完形填空。
The marathon is a popular Olympic event. It is a very
1 race — 42.2 kilometers, and good
2 finish it in
about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece. There is an old
3 about an important battle (战斗)
at Marathon 2500 years
4 . The Greeks won the battle and their leader(领袖) was very excited. He shouted,
"We must
5 a message to Athens(雅典) at once. It's a long way to Athens.
6 can take our message home
to our people?" Pheidippides said, "I can! I want to do it. I can run
7 than all the other men!" Pheidippides ran
as fast as he could to Athens. He shouted the
8 news to the Athenians, "We won! We won the battle!" Then
he
9 to the ground. He was too tired and died. He was the
10 "Marathoner".
( )1. A. dangerous ( )2. A. players ( )3. A. subject ( )4. A. ago ( )5. A. answer ( )6. A. What ( )7. A. slower ( )8. A. good ( )9. A. jumped ( )10. A. last |
B. interesting B. runners B. result B. before B. give B. Who B. higher B. sad B. went B. first |
C. short C. doctors C. story C. after C. bring C. Where C. further C. lucky C. fell C. best |
D. long D. workers D. book D. later D. send D. When D. faster D. safe D. moved D. real |