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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 he might__3__this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he 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 lifetime 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, l 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 rest was _20_ in the noise of excitement. "

(     )1. A. passed along     (     )2. A. coach           (     )3. A. defeat           (     )4. A. real             (     )5. A. competing       (     )6. A. eagerness       (     )7. A. accident         (     )8. A. did up           (     )9. A. safely           (     )10. A. seemed         (     )11. A. dragged         (     )12. A. mass           (     )13. A. moment         (     )14. A. concentration   (     )15. A. so             (     )16. A. never           (     )17. A. .starting       (     )18. A. unconcerned     (     )19. A. offered         (     )20. A. stuck

B. passed down B. athlete     B. move       B. lucky       B. training   B. pleasure   B. event       B. made up     B. heavily     B. used       B. drawn       B. residents   B. period     B. collection B. but         B. ever       B. lasting     B. unconscious B. told       B. involved

C. went by     C. captain     C. beat       C. serious     C. fighting   C. relief     C. issue       C. put up     C. thinly     C. happened   C. pulled     C. crowd       C. while       C. combination C. or         C. even       C. finishing   C. unknown     C. announced   C. lost

D. went over   D. judge       D. break       D. false       D. attending   D. worry       D. topic       D. lined up   D. gently     D. had         D. pushed     D. team       D. date       D. classification D. as         D. still       D. running     D. unnoticed   D. heard       D. spread

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