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Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (马拉松冠军), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don't think that—although I can't put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小题1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her .A．develop respect for Liz.B．love people around her more.C．rest for five months.D．face criticism calmly.小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.B．Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.小题3:By saying “I can't put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure .A．if she has the ability to set a new world record.B．if she can win another race though she has won many times.C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record.D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times.小题4:What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?A．Practice makes perfect.B．Well begun is half done.C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.D．Where there is a will there is a way. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
本文讲述了著名的马拉松运动员Radcliffe不顾困难，创造出属于自己的成绩的故事，告诉我们要有坚强的意志。
小题1:D 推理题。根据第二段2,3,4行“Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.” “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”说明现在的她更能平静地面对别人的批评，这让她更为强大，故D正确。
小题2:B 推理题。根据Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”她说在纽约她并没有处在自己的最佳状态，说明那个时候她还没有从过去恢复过来，所以才会没有处于最佳的状态。故B正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据上一段However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.说明这里的I can't put a number on it,是指创造世界纪录的话题，故C项正确。
小题4:D 推理题。本文讲述了著名的马拉松运动员Radcliffe不顾困难，创造出属于自己的成绩的故事，告诉我们要有坚强的意志。故D正确。
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生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
