阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

　　Six weeks before the 1984 Olympic Games, Mary Lou hurt her right knee. She went to Richmond, Virginia. She had an operation done on it. Doctor told her she wouldn't be able to go to the Games. However, Mary Lou started working hard. Her knees got stronger. She was able to compete in the Games.

　　The last event was the vaulting horse. Mary Lou knew she needed a perfect 10 to win. Ecaterina Szabo, from Romania, was half a point ahead. Mary Lou thought about what she had to do. She was very excited. She raced up to the springboard. She vaulted（跳跃）over the horse and into the air. She wheeled around twice in the air. She landed on both feet. Her score was a 10 ! She was the first American to win the all-round gold medal!

　　Mary Lou was named sportswoman of the year by Sports Illustrated. She was on TV and did lots of commercial（广告节目）. People all over the world wanted to see her.

（1）The story mainly tells about ________.

[　　]

A. Mary's family life

B. Mary Lou's knee operation at Richmond, Virginia

C. how Mary Lou won the gold medal and became world famous

D. Mary Lou was named sportswoman of the year in USA.

（2）Mary Lou had an operation on her right knee ________.

[　　]

A. a few weeks after the 1984 Olympic Games

B. just a few weeks before the 1984 Olympic Games

C. during the 1984 Olympic Games

D. after she won the gold medal

（3）According to the story, which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A. Mary Lou almost didn't make to the 1984 Olympic Games.

B. Mary Lou missed the 1984 Olympic Games.

C. The United States didn't do well in the 1984 Olympic Games.

D. The 1984 Olympic Games were held in Richmond, Virginia.

（4）The underlined part “the vaulting horse” in paragraph 2 probably means

________.

[　　]

A. a kind of sports game

B. a kind of horse

C. a horse that can vault

D. a horse that can wheel in the air

（5）What can we learn from the story?

[　　]

A. Good luck can bring happiness.

B. Failure is the mother of success.

C. One can easily achieve big success by chance.

D. Hardworking and self-confidence will bring you success.

    Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.

    Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被压迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (贪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.

    In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院长) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (发出叮当声) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.

51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.

   A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people

   B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did

   C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (诱惑) of more money

   D. he wanted to have more power

52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.

   A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich

   B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of

   C. to provide foods to the homeless

   D. to help kids unable to go to school

53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.

   A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard

   B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of

   C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do

   D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior

54. The text is written to _________.

   A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood

   B. tell us about the cultural background of a book

   C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age

   D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood

    Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.

    Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被压迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (贪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.

    In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院长) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (发出叮当声) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.

51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.

   A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people

   B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did

   C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (诱惑) of more money

   D. he wanted to have more power

52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.

   A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich

   B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of

   C. to provide foods to the homeless

   D. to help kids unable to go to school

53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.

   A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard

   B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of

   C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do

   D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior

54. The text is written to _________.

   A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood

   B. tell us about the cultural background of a book

   C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age

   D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

　　Six weeks before the 1984 Olympic Games, Mary Lou hurt her right knee. She went to Richmond, Virginia. She had an operation done on it. Doctor told her she wouldn't be able to go to the Games. However, Mary Lou started working hard. Her knees got stronger. She was able to compete in the Games.

　　The last event was the vaulting horse. Mary Lou knew she needed a perfect 10 to win. Ecaterina Szabo, from Romania, was half a point ahead. Mary Lou thought about what she had to do. She was very excited. She raced up to the springboard. She vaulted（跳跃）over the horse and into the air. She wheeled around twice in the air. She landed on both feet. Her score was a 10 ! She was the first American to win the all-round gold medal!

　　Mary Lou was named sportswoman of the year by Sports Illustrated. She was on TV and did lots of commercial（广告节目）. People all over the world wanted to see her.

（1）The story mainly tells about ________.

[　　]

A. Mary's family life

B. Mary Lou's knee operation at Richmond, Virginia

C. how Mary Lou won the gold medal and became world famous

D. Mary Lou was named sportswoman of the year in USA.

（2）Mary Lou had an operation on her right knee ________.

[　　]

A. a few weeks after the 1984 Olympic Games

B. just a few weeks before the 1984 Olympic Games

C. during the 1984 Olympic Games

D. after she won the gold medal

（3）According to the story, which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A. Mary Lou almost didn't make to the 1984 Olympic Games.

B. Mary Lou missed the 1984 Olympic Games.

C. The United States didn't do well in the 1984 Olympic Games.

D. The 1984 Olympic Games were held in Richmond, Virginia.

（4）The underlined part “the vaulting horse” in paragraph 2 probably means

________.

[　　]

A. a kind of sports game

B. a kind of horse

C. a horse that can vault

D. a horse that can wheel in the air

（5）What can we learn from the story?

[　　]

A. Good luck can bring happiness.

B. Failure is the mother of success.

C. One can easily achieve big success by chance.

D. Hardworking and self-confidence will bring you success.