My First Long Kun

Two weeks ago, I had a quarrel with my husband. After he had driven off in anger, I realized that I wasn’t going to feel any better just sitting there. Feeling abandoned and guilty, I put on my gym shoes to get some fresh air.

   Our driveway has a slope(斜坡) that is easier just to jog down if you are lazy, taking advantage of gravity. Instead of stopping at the end of the slope, I decided t see if I could just jog to the end of the street. I had tried a few months ago and failed miserably. Since that first attempt I had been jogging regularly and was significantly fitter, but still very lazy. However this time around I managed to reach the stop sign with ease and I figured I would go a little further.

  After about one kilometer, however, I noticed that my upper body was tense. To make the movement easier I had to relax my body, and tried to take deep breaths of air.

  I kept giving myself the excuse to stop. No one would be disappointed. No one would even know. But I didn’t stop. I wanted to keep going harder, better, stronger. To my great surprise, I ran 4.9 km in 31 minutes. When I got back, I had tears in my eyes. I did something I thought I could never do.

It was the first long run of my life. Since I have improved my stride (步幅) and time, after every run I feel fitter, happier and motivated to keep progressing. I love the runner’s high, I normally jog because I want look good. I want to run because it makes me feel good.

1.    Why did the author feet guilty? (No more than 9 words ) (2 marks)

                                                                             

2.    What did. The author fait to do miserably few months ago? ( no more than 11 words) (2 marks)

                                                                             

3.   What excuses did the author keep giving herself to stop? (no more than 9 words ) (3 marks)

                                                                             

4.    How is running different from jogging t the author? (no more than 14 words) (3 marks)

                                                                             

 

【答案】

 

1.She had a quarrel with her husband.            

2.She failed to jog to the end of the street.

3.No one would be disappointed or even know.

4.Running makes her feel good while jogging makes her look good.

【解析】

1.  feel guilty定位到首段第二行，回前文找到原因：I had a quarrel with my husband. 答案：She had a quarrel with her husband.

2. miserably, months ago定位到第二段第三行，題目問的是作者fail to do 的事情，前一句話提到我想試試自己是否能夠jog to the end of the street. 然后說failed miserably. 答案：She failed to jog to the end of the street.

3. keep giving herself to stop定位到第四段第一行，答案：No one would be disappointed or even know.

4. 概括：running different from jogging, 全文最后一句：I normally jog because I want to look good. I want to run because it makes me feel good 答案綜合歸納為Running makes her feel good while jogging makes her look good.

 

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