Question

【題目】World Records

World records can be set even if you are over 100 years old. Robert Marchand was born in 1911 in northern France. He enjoys riding a bicycle, and started cycling seriously when he was in his 60s. 【1】

On Wednesday, a crowd gathered at the Velodrome National, about 30 kilometers outside of Paris. 【2】 The record for one hour is held by Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, a former Tour de France winner. Wiggins covered 54.5 kilometers in 2015.Evelyn Stevens of the United States holds the women’s record. She went almost 48 kilometers in an hour last year. In 2012, Marchand set a record for riders over 100 years old when he traveled almost 27 kilometers in an hour. 【3】

Marchand set off on his record attempt as sports lovers cheered and photographers watched. He moved slowly, but steadily, around the cycling track.

Marchand is relatively small.【4】 When the hour ended, he completed 92 times around the track. That is just over 22.5 kilometers.【5】He did not see his trainers telling him he only had 10 minutes remaining.“I would have gone faster. I would have posted a better time,” he said.But the news was still good, as he did set a new record for riders 105-years-old or older.

“I’m now waiting for a rival,” he said.

A. Marchand is now 105 years old.

B. Marchand does well in riding a bicycle.

C. They were there to see how far he could travel in one hour.
D. They knew Marchand could travel over 22.5 kilometers.

E. He is only 1.52 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms.

F. After the event, Marchand said he could have done better.
G.So the question many people asked this week was: “Could he break his own record?”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 C

【3】 G

【4】 E

【5】 F

【解析】

本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Robert Marchand雖然年齡已經(jīng)105歲了，但還是不服年老，不斷創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)又一個(gè)的老年騎自行車紀(jì)錄。

【1】上文提示“他喜歡騎自行車，60多歲時(shí)就開始認(rèn)真地騎自行車。”承接上文，A項(xiàng)Marchand is now 105 years old.（Marchand現(xiàn)在105歲了。）切題。故選A。

【2】上文提示“周三，人群聚集在距離巴黎約30公里的維洛德羅姆國家體育場”，再根據(jù)下文提示“前環(huán)法自行車賽冠軍、英國選手布拉德利威金斯保持了一小時(shí)的世界紀(jì)錄。”承接上下文，C項(xiàng)They were there to see how far he could travel in one hour.（他們在那里看他一小時(shí)能旅行多遠(yuǎn)。）切題。故選C。

【3】上文提示“去年她每小時(shí)幾乎跑了48公里。2012年，Marchand以每小時(shí)近27公里的速度創(chuàng)造了100歲以上車手的紀(jì)錄。”承接上文，G項(xiàng)So the question many people asked this week was: “Could he break his own record?”（因此，本周許多人提出的問題是:“他能打破自己的紀(jì)錄嗎?”）切題。故選G。

【4】上文提示“Marchand相對來說是比較矮小的。”承接上文，E項(xiàng) He is only 1.52 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms.（他只有1.52米高，52公斤重。）切題。故選E。

【5】下文提示“他沒有看到教練告訴他，他只剩10分鐘了。”承接下文，F項(xiàng)After the event, Marchand said he could have done better.（事后，Marchand說他本可以做得更好。）切題。故選F。