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完形填空 Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had1over 50 pounds. “I decided to2,” she says. She took a clock and started3what she did every day, and then she4an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble(泡沫)baths with a candle5, because Cosmopolitan Magazine6that this would be good for me. But I got7of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the8times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up9. She decided to start10the next day. She ran for an hour, 11a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks 12I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in13with the after effects of it. Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for14distance runners. Over the next years, she15records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon16than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records17an 8-month period. Patti believes that, if we can18standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult19and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an20and everybody has that in them.”1.A.lostB.gainedC.earnedD.reduced2.A.changeB.moveC.walkD.cry3.A.rememberingB.collectingC.sharingD.recording4.A.set outB.set upC.set asideD.set about5.A.litB.swungC.surroundedD.burnt6.A.spokeB.saidC.wroteD.went7.A.afraidB.fondC.tiredD.ashamed8.A.happiestB.saddestC.loneliestD.luckiest9.A.smokingB.bathingC.dietingD.running10.A.onlyB.rightC.evenD.again11.A.overcomingB.spreadingC.passingD.covering12.A.butB.althoughC.sinceD.because13.A.peaceB.lineC.loveD.touch14.A.menB.womenC.adultD.children15.A.keptB.heldC.brokeD.cleared16.A.fasterB.moreC.slowerD.rather17.A.forB.overC.atD.on18.A.setB.followC.requireD.seek19.A.pleasuresB.pitiesC.challengesD.purposes20.A.expertB.runnerC.athleteD.champion

BADCA BCADB DDCBC ABACD解析本文讲述了一个曾经喜欢抽烟不喜欢运动的女士，在决定减肥后，开始了每天的跑步，最后成为了女子马拉松冠军，并几次自己打破纪录。1.考查动词辨析。根据下文她要决定减肥，故选gained.2.考查动词辨析。他决定改变(change)自己。3.考查动词辨析。考试记录(reording)每天所做的事情。4.考查动词短语辨析。set aside留出 set out 开始做某事 set up建立 set about着手做某事。每天留出一个小时作为对她有利的时间。5.考查动词辨析。with复合结构with a candle lit蜡烛是被点着的，故用过去分词。6.考查动词辨析。杂志上说，应用say或read，但不能用write.7.考查形容词辨析。很快他又厌倦了。get tired of对…感到厌倦8.考查形容词辨析。她发现最幸福的(happiest)时光就是做体育运动的时间。9.考查动词辨析。take up running开始跑步。根据后面的ran for an hour,可知

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