文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了澳大利亚跑步运动员穆雷-巴特利特打破了每天连续跑马拉松的次数最多,即150天跑了150次马拉松的故事,以及穆雷-巴特利特通过跑遍全国,她希望让人们更多地关注这样一个事实,即许多种类的动物和植物正在澳大利亚灭绝。
It’s far from easy for people to run just one marathon. They usually need months of training to get into shape to last the 42.195-km distance. However, marathons are no problem for Australian runner Erchana Murray-Bartlett.
Murray-Bartlett ran 150 of them — every day for 150 days. The 32-year-old woman ran 6,329 kilometres from Queensland, at the top of Australia, to Melbourne, at the bottom. Her five-month coast-to-coast run set a new world record, the most consecutive (连续不断的) daily marathons. She smashed the earlier record of 106 marathons in 106 days.
As a professional runner, Murray-Bartlett missed out on getting the chance to take part in the Tokyo Olympics, so she set her sights on a record-establishing challenge. More importantly, by running across the country, she hoped to make people pay more attention to the fact that many kinds of animals and plants were dying out in Australia. Finally, her run raised $70,000 for the protection organization, the Wilderness Society. She said it was terribly hard five months, but she knew she could do it. She said, “Even though sometimes I was covered in sweat and flies, and everything ached, I thought, ‘No, I can go one more kilometre’ or,’ No, I can go 500 more metres’. Lots of tiny goals mean you can do it.”
21. What does the author mainly tell us in paragraph 1?
A.Murray-Bartlett is an Australian sportswoman. |
B.It’s very important for people to keep in shape. |
C.The marathon covers a distance of 42.195 kilometres. |
D.It’s not difficult for Murray-Bartlett to run marathons. |
22. What world record did Murray-Bartlett create?
A.She ran 150 daily marathons for 150 days. |
B.She finished a marathon in the shortest time. |
C.She was the youngest to complete a marathon. |
D.She ran from the top to the bottom of Australia. |
23. The underlined word “smashed” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A.kept | B.broke | C.reached | D.followed |
24. Why did Murray-Bartlett ran her daily marathons?
A.She aimed to help protect the wildlife. | B.She meant to raise money for herself. |
C.She hoped to compete in the Olympics. | D.She wanted to establish a social organization. |
25. Murray-Bartlett succeeded in setting the world record mainly because ________.
A.she had a tiny goal | B.she was professional |
C.she never gave up | D.she was kind-hearted |