It was the summer of 1936．The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin．I had trained, sweated and disciplined myself for 6 years on the running broad jump．A year before, as a college student at the Ohio State, I'd set the world's record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches．Nearly everyone expected me to win．
I was in for a surprise．When the time came for the broad-jump trials(選拔賽), I was shocked to see a tall boy hitting the pit （坑） at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps．He turned out to be a German named Luz Long．He had easily qualified for the finals on his first attempt．
A nervous athlete is an athlete who will make mistakes．I fouled （犯規(guī)）twice on my qualifying jumps．Walking a few yards from the pit, I kicked at the dirt disgustedly．Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder．I turned to look into the friendly blue eyes of Luz Long．"Hi, I'm Luz Long．I don't think we've met．" "Glad to meet you," I said．Then, trying to hide my nervousness, I added, "How are you?" "I'm fine．Something must be eating you．You should be able to qualify with your eyes closed．" He said．
He seemed to understand my nervousness, and took pains to reassure me．Finally, seeing that I had calmed down somewhat, he said, "What does it matter if you're not the first in the trials? Tomorrow is what counts．" All the tension left my body as the truth of what he said hit me．Confidently I qualified with almost a foot to spare．
Luz broke his own record and pushed me on to a peak performance．The instant I landed from my final jump—the one which set the Olympic record of 26 feet 5 1/16 inches—he was at my side, congratulating me．
小題1:The author said "I was in for a surprise" because he _____．
A．beat Luz LongB．met a great competitor
C．qualified for the finalD．joined in the Olympic Games
小題2:What can we learn about the author from the passage?
A．He remained confident in the Olympic Games．
B．He had qualified for the finals on his first attempt．
C．He broke the world record of the running broad jump．
D．He had prepared for Berlin Olympics in Ohio State．
小題3:What is the passage mainly about?
A．A memorable experience in the Olympics．
B．A reliable man in the Olympic Games．
C．A surprising result in the Olympic Games．
D．A good suggestion on how to win in the Olympics

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析：這篇文章是回憶奧運會的經(jīng)歷。選拔賽中作者遇到競爭者了，因為緊張作者deep表現(xiàn)很不好，在對手的鼓勵下，作者順利進入決賽，并打破了奧運會記錄。
小題1:猜詞題：從第二段的句子：I was shocked to see a tall boy hitting the pit （坑） at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps．可知作者遇到競爭者了。選B
小題2:細節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：The instant I landed from my final jump—the one which set the Olympic record of 26 feet 5 1/16 inches可知作者打破了奧運會記錄。選C
小題3:主旨題：從第一段的句子：It was the summer of 1936．The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin．可知這篇文章是回憶奧運會的經(jīng)歷。選A
點評：這篇文章考查主旨題，細節(jié)題，在通讀文章的基礎上，仔細審題，帶著題干的重要信息到文章里面去找答案，可以達到事半功倍的效果。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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