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二、阅读短文，选出与短文内容相符的最佳选项。
Do you know Betty Brussels? She broke three swimming world records at the age of 99 in late January 2024.
Two film-makers were very happy for Betty, so they made a documentary（纪录片）about her. They started to do it in 2023 and finished it later in 2024.
Betty was born in 1924, and she was 100 years old in July, 2024. All her three children were over 70 years old. Some people asked Betty how to live so long and stay fit. She said, “I’m a happy woman. I think that’s one of the secrets.”
Betty has many hobbies. She loves reading, doing puzzles, growing tomatoes and flowers. But swimming is her favourite. She says, “I enjoy swimming. When I’m swimming, I don’t think about anything.” She often wears a T-shirt that says, “You don’t stop swimming when you get old. You get old when you stop swimming.”
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A. Swimming. B. Doing puzzles.
C. Reading. D. Growing flowers.
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A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
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A. 规律 B. 习惯 C. 路线 D. 秘诀
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A. What Betty loves doing. B. Why Betty loves reading.
C. What Betty loves to wear. D. Why Betty loves doing puzzles.
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A. To teach is to learn. B. Take things as they come.
C. Bad times make a good man. D. One is never too old for anything.
Do you know Betty Brussels? She broke three swimming world records at the age of 99 in late January 2024.
Two film-makers were very happy for Betty, so they made a documentary（纪录片）about her. They started to do it in 2023 and finished it later in 2024.
Betty was born in 1924, and she was 100 years old in July, 2024. All her three children were over 70 years old. Some people asked Betty how to live so long and stay fit. She said, “I’m a happy woman. I think that’s one of the secrets.”
Betty has many hobbies. She loves reading, doing puzzles, growing tomatoes and flowers. But swimming is her favourite. She says, “I enjoy swimming. When I’m swimming, I don’t think about anything.” She often wears a T-shirt that says, “You don’t stop swimming when you get old. You get old when you stop swimming.”
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A
）1. What world records did Betty break?A. Swimming. B. Doing puzzles.
C. Reading. D. Growing flowers.
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C
）2. How many children does Betty have?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
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D
）3. What does the underlined word “secrets” mean in Paragraph 3?A. 规律 B. 习惯 C. 路线 D. 秘诀
（
A
）4. What’s the last paragraph mainly about?A. What Betty loves doing. B. Why Betty loves reading.
C. What Betty loves to wear. D. Why Betty loves doing puzzles.
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D
）5. What can we learn from Betty’s story?A. To teach is to learn. B. Take things as they come.
C. Bad times make a good man. D. One is never too old for anything.
答案
1-5 ACDAD
解析
【分析】本题为英语阅读理解题，解题思路是先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个小题的问题，回到原文定位关键信息，逐一比对选项得出答案。具体步骤：1. 第1题问打破的世界纪录类型，定位第一段找相关内容；2. 第2题问孩子数量，定位第三段找对应信息；3. 第3题猜测词义，结合上下文语境（别人问长寿方法，她给出答案）推断；4. 第4题问最后段主旨，梳理最后段内容；5. 第5题推理主旨，结合Betty的话和经历判断。
【解析】
1. 根据短文第一段“She broke three swimming world records at the age of 99 in late January 2024.”可知，Betty打破的是游泳世界纪录，对应选项A，故选A。
2. 根据短文第三段“All her three children were over 70 years old.”可知，Betty有三个孩子，对应选项C，故选C。
3. 第三段前文提到“Some people asked Betty how to live so long and stay fit.”，她回答“I’m a happy woman. I think that’s one of the secrets.”，此处secrets指长寿健康的“秘诀”，对应选项D，故选D。
4. 最后一段主要介绍Betty的爱好（阅读、猜谜、种番茄和花，最爱游泳），即她喜欢做的事，对应选项A，故选A。
5. Betty99岁打破游泳世界纪录，且说“You don’t stop swimming when you get old. You get old when you stop swimming.”，体现“活到老，任何时候都不算晚”，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】1-5 ACDAD
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】本题围绕百岁老人Betty的故事展开，考查学生的英语阅读能力，涵盖细节查找、词义猜测、主旨理解和推理判断，内容贴近生活，难度适中，适合学生练习基础阅读技能。
【难度系数】0.7
【解析】
1. 根据短文第一段“She broke three swimming world records at the age of 99 in late January 2024.”可知，Betty打破的是游泳世界纪录，对应选项A，故选A。
2. 根据短文第三段“All her three children were over 70 years old.”可知，Betty有三个孩子，对应选项C，故选C。
3. 第三段前文提到“Some people asked Betty how to live so long and stay fit.”，她回答“I’m a happy woman. I think that’s one of the secrets.”，此处secrets指长寿健康的“秘诀”，对应选项D，故选D。
4. 最后一段主要介绍Betty的爱好（阅读、猜谜、种番茄和花，最爱游泳），即她喜欢做的事，对应选项A，故选A。
5. Betty99岁打破游泳世界纪录，且说“You don’t stop swimming when you get old. You get old when you stop swimming.”，体现“活到老，任何时候都不算晚”，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】1-5 ACDAD
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】本题围绕百岁老人Betty的故事展开，考查学生的英语阅读能力，涵盖细节查找、词义猜测、主旨理解和推理判断，内容贴近生活，难度适中，适合学生练习基础阅读技能。
【难度系数】0.7
