Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (馬拉松冠軍), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”      Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don't think that—although I can't put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event

  1. 1.

    Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her       

    1. A.
      develop respect for Liz
    2. B.
      love people around her more
    3. C.
      rest for five months
    4. D.
      face criticism calmly
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon
    2. B.
      Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon
    3. C.
      Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon
    4. D.
      Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon
  3. 3.

    By saying “I can't put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure       

    1. A.
      if she has the ability to set a new world record
    2. B.
      if she can win another race though she has won many times
    3. C.
      how many times a marathon runner can set the world record
    4. D.
      if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times
  4. 4.

    What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?

    1. A.
      Practice makes perfect
    2. B.
      Well begun is half done
    3. C.
      A friend in need is a friend indeed
    4. D.
      Where there is a will there is a way
DBCD
試題分析：本文講述了著名的馬拉松運(yùn)動員Radcliffe不顧困難，創(chuàng)造出屬于自己的成績的故事，告訴我們要有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志。
1.D 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行“Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.” “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”說明現(xiàn)在的她更能平靜地面對別人的批評，這讓她更為強(qiáng)大，故D正確。
2.B 推理題。根據(jù)Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”她說在紐約她并沒有處在自己的最佳狀態(tài)，說明那個時候她還沒有從過去恢復(fù)過來，所以才會沒有處于最佳的狀態(tài)。故B正確。
3.C 推理題。根據(jù)上一段However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.說明這里的I can't put a number on it,是指創(chuàng)造世界紀(jì)錄的話題，故C項(xiàng)正確。
4.D 推理題。本文講述了著名的馬拉松運(yùn)動員Radcliffe不顧困難，創(chuàng)造出屬于自己的成績的故事，告訴我們要有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志。故D正確。
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