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【題目】Olympic gold medalist Morolake Akinosun walked through the halls of her high school in Illinois in the US, surprised at how little had changed at her old high school other than the green color on the walls.

Akinosun won her medal with the 400-meter relay team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer. Her return to her high school recently included a chance for the young woman to tell what she’s learned since running track for Wsubonsie more than fours year ago.

Her first piece of advice to the crowd of students was asking them to listen to their parents. “ They see things you can't see,” she said. “ In high school I thought I was on the top of the world.”

In Akinosun’s case, her parents encouraged her to consider going to the University of Illinois, which at the time had a team that was coached by Olympic medal winner Tonja Buford-Bailey. “ I wouldn’t be where I am today without my parents,” she said.

Her parents saw Buford-Bailey as a good fit to coach their daughter, something Akinosun said she didn’t understand at the time. It didn’t take long, however, for her to see they were right and she ended up following Buford-Bailey to the University of Texas at Austin when the coach took a job there. Akinosun admitted it was three years before she told her parents they were right.

Becoming an excellent athlete who can take part in the Olympics needs serious dedication. She says her success came from viewing herself as an athlete-student instead of a student-athlete.

“I always put track and field first, and then comes school,” Akinosun said. A social life comes last.“It’s about sacrifices(犧牲). You can’t be on the track team unless you’re chosen,” she added.

Making athletics the most important thing in her life meant devoting her time and energy fully, no matter how she might feel on a given day. “ I never missed a training session (環(huán)節(jié)) in my four years in college,” she said. “It’s my job; it’s what I do. Think about that when you want to sleep in.”

【1】Which of the following statements is TRUE about Akinosun according to the article?

A. She was a big fan of Buford-Bailey in high school.

B. She make up her mind to win Olympic gold medals in high school.

C. She still doesn’t want to admit that her parents helped her a lot.

D. She is thankful to her parents for finding her the right coach.

【2】According to Akinosun, she became a successful athlete because ______.

A. she had great confidence in herself.

B. she always put training before anything else.

C. she was pushed by her coach to train hard.

D. she could keep a good balance between school and training.

【3】The underlined word “dedication” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. a strong desire B. knowing oneself

C. a clear purpose D. devoting her time and energy fully

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. How Akinosun spent her high school years.

B. The story of Akinosun’s success.

C. Being an athlete is not easy.

D. Akinosun’s advice to her schoolmates.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了奧運冠軍Morolake Akinosun回到高中母校分享自己的成功經(jīng)驗，Morolake Akinosun給學(xué)生提出建議：高中生應(yīng)該聽父母的話以及要為自己做的事情做出奉獻。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句“ I wouldn’t be where I am today without my parents,” she said.以及第五段首句Her parents saw Buford-Bailey as a good fit to coach their daughter, something Akinosun said she didn’t understand at the time.和尾句Akinosun admitted it was three years before she told her parents they were right.可推斷，Akinosun感謝她的父母為她找到了合適的教練。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段首句“I always put track and field first, and then comes school,” Akinosun said.和倒數(shù)第一段首句Making athletics the most important thing in her life meant devoting her time and energy fully, no matter how she might feel on a given day.可推斷，Akinosun認為她能夠成為一名成功的遠動員是因為她總是把訓(xùn)練放在首位。故選B。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)下文可知，Akinosun總是把田徑運動放在首位，體育運動是她生命中最重要的事情，這意味著不管她在某一天的感覺如何她都要投入時間和精力。因此推斷畫線句句意：成為一個能參加奧運會的優(yōu)秀運動員需要真正地奉獻。畫線詞詞義為：奉獻，與D項意義相近。故選D。

【4】標題判斷題。縱觀全文可知，一二兩段講述奧運冠軍Akinosun回高中母校分享成功經(jīng)驗，接下來的段落講述Akinosun給高中學(xué)生講述她如何取得成功的經(jīng)驗。因此推斷B項“Akinosun成功的故事”是最佳標題，概況了文章大意。故選B。