解放军文职招聘考试篮球马拉松记录

 Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon record(马拉松记录). They wanted to play for ninety hours and that is to add six hours to the record. Each team had nine players, with five at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21. 5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.

The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited(兴奋的) to fall asleep at once. 

After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night, they fell asleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological(心理上的) one. Each boy was thinking：why am I doing this？How can I play any longer？After the third night, the players knew they could finish the ninety hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was！

1. In the story, there were _______ schoolboys playing basketball marathon.

A. 9 B. 14 C. 17 D. 18

2. Before this basketball marathon, the world record was _______. 

A. 84 hours B. 86 hours C. 90 hours  D. 96 hours

3. The first night was hard for the players to fall asleep because _______. 

A. they were too excited B. they only slept for a short time

C. no one watched them play D. it was very long

4. “…the players looked as fresh as when they started” here “fresh” means _______. 

A. 新鲜的 B. 兴奋不已的

C. 精神饱满的 D. 伤痕累累的

5. Which of the following sentences is wrong？

A. Some of the boys were hurt when they played.

B. It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night.

C. The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening.

D. In the end, all the boys felt happy.

【答案与解析】本文讲述了一群17岁的男孩想打破世界持续打篮球马拉松记录并最终成功的故事。

1. D。推断题。文章第1段说每一组9个人，文章虽没说有几组，但不可能只有一组，9的倍数也不可能是14或17，因此选项A、B、C都不正确，故选D。

2. A。推断题。文章第1段说他们想持续打90个小时篮球，比记录多了6个小时。由此可知原记录是84个小时，所以选A。

3. A。推断题。文章第2段说他们太兴奋以致睡不着，所以选A。

4. C。词义猜测题。由全文大意可知到了最后几分钟，他们变得像刚开始打篮球一样精神饱满。

5. B。细节题。第一晚他们太兴奋了没睡着，但到了第二晚他们很快就睡着了。由此可知B不正确。