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1、课时跟踪练(十三) Introduction & Reading Pre-reading.阅读理解A“Football is a very shortterm career. Football really prepares you for almost nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard，” says Gales Sayers. So what do you do after your glory days on the field are over? Heres what on
2、e of the top players, Gales Sayers, did after he_put_down_the_pigskin.Gales Sayers: 40, Chicago Bears, Running Back.Gales Sayers became famous in 1965. After recovering from a serious knee injury in 1968, Sayers returned to the Bears in 1969 and was awarded the George Halas Award as “the most courag
3、eous player in professional football”. At the award ceremony, he owed his prize to his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo who was dying of cancer.Sayers couldnt get away from the injuries, though, and another blow to his knee put an end to his football career in 1971. His personal life was unfortunat
4、e as well, as he and his wife, Linda, split up that year. Shortly after that, Sayers started a new life and career as an assistant athletic director in the University of Kansas. By 1976 he was moving up the ladder at Southern Illinois University, becoming the first AfricanAmerican athletic director
5、at a major university.Sayers started a computer supplies company in 1984 with his second wife, Ardie, whom he married in 1973. The couple was looking for a field with a future, and computers seemed to have it all. Seventeen years later, the company that bears his name is a national provider of techn
6、ology solutions, with 10 locations and over 350 employees across the country. Just like in the old days the honors started rolling in. Sayers was listed into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship (企业家) Hall of Fame in 1999.语篇解读：曾有辉煌成就的足球运动员Sayers并没有因为足球职业的结束和个人生活的失意而放弃，他通过努力奋斗最终成了一名成功的企业家。1What does the
7、 underlined sentence “he put down the pigskin” in Paragraph 1 mean?ASayers ended his football career.BSayers was too tired to go on playing.CSayers intended to start a new career.DSayers only wanted to test for some time.解析：选A句意理解题。前句“after your glory days on the field are over”指辉煌过后，下文叙述的也是他足球生涯结束后
8、的发展，所以A项正确。2How many times was Sayers honored in his life?AOnly once as a football star.BOnly once as a businessman.CTwice in all.DWe are not quite sure.解析：选C推理判断题。通读全文可总结出他第一次是获得足球职业中的“the George Halas Award”，第二次是获得“Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame”，故选C。3Sayers started his new career main
9、ly because of _.Athe first knee injury in 1968Bhis unfortunate personal lifeCanother more serious knee injuryDa friends being deadly ill解析：选C推理判断题。由第四段第一句中的“another blow to his knee put an end to his football career”可知，膝盖再次受伤导致他足球生涯的终结，这也是他新事业的开始。4What can be learned from this passage?AFootball play
10、ers are not successful all the time.BA successful businessman should be a ball player first.CA retired football player can easily make money.DWhatever you do, working hard is the most important.解析：选D主旨大意题。本文通过Sayers从辉煌的足球明星到成功企业家的发展经历，旨在说明努力奋斗的重要性。BI am a long distance runner. When I was thirtyone,
11、I was in a serious car accident.The doctor told me that they would try to get me to walk “normally” but I would never run again terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen she breathes.The doctors were right.For the next nine and a half years, I was unable to run more than twentyfive f
12、eet.In 2006, I began selftraining to take part in a 60mile walk.Three months into preparing, I realized that walking 45 hours a day was too long.If only I could jog part of it that would cost me less time.I started jogging without my knees aching. Slowly, I increased the distance.The doctors were pr
13、oved wrong it only took nine and a half years to do so.While practicing, I suffered a loss a dear friend suddenly died.His work had been to help women to accept themselves and reach their fullest potential.He believed that people should let nothing hold them back from achieving their goals.Soon afte
14、r his death, a crazy thought entered my mind: what if I could run the LA Marathon? I knew that if I didnt train to my fullest, the doctors would win.So I trained seven days a week.And I succeeded in crossing the finish lines of many marathons all over the United States to the astonishment of my doct
15、ors.They never believed I would achieve that.The aches and pains I experience while training and racing are nothing compared to the suffering people whom I respect must accept.语篇解读：作者酷爱长跑，一场事故几乎使她丧失了跑步的能力，在朋友的鼓励下，经过自己的努力，作者又出现在长跑的运动场上。5What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?AShe loved r
16、unning very much.BShe lost heart after the accident.CShe often felt it was hard to breathe.DShe didnt believe what the doctors said.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段的“I am a long distance runner.”和“. terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen she breathes.”可知作者热爱跑步。6The author tried jogging because she wanted to _.Aprotect her feet
