Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（馬拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours ,breaking the record by adding 6 hours . Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped.Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理學(xué)的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth nigth was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
小題1:Before this basketball marathon, the world record was      .
A．84 hoursB．86 hoursC．90 hoursD．96 hours
小題2:The first night was hard for the players because     .
A．they were too excited to sleep
B．they only slept for a short time
C．no one watched them play
D．it was very long
小題3:The sentence“the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here“fresh”means       .
A．不熟練的B．興奮不己的C．精神飽滿的D．傷痕累累的
小題4:Which of the following is Not true?
A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played
B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep for the first night
C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening
D．In the end,all the boys felt happy

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:A 計算題。根據(jù)第一段第二行They wanted to play for 90 hours ,breaking the record by adding 6 hours .說明他們想創(chuàng)造的記錄是90小時，比以前多了6小時，那么以前的就是84小時。故A正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once.說明他們第一天晚上太興奮了，故A正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)本句, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!說明fresh是指與他們在第一天剛剛開始的時候差不多的感覺，而在第一天他們很興奮，故該詞也應(yīng)該指興奮。故C正確。
小題4:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二句When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once.說明B正確。第一段最后一句Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.說明A正確。文章最后一段最后兩行For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!說明D正確。只有A項文章沒有涉及，文章只是說他們在第二談根據(jù)和疲憊，沒有說受傷，故A錯誤。
點評：文章介紹了一群男孩子努力破馬拉松世界紀(jì)錄的經(jīng)過。故事類短文要抓住故事的人物，地點，時間和故事發(fā)生的線索。本文集中考查細(xì)節(jié)題，要求考生在閱讀時，關(guān)注各種細(xì)節(jié)，做好標(biāo)志，減少回讀的次數(shù)，提高閱讀的效率。
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