《2025年同步练习册山东人民出版社高中英语必修第二册外研版》

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You might say I found marathoning, step by step. Or perhaps it found me. I was 1 an athlete growing up. In fact, I have a hard time 2 that term to myself even today.
It started when I joined a group of women in my neighbourhood for a daily three-mile walk. At first it was 3. But soon, my body adjusted and I wanted 4. Before long, I was running 5 miles. Then I set a goal to run a half marathon. And I did complete the Covered Bridges Half Marathon. I thought, “Now what?” I started to 5 a marathon.
It so happened that I 6 a meeting one night and listened to the speaker and coach, Rick Muhr, and was so 7 by his words. I told him that I had signed up for the Ocean State Marathon, just a week away, and that I really didn’t believe I could 8. Rick locked eyes with me and said, “Trish, you’ve done enough training. You’ll finish!”
I never had someone 9 me like that, let alone a real, live coach. He gave me the 10 I needed. I set out to run my 11 marathon and completed it in 4:25:00. Little did I know that this would be the beginning of nearly a decade of running marathons.
Running a marathon isn’t for everybody. But it is for anybody, anybody who wants to 12 the unreachable and to take that 13 into the rest of their life. When you cross the finish line, you may never have a 14 picture of what you are made of and capable of accomplishing. Your 15 of the world and, more importantly, of yourself will forever be changed!
1. A. always
B. rarely
C. never
D. nearly
2. A. pointing
B. applying
C. turning
D. spreading
3. A. hard
B. relaxing
C. unfamiliar
D. exciting
4. A. some
B. both
C. more
D. none
5. A. report
B. record
C. recall
D. consider
6. A. held
B. missed
C. attended
D. mentioned
7. A. inspired
B. disturbed
C. embarrassed
D. amused
8. A. participate
B. finish
C. win
D. run
9. A. agree with
B. rely on
C. care for
D. believe in
10. A. confidence
B. pleasure
C. satisfaction
D. motivation
11. A. last
B. first
C. only
D. second
12. A. test
B. identify
C. imagine
D. reach
13. A. knowledge
B. request
C. principle
D. experience
14. A. bigger
B. brighter
C. clearer
D. nicer
15. A. view
B. love
C. description
D. memory

答案： 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者喜欢上马拉松的过程和这项运动的意义。
1.C 根据上文的“You might say I found marathoning, step by step.”和下文的“It started when I joined a group of women in my neighbourhood for a daily three-mile walk.”可推知，作者成年后才接触马拉松，所以在之前的成长过程中，她并不喜欢运动，不算运动员。
2.B 根据下文的“that term to myself”可推知，作者觉得很难把“运动员”这一名词用在自己身上,apply sth. to sb.是固定短语，意为“把……运用于……”。
3.A 根据下文的“But soon，my body adjusted...”可知，一开始作者的身体没有适应，所以会觉得很难。
4.C 根据上文的“a daily three-mile walk”和下文的“Before long，I was running 5 miles.”可知，作者由一开始的步行3英里转变到跑步5英里，说明在身体适应后，作者想要进行更多的运动。
5.D 根据上文的“Now what?”可推知，作者在完成了半程马拉松后开始寻找下一个目标，开始考虑全程的马拉松比赛。
6.C 根据下文的“a meeting one night and listened to the speaker and coach”可知，作者参加了一个会议，听了演讲。
7.A 根据下文的“I told him that I had signed up for the Ocean State Marathon，just a week away，and that I really didn’t believe I could 8 .”可推知，作者深受教练Rick Muhr的鼓舞，所以才想和他分享自己的担忧，希望得到鼓励。
8.B 根据下文教练Rick Muhr鼓励作者的话“Trish，you’ve done enough training. You’ll finish!”可推知，作者怕自己无法完成马拉松比赛。
9.D 根据上文教练Rick Muhr的话“Trish，you’ve done enough training. You’ll finish!”可知，教练表达了对作者的信任。
10.A 根据上文的“I told him that I had signed up for the Ocean State Marathon，just a week away，and that I really didn’t believe I could 8 .”可知，作者对完成马拉松没有信心，所以教练Rick Muhr的鼓励给了作者信心。
11.B 根据上文的“And I did complete the Covered Bridges Half Marathon. I thought，‘Now what?’I started to 5 a marathon.”可知，这是作者第一次跑全程马拉松。
12.D 根据上文作者的经历可知，参加马拉松不是一件容易的事情，结合句中“the unreachable”可知，此处指达到不可企及的事。
13.D 结合语境可知，此处指跑马拉松是一种经历，一种可以铭记余生的经历。
14.C 根据上文的“who wants to 12 the unreachable”再结合句中的“picture of what you are made of and capable of accomplishing”可推知，此处指当冲过终点线时，你就突破了自己，会对自己有更清晰的认识。
15.A 根据上文的“When you cross the finish line，you may never have a 14 picture of what you are made of and capable of accomplishing.”可知，冲过马拉松的终点意味着突破极限，会让你对自己有更清晰的认识，所以对世界和自己的看法将永远改变。