Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (马拉松冠军), says she has bee a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to plete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her final world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don't think that—although I can't put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a mixed course mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
【小题1】Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her .A．develop respect for Liz.B．love people around her more.C．rest for five months.D．face criticism calmly.【小题2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.B．Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.【小题3】By saying “I can't put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure .A．if she has the ability to set a new world record.B．if she can win another race though she has won many times.C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record.D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times.【小题4】What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?A．Practice makes perfect.B．Well begun is half done.C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.D．Where there is a will there is a way.D
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(答案→)D
解析：本文讲述了著名的马拉松运动员Radcliffe不顾困难，创造出属于自己的成绩的故事，告诉我们要有坚强的意志。
【小题1】D 推理题。根据第二段2,3,4行“Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.” “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”说明现在的她更能平静地面对别人的批评，这让她更为强大，故D正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”她说在纽约她并没有处在自己的最佳状态，说明那个时候她还没有从过去恢复过来，所以才会没有处于最佳的状态。故B正确。
【小题3】C 推理题。根据上一段However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her final world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.说明这里的I can't put a number on it,是指创造世界纪录的话题，故C项正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。本文讲述了著名的马拉松运动员Radcliffe不顾困难，创造出属于自己的成绩的故事，告诉我们要有坚强的意志。故D正确。