一、完形填空 病痛下的铁人之路
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新素材 On Sep. 17, 2022, Jeff Agar, and his son Johnny Agar, set out to begin the first part of the Ironman competition in Cambridge. They weren't the common ______ 1 ______ . Johnny had difficulty walking because of muscle weakness. Jeff would act as his arms and ______ 2 ______ , carrying the weight of his son during the whole race. Competitors must complete a difficult 140.6-mile triathlon— ______ 3 ______ , cycling and running—in under 17 hours.
The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River. Jeff helped Johnny 4 a kayak (皮划艇), with one end of a rope tied to his back and the other to the kayak. Swimming with his son was hard enough 5 Jeff also had to fight with fishes. "It's a hard journey, but we make it(获得成功)," Jeff said 6.
The pair completed the swim in 90 7, and they went on to the next part: a 112-mile bicycle ride. Their 8 bike had an extra seat in the back for Johnny. They completed the ride in nine hours, then began the final—a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff 9 Johnny in the racing chair. But at mile 19, Jeff realized they were going too 10. Somehow he found the energy to speed up.
With minutes left and 200 feet to the finishing line(终点线), Jeff 11 to help Johnny out of his racing chair. Johnny decided to finish his race 12. "Not because I wouldn't get my moment," he said, "but because Dad had worked so 13." With 4 minutes and 25 seconds left, father and son crossed the finish line together. 14 the crowd cheered on Johnny, Jeff kept a low profile(侧影). "He didn't want his finish line moment. He wanted it to be 15," said Johnny, smiling at Jeff.
1. A. visitors B. workers C. volunteers D. players
2. A. eyes B. knees C. legs D. hands
3. A. jumping B. dancing C. walking D. swimming
4. A. wait for B. take away C. get into D. move out
5. A. but B. and C. if D. or
6. A. excitedly B. angrily C. sadly D. calmly
7. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
8. A. free B. empty C. tiny D. special
9. A. throwing B. moving C. feeding D. lifting
10. A. quickly B. normally C. slowly D. differently
11. A. supposed B. stopped C. regretted D. preferred
12. A. in one go B. with no effort C. on his own D. without doubt
13. A. hard B. fast C. easily D. closely
14. A. As B. How C. Why D. Where
15. A. his B. yours C. mine D. theirs

【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了 Jeff Agar 和他患病的儿子 Johnny Agar 参加铁人三项比赛的经历。
1. D 根据“Jeff Agar, and his son Johnny Agar, set out to begin the first part of the Ironman competition in Cambridge”可知,他们参加铁人三项比赛,所以他们属于参赛选手。visitors 游客;workers 工人;volunteers 志愿者;players 选手。故选 D。
2. C 根据“Johnny had difficulty walking”可知,Johnny 走路困难,所以 Jeff 将充当他的手臂和双腿。故选 C。
3. D 根据“The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River”并结合实际可知,铁人三项包括游泳、骑自行车、跑步。故选 D。
4. C 根据“a kayak(皮划艇)”可知,此处指进入皮划艇,准备开始比赛。wait for 等待;take away 解除;get into 进入;move out 搬出去。故选 C。
5. B 根据“Swimming with his son was hard enough 5 Jeff also had to fight with fishes”可知,横线前后为并列关系,应填连词 and。故选 B。
6. A 根据“It's a hard journey, but we make it(获得成功)”可知,but 表示转折,过程虽然很难,但他们做到了,所以应是激动地说。故选 A。
7. B 根据“The pair completed the swim in 90 7 ”可知,游泳 2.4 英里,用时 90 分钟,符合逻辑。seconds 秒;minutes 分钟;hours 小时;days 天。故选 B。
8. D 根据“had an extra seat in the back for Johnny”可知,自行车有额外的座位,所以自行车是特殊的。free 空闲的;empty 空的;tiny 微小的;special 特殊的。故选 D。
9. B 根据“a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff 9 Johnny in the racing chair”可知,Johnny 坐在比赛轮椅上,Jeff 推着轮椅前进。throwing 扔;moving 移动;feeding 喂养;lifting 举起。故选 B。
10. C 根据“Somehow he found the energy to speed up”可知,他找到了加速的力气,所以此处指他们走得太慢了。quickly 迅速地;normally 正常地;slowly 缓慢地;differently 不同地。故选 C。
11. B 此处是说 Jeff 停下来帮助 Johnny 从比赛轮椅上下来。故选 B。
12. C 根据“Jeff 11 to help Johnny out of his racing chair”可知,Johnny 从他的比赛轮椅上下来了,所以他想要独自完成比赛。in one go 一举,一下子;with no effort 毫不费力地;on his own 独自;without doubt 毫无疑问。故选 C。
13. A 根据“but because Dad had worked so...”和上文内容可知,他的爸爸很努力地完成比赛项目。hard 努力地;fast 快速地;easily 容易地;closely 亲近地。故选 A。
14. A 根据“the crowd cheered on Johnny, Jeff kept a low profile (侧影)”可知,此处应填 As 引导时间状语从句,表示“当人群为 Johnny 欢呼时”。故选 A。
15. C 根据文章可知,Jeff 希望终点时刻是 Johnny 的,此处是直接引语,说话人是 Johnny,应用 mine。故选 C。

【分析】
首先通读全文把握主旨：本文讲述了Jeff Agar与患有肌肉无力症的儿子Johnny参加铁人三项比赛，父亲全程助力儿子完成赛事的感人故事。解题时需先理解文章整体语境，再结合词汇含义、上下文逻辑、常识及语法知识，逐一分析每个空的选项，排除不符合语境的选项，选出最恰当的答案。
【解析】
1. 选D：根据前文“set out to begin the first part of the Ironman competition”可知，他们是参赛选手，players符合语境；其余选项visitors（游客）、workers（工人）、volunteers（志愿者）均不符合。
2. 选C：由“Johnny had difficulty walking”可知，Johnny走路困难，因此Jeff充当他的手臂和腿，legs符合；eyes（眼睛）、knees（膝盖）、hands（手）不符合语境。
3. 选D：铁人三项的常规项目为游泳、骑自行车、跑步，结合后文提到的“swim”可知选swimming；其余选项不符合常识。
4. 选C：此处指进入皮划艇准备比赛，get into符合；wait for（等待）、take away（带走）、move out（搬出）均不符合。
5. 选B：前后句为并列关系，“游泳困难”与“还要和鱼搏斗”是并列内容，用连词and连接。
6. 选A：父子成功完成艰难的赛程，因此Jeff激动地说出这番话，excitedly符合；angrily（生气地）、sadly（难过地）、calmly（平静地）不符合语境。
7. 选B：2.4英里的游泳赛程用时90分钟符合常理；seconds（秒）过短，hours（小时）、days（天）过长，不符合实际。
8. 选D：自行车有额外的座位供Johnny使用，说明这是一辆特殊的自行车，special符合；free（空闲的）、empty（空的）、tiny（微小的）不符合。
9. 选B：Jeff推着Johnny的比赛轮椅前进，moving符合；throwing（扔）、feeding（喂养）、lifting（举起）不符合语境。
10. 选C：后文提到Jeff找到力气加速，说明之前他们行进得太慢，slowly符合；quickly（快）、normally（正常地）、differently（不同地）不符合逻辑。
11. 选B：此处指Jeff停下来帮助Johnny从比赛轮椅上下来，stopped符合；supposed（应该）、regretted（后悔）、preferred（更喜欢）不符合语境。
12. 选C：Johnny从轮椅上下来后，想要独自完成比赛，on his own符合；in one go（一举）、with no effort（毫不费力）、without doubt（毫无疑问）不符合语境。
13. 选A：Johnny提到父亲为比赛付出了很多努力，hard符合；fast（快速地）、easily（容易地）、closely（亲近地）不符合语境。
14. 选A：此处用As引导时间状语从句，表示“当人群为Johnny欢呼时”，符合语法结构。
15. 选C：这是Johnny的直接引语，指代“我的终点时刻”，用名词性物主代词mine，符合语境。
【答案】
1.D 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文以感人的父子参赛故事为载体，既考查学生的阅读理解、词汇辨析及逻辑推理能力，又传递了亲情的正能量，需结合上下文语境与常识解题，难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5