Ladji Doucoure of France beat Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China in the final meters to claim the title of the men’s 110 meters hurdles at the 10th world championships in Helsinki on Friday.
Doucoure, who led the world this season with 12.97 seconds, over took the Chinese to win the race in 13.07 seconds. Liu was second in 13.08. Four-time world champion Allen Johnson of the United States took the third in 13.10.
The 22-year-old Doucoure said after the race, “ I can not tell you just how long I have been dreaming of this. This victory is the result of a lot of hard work, and also a lot of support from people who have believed in me. I had a bad start, touched a few hurdles, but after the 4th hurdle I picked up my race and went straight to the finish line.”
Liu, who won the Olympic gold with a world record-tying time of 12.91 seconds, said, “I’m very satisfied with the second place. The result could have been worse. I felt quite well and did my best. I’ m not tired, I had some clearance problems at the start, so I should practice that some mor. Finally, I didn’t lose by much, only by a little bit, but I did think I could win it.”
Liu’s coach, Sun Haiping said on Friday he was content with Liu’s performance.
“ Liu Xiang was quite good during his reaction period, but he was a little bit slow in the middle and he finally caught up during the last two hurdles,” Sun told Xinhua.
Although satisfied with the silver medal and the clocking of 13.08 seconds, Sun said Liu might have added the world title to the Olympic championship if Liu had run the track neighboring his major rivals(對手) of Doucoure Ladji or Allen Johnson.
“ If he had run next to Ladji Doucoure or Allen Johnson, Liu could have kept pace with them and then sprinted(疾跑) at the last stage. In this case, he could grab the gold,” said Sun, who had become a household name for coaching China’s first men’s Olympic champion in the track

  1. 1.

    This passage probably appears______.

    1. A.
      in a story book
    2. B.
      in a text book
    3. C.
      in a newspaper
    4. D.
      in a fashion magazine
  2. 2.

    The following statements about Doucoure are true EXCEPT______.

    1. A.
      He won the gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles in Helsinki
    2. B.
      He led the world in the men’s 110m hurdles with 12.97 seconds this season
    3. C.
      He did a lot of hard practice before the race in Helsinki
    4. D.
      He won the world champion title four times
  3. 3.

    Which of the following can be used to replace the underlined phrase“picked up my race”in Paragraph 3?

    1. A.
      gathered speed
    2. B.
      stood up
    3. C.
      make up my mind
    4. D.
      became better in health
  4. 4.

    According to Sun Haiping, Liu Xiang might have won the gold if______.

    1. A.
      he had done better during his reaction period
    2. B.
      he had run the track next to Ladji Doucoure of Allen Johnson
    3. C.
      he had practiced clearance more before that race
    4. D.
      he hadn’t touched a few hurdles in the race
CDAB
試題分析：本文是新聞采訪紀實，在第十屆世界錦標賽上，Ladji Doucoure of France 獲得110米跨欄的冠軍，中國的劉翔獲得第二名，文中分別敘述了采訪的三個人的記錄。
1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可以看出這是新聞類，這種文章應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)在報紙上，故選C。
2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Four-time world champion Allen Johnson of the United States took the third in 13.10.選項D與原文不符，故選D。
3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)I had a bad start, touched a few hurdles, but after the 4th hurdle I picked up my race and went straight to the finish line.”開始時，速度慢后來加速，故選A。
4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If he had run next to Ladji Doucoure or Allen Johnson, Liu could have kept pace with them and then sprinted(疾跑) at the last stage.故選B。
考點：新聞類短文閱讀。
點評：詞義猜測題旨在考查學生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實語言活動中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項重要指標。
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