阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a
“The gun fired. My legs
“I was driven on by a
“I knew I had done it, even before I
A.passed along | B.passed down | C.went by | D.went over |
A.coach | B.athlete | C.captain | D.judge |
A.defeat | B.move | C.beat | D.break |
A.real | B.lucky | C.serious | D.false |
A.competing | B.training | C.fighting | D.attending |
A.eagerness | B.pleasure | C.relief | D.worry |
A.accident | B.event | C.issue | D.topic |
A.did up | B.made up | C.put up | D.lined up |
A.safely | B.heavily | C.thinly | D.gently |
A.seemed | B.used | C.happened | D.had |
A.dragged | B.drawn | C.pulled | D.pushed |
A.mass | B.residents | C.crowd | D.team |
A.moment | B.period | C.while | D.date |
A.concentration | B.collection | C.combination | D.classification |
A.so | B.but | C.or | D.as |
A.never | B.ever | C.even | D.still |
A.starting | B.lasting | C.finishing | D.running |
A.unconcerned | B.unconscious | C.unknown | D.unnoticed |
A.offered | B.told | C.announced | D.heard |
A.stuck | B.involved | C.lost | D.spread |
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