| A．packaging | B．expiration | C．composition |
| A．reluctant | B．steep | C．extensive |
| A．engagement | B．promotion | C．interaction |
| A．keeping up | B．luring | C．coping |
| A．enthusiasm | B．sustainability | C．extent |
Life is about chances, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. As a member of the Australian ski team heading towards the Winter Olympics, I was on a training bike ride. It was a perfect autumn day. I looked up to see the sun shining in my face. Suddenly everything went black. I was hit by a truck. I was badly hurt. I broke my neck and my back in six places. I was paralyzed from the waist (腰)down. The doctor said, "Janine, you'll have to rethink about your life, because you're never going to be able to do the things you did before. "
Six months later, I got home. I had no feeling from the waist down. I couldn't walk. I had to use a catheter(导尿管)for the rest of my life. All of those totally depressed me. All I wanted was to give up.
Maybe being at rock bottom is actually the perfect place to start.
One day, sitting at home in my wheelchair, I saw an airplane fly overhead. I looked up and thought to myself, "That's it! If I can't walk, I might as well fly. "So I went to a flying school and a man named Andrew started to train me. People there used to look at me and think, "Oh, who is she kidding? She's never going to be able to do this. "But that didn't matter, because there was something inside me burning, which far outweighed my injuries.
Little goals kept me going along the way, and eventually I got my private pilot's license(飞行执照)and became a pilot. Then I taught other people how to fly, just within 18 months after I'd left the hospital.
Then I knew for certain that although my body might be limited, my spirit was unstoppable.
(一)推断下列词汇在文章中的含义, 从表格中选择恰当的释义。
| A. make someone very sad B. unable to move part of your body C. be more important than something else D. teach someone the skills of a job or an activity |
2. depress
3. train
4. Outweigh
(二)根据短文内容, 按每小题的具体要求回答问题。
5. How was Janine hurt?
6. What did Janine decide to do after leaving hospital?
7. What kind of person is Janine? Why do you think so?
7 . Most people make a donation (捐赠)if they want to help those in need. But Eddie Izzard, a 47-year-old British man, did something completely different. He decided to raise money by running 1,100 miles. And he managed to raise more than £200,000!
It would take most people at least two years if they were crazy enough to try and mil such a distance. But Eddie Izzard? It took him just 51 days. In less than two months, he ran 43 marathons!
When asked how he felt, he said that he was planning to “sleep for a week”. He thanked the people who had come to support him and joined him on his journey.
And how long did he have to train for all this? Well, amazingly, only five weeks—he wasn’t even particularly fit when he decided to put himself in for this journey.
And what a journey it was! He lost several of his toenails (脚趾甲)and had blisters (水泡)all over his feet. He had to take ice baths for his legs at the end of each day to help stop his legs inflating (肿胀)lo twice the size of an elephant.
Ever experts are impressed with what he has achieved. Andy Dixon, editor of Runners World, says, “Covering 26 miles in a day at whatever speed for 43 runs, it’s demanding. A 5-hour marathon is a fairly decent pace. It’s a great achievement.”
So how did he do it? Well, he ran slowly at first. Ten hours a day to begin with and, as he got fitter, he got faster. In the end he was finishing in just over five hours. But fitness alone was not enough. What was more important was the fact that Eddie Izzard wanted to make a difference to other peopled lives. What Eddie Izzard did was so special that the documentary of his run has been made into an inspiring film: Believe! “You’ve got to believe you can be something else. That’s why I keep going.” Eddie says in the film.
1. Eddie Izzard rail 1,100 miles to ________.| A．keep fit | B．win the prize | C．collect money | D．express thanks |
| A．painful | B．exciting | C．dangerous | D．pleasant |
| A．Fitness leads to Eddie’s success. |
| B．Eddie’s story has been made into a film. |
| C．It took Eddie 51 days to prepare for the running. |
| D．Eddie finished the running with the expert’s help. |
| A．Smart and helpful. | B．Inspiring and honest. |
| C．Patient and hard-working. | D．Caring and strong-willed. |
After college I wanted to make a difference in the world, so I joined the Peace Corps and
Last Christmas, the zoo owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas, he set off for the hospital, riding a baby elephant
