Unit 2 The Olympic Games Period 4 Using Language课后阅读训练.阅读理解APaula Radcliffe, won a third London marathon champion(冠军)on Sunday in 2005,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(批评).”“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”She didnt 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 hasnt spoken to me last year and if she really cared for me, Im sure she would have contacted(联系)me.”Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wasnt in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”Radcliffe insisted her only goal in New Yorks race would be winning the champion and not breaking the world record. After 9 weeksrest, she won the London marathon champion again.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 dont think thatalthough I cant put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London performances in 2002 and in 2003 some points in the future. Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago. Afterwards she set a 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.【语篇概述】文章讲述了拉德克里夫的故事。1.Radcliffes failure in Athens made her_.A. face criticism calmlyB. rest for five monthsC. love people around her moreD. develop respect for Liz【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段可知,雅典奥运会使拉德克里夫更坚强了,使得她能平静地面对批评,故答案选A。2.By saying “I cant put a number on it”, Radcliffe means shes not sure_.A. if she has the ability to set a new world recordB. if she can win another race though she has won many timesC. how many times a marathon runner can set the world recordD. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times【解析】选C。句意猜测题。根据第九段可知,拉德克里夫对一个马拉松运动员只能获得4到5次世界级的冠军这一说法提出疑问,她对此不确信,认为因人而异,故答案选C。3.According to the text, Radcliffe has won _London marathon title(s).A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four【解析】选C。推理判断题。拉德克里夫分别于2002、2003和2005年获得了伦敦马拉松冠军,故答案选C,根据文章的第一句也可以得知答案。4. What can we learn from Radcliffes story?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Well begun is half done.C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.【解析】选D。主旨大意题。文章讲述了拉德克里夫从雅典奥运会的失败中走了出来,获得了一次次的冠军,而且还要在将来超越自己,说明了有志者事竟成,故答案选D。BThe blue tits(山雀)have been inspecting the nest-box again this year. The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice. He lands at the hole and turns his head to expose his white cheeks as a signal to attract the female from where she has been feeding.Among many birds that nest in holes, the male has a light-colored patch on its plumage(鸟羽)which acts as signal for drawing the females attention to a suitable nesting-place. Unlike the blue tit, the redstart(红尾鸲)may be only the male that strikingly colored and the female is not beautiful.A few years ago I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood. The male was leading an interested female to holes that he had previously(先前)checked out. He sat at the entrance of each hole and put his head on to show off his white forehead, or his head in to reveal(显露)his tail.If the female failed to react to his visual signals, the male sometimes sang for extra effect, while gliding towards her on spread wings and tail. Once the female accepts by following the male through the hole the displays stop, you must be at the right place at the right time to watch them.【语篇概述】本文主要是讲雄鸟是怎样使出浑身解数吸引雌鸟入巢的。5. How do the blue tits choose their nest?A. They choose their nest together.B. The male chooses their nest.C. The house-hunter chooses their nest.D. The female chooses their nest.【解析】选D。细节理解题。从第一段第二句话The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice可知。6. The writer was lucky to see_.A. how the male made his tricksB. how an interested female played with the male happilyC. how the male displayed and won the femaleD. that the male tried his best but failed to attract the female【解析】选C。推理判断题。从第三段第一句I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood和文章第三、四段的内容可知答案为C。7. You can spot a pair of redstarts in a Walsh wood_.A. at any timeB. regularlyC. in AprilD. occasionally【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据A few years ago I was lucky enough to.和.y