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类型2| 故事轶闻

考查要点 1.故事发生的背景、经过、结局。 2．情节、人物或事件之间的关系。 3．蕴含的哲理意义、风趣幽默。 方法技巧 1.理清叙事的顺序，是顺叙、倒叙还是插叙。 2．把握故事发生的主线，抓住情节、情感两条主线索。 3．领会故事细节与主题的关系。

(2016·江苏高考·D)

Not so long ago，most people didn't know who Shelly－Ann Fraser－Pryce was going to become.She was just an average high school athlete.There was every indication that she was just another Jamaican teenager without much of a future.However，one person wanted to change this.Stephen Francis observed then eighteen－year－old Shelly－Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginnings of true greatness.Her times were not exactly impressive，but even so，he sensed there was something trying to get out，something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking.He decided to offer Shelly－Ann a place in his very strict training sessions.Their cooperation quickly produced results，and a few years later at Jamaica's Olympic trials in early 2008，Shelly－Ann，who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world，beat Jamaica's unchallenged queen of the sprint (短跑)．

“Where did she come from？”asked an astonished sprinting world，before concluding that she must be one of those one－hit wonders that spring up from time to time，only to disappear again without signs.But Shelly－Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one－hit wonder.At the Beijing Olympics she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold.She did it again one year on at the World Championships in Berlin，becoming world champion with a time of 10.73—the fourth fastest time ever.

Shelly－Ann is a little woman with a big smile.She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance.Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless.She grew up in one of Jamaica's toughest inner－city communities known as Waterhouse，where she lived in a one－room

apartment，sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers.Waterhouse，one of the poorest communities in Jamaica，is a really violent and overpopulated place.Several of Shelly－Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings；one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived.Sometimes her family didn't have enough to eat.She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn't afford shoes.Her mother Maxime，one of a family of fourteen，had been an athlete herself as a young girl but，like so many other girls in Waterhouse，had to stop after she had her first baby.Maxime's early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty.One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly－Ann was taking her to the track，and she was ready to sacrifice everything.

It didn't take long for Shelly－Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse.On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008，all those long，hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit.The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty，surrounded by criminals and violence，had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

But Shelly－Ann's victory was far greater than that.The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing，the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped.The dark cloud above one of the world's toughest criminal

neighbourhoods

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days.“I_have_so_much_fire_burning_for_my_country，”Shelly said.She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse.She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons.She intends to fight to make it a woman's as well as a man's world.

As Muhammad Ali puts it，“Champions aren't made in gyms.Champions are made from something they have deep inside them.A desire，a dream，a vision.”One of the things Shelly－Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.

65．Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly－Ann? A．He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble. B．He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses. C．She had big problems maintaining her performance.

D．She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.

66．What did the sprinting world think of Shelly－Ann before the 2008 Olympic

Games?

A．She would become a promising star. B．She badly needed to set higher goals. C．Her sprinting career would not last long. D．Her talent for sprinting was known to all.

67．What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track? A．Her success and lessons in her career. B．Her interest in Shelly－Ann's quick profit. C．Her wish to get Shelly－Ann out of poverty. D．Her early entrance into the sprinting world.

68．What can we infer from Shelly－Ann's statement underlined in Paragraph 5? A．She was highly rewarded for her efforts. B．She was eager to do more for her country. C．She became an athletic star in her country. D．She was the envy of the whole community.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了世界闻名的牙买加田径运动员弗莱瑟－普利斯由一名不为人知的中学普通运动员成长为奥运会金牌得主的故事。正是由于“伯乐”Stephen Francis教练的赏识，加上妈妈的决心，再加上自己不懈的努力并对田径运动及祖国的热爱，弗莱瑟－普利斯最终走向成功。

长难句解读：The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty，surrounded by criminals and violence，had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

分析：这是一个复合句。who...in poverty是限制性定语从句，修饰先行词kid；surrounded by criminals and violence为过去分词短语作状语。

翻译：周围充斥着罪犯和暴力，几年前一直生活在贫困中的这位赤脚年轻人在体育运动史上书写了新篇章。

65．B [细节理解题。由题干中的Stephen Francis定位到文章的第一段。由第一段中的信息．..convinced that he had seen the beginnings of true greatness...found her lacking.可知，教练Stephen Francis感觉到虽然弗莱瑟－普利斯当时表现不佳，但是她有巨大的潜力，所以想训练她。故选B项。]

66．C [细节理解题。由第二段中的信息．..concluding that she must be one of those one－hit wonders that spring up from time to time，only to disappear again without signs.可知，在奥运会的预赛中，虽然弗莱瑟－普利斯击败了当时牙买加的短跑皇后，但是业内人士还是不看好她，认为她只不过是“昙花一现”，结果还是会悄无声息地消失，也就