For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army, I’m not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet need a real pounding（追擊）running down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
小題1:From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.
A．jogging became very popular
B．people jogged only during the daytime
C．Alex organized an army of joggers
D．jogging provided a chance to get together
小題2:The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.
A．heart attacksB．Back problems
C．famous joggersD．physical weaknesses
小題3:What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?
A．He felt it was worth a try.
B．He was very fond of it.
C．He was strongly against it.
D．He thought it must be painful.
小題4:Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?
A．He disliked doing exercise outside.
B．He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C．He was afraid of having a heart attack.
D．He was worried about being left alone.
小題5: From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.
A．not everyone enjoys jogging
B．he is the only person who hates jogging
C．nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
D．jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段1,2行my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening.說明社區(qū)里慢跑的人特別多，故A正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.說明慢跑能把你的physical weaknesses帶出來，故D正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more.說明在開始的時(shí)候作者認(rèn)真的對待慢跑，想試著準(zhǔn)備跑兩個(gè)月，故A正確。
小題4:.Ｂ推理題。根據(jù)3,4兩段。第三段第一行First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. 和第四段第一行Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging說明他認(rèn)為慢跑對身體有害也沒有快樂，故B正確。
小題5:A 總結(jié)歸納題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知一些人認(rèn)為慢跑很好，而像作者這樣的人卻認(rèn)為慢跑沒有意義，故并不是所有的人都喜歡慢跑，故A正確。
點(diǎn)評：文章介紹了在作者的社區(qū)里有很多人開始了慢跑，剛開始的時(shí)候作者也加入了，不過后來作者發(fā)現(xiàn)慢跑也有很多的缺點(diǎn)。要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀，注意作者的對話中的言外之意，把握每一段的中心思想。
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