Question

While watching a swimming competition one night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. In fact, it is difficult enough, not having anyone to race against.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was obvious that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd beginning to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes (劃水) and you could tell he was exhausted.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
This young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in swimming history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to the competition.
In a competition, we usually watch the brilliant athletes competing for medals, but it is nice to watch an underdog.
【小題1】From the passage we learn that the young man _____.

A．made his turn to start back pitifully

B．was skillful at freestyle swimming

C．swam faster than the average swimmer

D．seemed unlikely to win a gold medal

【小題2】The crowd changed their attitude because _____.

A．they felt sorry for the young man

B．they wanted to show their interest

C．they were moved by the young man

D．they meant to please the young man

【小題3】According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means ____.

A．it’s amusing to watch a skillful swimmer swimming

B．it’s amazing to watch a good loser challenging himself

C．it’s good for athletes to act proudly

D．it’s difficult for some athletes to remove medals

【小題4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Go for it！

B．Try again!

C．Compete for gold!

D．Break a record!

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文講述的是一個游泳水平很差的人，勇于挑戰自己，最終完成了比賽，感動了觀眾，他才是真正的勝利者。這才是真正的體育精神。
【小題1】D 細節題。根據第三段2,5行this was not exactly medal quality. 和I listened to the crowd beginning to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. 說明他的游泳水平較低，并不能奪取獎牌。故D項正確。
【小題2】C 推理題。根據No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!”說明人們從一開始的嘲笑到后來的鼓勵，都是因為被這個人的堅持所感動，故C項正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。這個人的游泳水平很差，但是他有勇氣戰勝自己來到這里參加比賽，最終通過自己的努力完成了比賽，也許她的成績是最差的，但是這仍然是一種勝利。這才是一種真正的體育精神。故B項正確。
【小題4】A 主旨大意題。本文講述的是一個游泳水平很差的人，勇于挑戰自己，最終完成了比賽，感動了觀眾，他才是真正的勝利者。故A項符合文章的中心思想。
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點評：本文講述的是一個游泳水平很差的人，勇于挑戰自己，最終完成了比賽，感動了觀眾，他才是真正的勝利者。這才是真正的體育精神。以推理題的考查為主，要求我們在仔細閱讀文章的基礎上，認真分析題目及選項，做出準確的判斷和推理。