Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had 36 over 50 pounds. “I decided to 37 ,” she says. She took a clock and started 38 what she did every day, and then she 39 an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble（泡沫）baths with a candle 40 , because Cosmopolitan Magazine 41 that this would be good for me. But I got 42 of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the 43 times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up 44 .
She decided to start 45 the next day. She ran for an hour, 46 a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks 47 I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in 48 with the after effects of it.
Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for 49 distance runners. Over the next years, she 50 records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon 51 than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records 52 an 8-month period.
Patti believes that, if we can 53 standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult 54 and e out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an 55 and everybody has that in them.”
【小题1】A．lostB．gainedC．earnedD．reduced【小题2】A．changeB．moveC．walkD．cry【小题3】A．rememberingB．collectingC．sharingD．recording【小题4】A．set outB．set upC．set asideD．set about【小题5】A．litB．swungC．surroundedD．burnt【小题6】A．spokeB．saidC．wrote D．went【小题7】A．afraidB．fondC．tiredD．ashamed【小题8】A．happiestB．saddestC．loneliestD．luckiest【小题9】A．smokingB．bathingC．dietingD．running【小题10】A．onlyB．rightC．evenD．again【小题11】A．overingB．spreadingC．passingD．covering【小题12】A．butB．althoughC．sinceD．because【小题13】A．peaceB．lineC．loveD．touch【小题14】A．menB．womenC．adultD．children【小题15】A．keptB．heldC．brokeD．cleared【小题16】A．fasterB．moreC．slowerD．rather【小题17】A．forB．overC．atD．on【小题18】A．setB．followC．requireD．seek【小题19】A．pleasuresB．pitiesC．challengesD．purposes【小题20】A．expertB．runnerC．athleteD．championB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文讲述了一个曾经喜欢抽烟不喜欢运动的女士，在决定减肥后，开始了每天的跑步，最后成为了女子马拉松冠军，并几次自己打破纪录。
【小题1】考查动词辨析。根据下文她要决定减肥，故选gained.
【小题2】考查动词辨析。他决定改变(change)自己。
【小题3】考查动词辨析。考试记录(reording)每天所做的事情。
【小题4】考查动词短语辨析。set aside留出 set out 开始做某事 set up建立 set about着手做某事。每天留出一个小时作为对她有利的时间。
【小题5】考查动词辨析。with复合结构with a candle lit蜡烛是被点着的，故用过去分词。
【小题6】考查动词辨析。杂志上说，应用say或read，但不能用write.
【小题7】考查形容词辨析。很快他又厌倦了。get tired of对…感到厌倦
【小题8】考查形容词辨析。她发现最幸福的(happiest)时光就是做体育运动的时间。
【小题9】考查动词辨析。take up running开始跑步。根据后面的ran for an hour,可知答案为D。
【小题10】考查副词辨析。就在第二天开始。right恰好，就在。
【小题11】考查动词辨析。表示行走了多少路程，用cover。
【小题12】考查连词辨析。前后为因果关系，我不能跑两个星期因为我全身疼痛。
【小题13】考查名词辨析。be in love with爱上…
【小题14】考查名词辨析。后面多次提到是女子马拉松，故选women。
【小题15】考查动词辨析。break records打破记录。
【小题16】考查形容词辨析。修饰run应该用fast.这里是比较级。
【小题17】考查介词辨析。over表示“throughout a period of time”，故用over。
【小题18】考查动词辨析。根据前面的set standards for，可知，答案为A。
【小题19】考查名词辨析。我们能使我们自己走出最困难的挑战。
【小题20】考查名词辨析。champion冠军；每个人都必须成为一个冠军。