Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 1  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    2   ,began to believe be might   3  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6^th,1954,when Bannister knew be had a   4  chance. Bannister had been  5  hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real  6  to him. Describing the   7  later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  8  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  9  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired. My legs  10  to meet no resistance, as if I was  11  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  12  gave me greater strength. I felt the  13  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a   14  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   15  it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they  16  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the    17  tape, I fell, almost    18 .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  19  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  20 in the noise of excitement.”

1.A.passed along     B. passed down    C. went by   D. went over

2.A.coach          B. athlete         C. captain    D. judge

3.A.defeat          B. move          C. beat      D. break

4.A.real            B. lucky          C. serious    D. false

5.A.competing      B. training         C. fighting   D. attending

6.A. eagerness       B. pleasure        C. relief      D. worry

7.A. accident        B. event           C. issue      D. topic

8.A. did up          B. made up        C. put up     D. lined up

9.A. safely          B. heavily         C. thinly      D. gently

10.A. seemed         B. used           C. happened   D. had

11.A. dragged        B. drawn          C. pulled      D. pushed

12.A. mass          B. residents        C. crowd      D. team

13.A. moment       B. period          C. while       D. date

143.A. concentration   B. collection       C. combination  D. classification

15.A. so            B. but             C. or          D. as

16.A. never         B. ever            C. even        D. still

17.A. starting       B. lasting           C .finishing     D. running

18.A. unconcerned   B. unconscious       C. unknown    D. unnoticed

19.A. offered        B. told             C. announced   D .beard

20.A. stuck         B .involved          C. lost         D. spread

—Ouch! You hurt me!

—I am sorry. But I    any harm. I    to drive a rat out.

A.didn’t mean; tried         B.don’t mean; am trying

C.haven’t meant; tried       D.didn’t mean; was trying

I don’t mind her criticizing me, but    is how she does it that I object to.

A.it     B.that     C.this        D.which

Experts have been warning    of the health risks caused by passive smoking

A.at a time     B.at one time    C.for some time   D.for the time

After graduation she reached a point in her career     she heeded to decide what to do.

A.that       B.what        C.which      D.where