achievements
D、 motivation allows great athletes to be on the top
(阅读理解题)Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I.m going to fly to New York next week because I.ve got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don.t know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn.t have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o.clock and said, "Now I.m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn.t remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
(1). (单选题) Dick flew to New York because ___.( )(本题4.0分)
A、 he went there for a holiday
B、 he had work there
C、 he went there for sightseeing (观光)
D、 his home was there
(2). (单选题) Why did his wife want a telegram from him?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 Because she didn.t know his address yet
B、 Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C、 Because she might send him another telegram
D、 Because she couldn.t leave her husband by himself in New York
(3). (单选题) Where did Dick stay in New York?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 In the center of the city.
B、 In a hotel.
C、 In a restaurant.
D、 At his friend.s house.
(4). (单选题) Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 The manager (经理) of his hotel.
B、 The police office.
C、 The taxi driver.
D、 His wife.
(5). (单选题) Which of the following is not true?( )(本题4.0分)
A、 Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B、 Dick went to New York by plane.
C、 Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D、 Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.