3．Running 10 marathons in a year wasn't enough．Running more than 70 marathons during her lifetime wasn't enough．Seventy-year-old Chau Smith wanted to challenge herself even further，so she decided to run seven marathons in seven days on seven continents．In January，the Missouri woman accomplished that goal．Between January 25and January 31，Smith ran marathons in Perth，Australia； Singapore； Cairo； Amsterdam； Garden City，New York； Punta Arenas，Chile； and King George Island，Antarctica．
"She didn't want to broadcast this before doing it，"said Steve Hibbs，who organized the trip．"She overcame a lot，and it was just really impressive to see her run and complete the event．"Nine other people joined Smith in running on all seven continents．Although she had done many marathons before，training to run seven in a row took months．"It took me eight months to really train，"Smith said．"The last four months，I really put in long，long runs．Every week，I ran from 15 miles to 130 miles．"
The most challenging race was in Cairo．The group's connecting flight from Singapore was delayed in Abu Dhabi，so they arrived in Egypt with only a few minutes to change before heading to the race start．"What's worse，the key wasn't working for my room．I almost used up my 10minutes．I was crying．"Smith was worried about finishing in time，so Hibbs suggested she run the half-marathon instead．However，she finished the full marathon in five hours and 51 minutes．"From that day on，they never asked me about thinking about running a half-marathon again，"Smith said．
"All my life…I always did crazy things，"Smith said．"When I was young in Vietnam，I was a stubborn kid．My family always never knew what I was going to do．I always showed them I can do it，just like boys．"
Smith often runs with her husband，who has also been running for most of his life．When she brought up the idea of completing these seven marathons，he was supportive，but worried about her health．Her two adult daughters expressed similar concerns．Smith told all three that if anything happens to her while she's doing something she loves，it would be worth it．
32．In which cities did Smith run during these marathons？D
A．Missouri and Cairo．
B．Missouri and Chile．
C．Singapore and Tokyo．
D．Perth and Garden City．
33．What can we know about Chau Smith？C
A．She ran all the marathons alone．
B．She is always a very unreasonable woman．
C．She was not a typically shy girl when she was young．
D．She had attracted much media attention before running．
34．What was the attitude of Smith's family towards her marathons？D
A．Exciting and worried．
B．Opposed and worried．
C．Indifferent and ignorant．
D．Supportive and concerned．
35．Which may be the best title of this passage？C
A．A marathon lasting seven days
B．Seven cities famous for marathons
C．Seven marathons in seven days
D．Seven famous marathon runners．
分析 文章講述了Smith決定在7天之內(nèi)參加7次馬拉松的比賽，由此展開敘述關于她參加馬拉松的一些情況．
解答 32-35 DCDC
32．D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段最后一句Smith ran marathons in Perth，Australia； Singapore； Cairo； Amsterdam； Garden City，New York； Punta Arenas，Chile； and King George Island，Antarctica．可知，Smith 在這些城市都參加過馬拉松，故選D．
33．C 推理題．根據(jù)．"When I was young in Vietnam，I was a stubborn kid．My family always never knew what I was going to do．I always showed them I can do it，just like boys．"可知，在她小的時候，就像男孩子一樣做很多意想不到的事情，所以她不是一個 害羞的女孩，故選C．
34．D 細節(jié)題．在最后一段提到了丈夫的態(tài)度，he was supportive，but worried about her health支持又擔心，故選D．
35．C 主旨歸納題．根據(jù)第一段的she decided to run seven marathons in seven days on seven continents．這句以及全文的敘述可知，主要告訴我們Smith決定在7天之內(nèi)參加7次馬拉松的比賽，故選C．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
