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课件网) 二十七 选择性必修 第二册 Unit 3 Times change! (限时35分钟) Ⅰ. 阅读理解 (2021·西安模拟) By the 1970s, the Olympic Marathon had come a long way from the dusty roads of Athens. Yet women were still not allowed to compete and the struggle to establish a women’s Olympic Marathon was itself something of a long-distance race. Women had been excluded from long-distance running until 1928, when the typical long race was the 800 meters. The women competitors hadn’t properly prepared for the race and several fell down and became temporarily unconscious due to extreme tiredness. This led Olympic organizers in 1928 to consider the marathon too violent for women. This is not to say there was no tradition of women’s long-distance running. Women had been prohibited from participating in the ancient Olympics by the cruel law. But women in ancient Greece held their own festival to honor the goddess Hera every five years. Only one athletic event was held—a running race. When the Olympics were revived in 1896, women were again excluded. However, in 1967, women’s ability in running attracted great attention. Number 261 in the Boston Marathon was given to K V. Switzer. Not until two miles into the race did officials realize that Switzer was a woman. Race officials tried to catch Switzer and remove her from the race but her teammates fended them off with body blocks. And Switzer wasn’t scared by officials’ aggressive actions. She kept running. Although the running was demanding, Switzer didn’t give up and eventually finished the race. Switzer’s story made the quest for equality in long-distance running for women a political issue. Slowly, the rules did begin to change. The first women’s marathon officially agreed by the IAAF was the Tokyo International, held in 1979. IAAF president Adriaan Paulen watched the race. He was so impressed by the level of the competition that he announced he would fully support the effort to establish a women’s marathon in the Olympics. Soon the IAAF recommended to the IOC that women’s marathon be included in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. And the advice was adopted. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了女性在争取女子长跑马拉松资格中的努力, 在1928年以前, 女子长跑一直被排除在外。当奥运会在1896年恢复时, 女性再次被排除在外, 而一个名为K V. Switzer的女性因为勇敢地和比赛官方斗争, 并完成了比赛, 使追求女性长跑平等成为一个政治问题。后来在Adriaan Paulen的建议下女性获得参加奥运会马拉松的资格。 1. What was the reason for women’s failing to attend the Olympic Marathon in 1928? A. They generally weren’t enthusiastic about it. B. They were thought not strong enough for it. C. They weren’t supported by the public to attend it. D. They were too tired to make full preparations for it. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段中The women competitors hadn’t properly prepared for the race and several fell down and became temporarily unconscious due to extreme tiredness. This l ... ...
