11."If you run for more than five minutes at any time,you might need a pair of running shoes."Advises Stephen Pribut,a US sports expert.Running shoes are highly technical footwear.The provide stability(牢固) while bearing up to three times the wearer's body weight.But it's not easy to find the right pair.Finding the right running shoes is something of an art,or a science and a feel.
The science part begins with the shape of the arch(弓) of your foot,which anyone can find out at home with this quick experiment:Put your foot in water and place it on a piece of brown paper.If you see a"C"shape on the paper when you remove your foot,you have a rare high arch.If the shape looks more like a rectangle,that means you have flat feet.See something in between?That's a normal arch.
Conveniently for shoppers,shoe companies nowadays divide their shoes in three categories:neutral ( for high arches),stability ( for normal or low arches) and motion control (for flat arches).So you'll know which type suits you.
At this point,most people would just grab an appealing shoe and try it on,But professionals would do a few quality-control tests.First,you bend the shoe toe to heel to see where it bends.If it's not at the forefoot---where the foot actually be bends,be afraid.Then you grip both ends and twist in opposite directions.If you can twist it like a tower,it means there's zero support.Finally,you squeeze(擠) the heel in both directions.A stable heel won't cave in.
Now you need to check the mold(模子) that shapes the inside of the shoe:whether its wide or narrow in the mid-foot,how it sits on the heel and how roomy the toe box is.
It's wise to make the shoe purchase in the late afternoon,to allow for any swelling(腫脹) that your feet do throughout the day.Toes also decide sizing choices.The rule is that you need a finger's width from your longest toe (whether that's your big one or not) to the end of the shoe.
45.What is the main idea of this passage?C
A.Advantages of wearing running shoes fitting you.
B.Ways to get to know about the shape of the arch of your foot.
C.Advice on how to choose the right pair of running shoes.
D.Best time to buy a pair of running shoes.
46.If the arch of your foot look like a"C"shape,you haveB.
A.a(chǎn) normal arch B.a(chǎn) high arch C.a(chǎn) flat arch D.a(chǎn) low arch
47.The underlined phrase"cave in"most probably meansA.
A.bend B.stretch C.shake D.crash
48.Why is the late afternoon the ideal time to go shopping for shoes?B
A.We are likely to be more patient in the afternoon.
B.Feet usually become larger late in the day.
C.The toes become longer late in the day.
D.The arch of our feet will be in best shape in the afternoon.
分析 本文主要寫了如何選擇一雙合適的跑鞋,并描述了對于跑鞋的研究,不同的腳以及體重要有不同的跑鞋的設(shè)計(jì).
解答 45.答案是C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句"Finding the right running shoes is something of an art,or a science and a feel"找到合適的跑鞋是一門藝術(shù)亦或是一種科學(xué),可見本文主要是寫如何選擇一雙合腳的跑鞋.所以答案選C.
46.答案是B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中句子"you have a rare high arch"你擁有一個(gè)罕見的高弓,所以答案選B.
47.答案是A.猜測詞義,根據(jù)前面的描述"If you can twist it like a tower."如果你能把腳扭成一張弓,可見這里的cave in應(yīng)與bend同意"彎起來"的意思,所以答案是bend.
48.答案是B.推理判斷題,根據(jù)文中句子"to allow for any swelling(腫脹) that your feet do throughout the day",可以推斷一天當(dāng)中下午以后是一天中最容易腫大的時(shí)候,所以答案選B.
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