Question

Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 1913. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the youngest. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed he had a special talent for athletics (田徑). He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio State University.

　　   In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. Some people think that this was the greatest athletics achievement ever.

　　   In 1936 Jesse went to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. There were only nineteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race.

　　   Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. Later, he became a professional athlete. To make money he had to appear in strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses.

　　   In 1960 somebody broke Jesse's last world record. In 1980 Jesse died.

1.Jesse Owens was born in _____in the USA.

A. Alabama     B. Cleveland     C. Ohio     D. Michigan

2.Jesse showed he was very good at ______ when he was at school.

A. basketball   B. swimming     C. athletics    D. shooting

3.Jesse's first world record was for the ______.

A. running    B. relay race   C. high jump     D. long jump

4.He won ______ gold medals in 1936 in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

A. two      B. four       C. six    D. eight

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了世界冠軍歐文斯。他從小就有運動天賦，15歲時就在短跑方面表現(xiàn)出驚人的才能，他不但練短跑、跳高、跳遠(yuǎn)也是成績驚人。在1936年第十一屆奧運會上，他奪得100米、200米、跳遠(yuǎn)和4×100米接力的金牌，震驚世界，被譽為“黑色閃電”、“褐色炮彈”。

1. Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA，可知答案選A。

2.Because he was good at athletics,.可知答案選C，其余選項片面。

3. he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record.可知選D。

4.

考點：考查人物類短文閱讀。