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選擇新航道是因為我覺得這里的學(xué)習(xí)方法挺好的，首先老師安排工作還蠻周到的，屬于有求必應(yīng)。各類設(shè)施很齊全，空調(diào)電教啥的都蠻先進的。每隔一段時間還會請雅思考官來個全真口語模擬非常實用。其次這里的老師都有自己總結(jié)的經(jīng)驗，人也非常親切不會很嚴(yán)肅，然后這里上課不允許用手機要上交手機的規(guī)定很有效果！上課效率提高了。閱讀老師會歸納定位詞，做閱讀定位特別重要，能讓我們又快又準(zhǔn)確地找到答案！寫作老師教的框架和邏輯也很有用，我一共只寫過三四篇作文但是考試完全不慌的

【題目】Donald Arthur ticks off the marathons he's done in the last 12 years： New York City ( ten times)，Los Angeles, Alaska. . . 27 in all. His goal is to complete the tiring 26. 2-mile road race in each of the 50 states; he has 34 to go.

And yet it wasn't so long ago that Arthur couldn't so much as chew(咀嚼）his food without becoming very tired. “To walk a block(街區(qū)）could take me more than an hour，” says the 63-year-old retired bookkeeper, who lives in the Bronx, New York. Facing death from serious heart trouble, an enlarged heart he blames on decades of cigarettes and alcohol, Arthur had only one choice—his doctors told him：a transplant(移植）.

He recalls the unforgettable moment—6: 10 pm on August 2，1996—when he got the call that a donor(捐獻）heart had become available. A 25-year- old man named Fitzgerald Gittens had died from a bullet intended for someone else. After five hours in surgery, Arthur had a new heart. Soon enough, he could walk up stairs without tiring.

That was just the beginning. A fellow patient told him about the Achilles Track Club, which helps people with disabilities to run marathons. Arthur contacted the club's president, who told him he could complete a marathon if he trained hard enough.

The club, he says，“ gave me a belief in myself. ” He joined its six-mile walks around Central Park, and then moved up to race walking to improve his endurance. Fifteen months after his transplant, he finished his first New York City Marathon.

In 2001，just before the Winter Games, Arthur carried the Olympic torch on part of its journey. But his most memorable run was the 1999 New York City Marathon, when he was accompanied by Mack Andrews, the brother of the man whose heart now beats in his chest.

【1】 In how many states of the USA has Donald Arthur run the tiring 26. 2-mile marathon by

now?

A. 12.

B. 27.

C. 34.

D. 16.

【2】 What kind of people might join in the Achilles Track Club?

A. People with disabilities to run marathons.

B. Sportsmen.

C. People who love marathons.

D. Football fans.

【3】 When and where did Donald Arthur finish his first marathon?

A. August 2，1996，Los Angeles.

B. November，1997，New York City.

C. 1999，New York City.

D. 2001，Alaska.

【4】 Who is “the man” in the last paragraph?

A. Mack Andrews.

B. A fellow patient.

C. His own brother.

D. Fitzgerald Gittens.

【答案】【1】 D

【2】 A

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】【1】 從he has 34 to go及美國有50個州可知，他已經(jīng)在16個州跑了馬拉松.

【2】 從“which helps people with disabilities to run marathons”可知，誼俱樂部幫助殘疾人跑馬拉松。

【3】 從第三段第一句話可知，他在1996年8月接受心臟移植手術(shù)；從第五段最后一句可知他在心臟移植15個月后完成第一次馬拉松比賽。故選B項。

【4】 Donald Arthur移植的心臟來自Fitzgerald Gittens。

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