高中英语阅读理解及答案大纲

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A（易）

Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 1913. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the youngest. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed how good he was at athletics. He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. ____１____

In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. ____2____

____3____ There were only nineteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race.

Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. ____4____ To make money he had to appear in strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses.

In 1960 somebody broke Jesse's last world record. In 1980 Jesse died. (230)

A. Later, he became a professional athlete.

B. But he failed to go to the Olympic Games.

C. So he became the top student for his excellent studies.

D. People think this was the greatest athletics achievement ever.

E. In 1936 Jesse went to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

F. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio State University.

Key:

1. F 2. D 3. E 4. A