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     For a while, my neighbourhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑者 ) . They  were  there  
all  the  time : early  mornings, noons,and evenings. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young
couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. "Come on !" My friend Alex encouraged me
to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. " You'll feel great. "
      Well,  I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up
jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience,
jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who
left our neighbourhood jogging army,l'm not alone in my opinion.
      First of all ,jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet take a  real pounding (重擊) running  down  a  road  for  two  or  three miles. I developed foot,leg, and back problems. Then I read about a
nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging,
and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn't kill hundreds of people, but if you have any
physical weaknesses,jogging will surely bring them out , as they did with me.
     Secondly,  I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes
isn' t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, " I love being out there with just
my thoughts. " Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and
most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
      And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn't just the first week : it was
practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn't fun. What a cruel  way 
 to  do  it !  So  many  other exercises , including  walking , lead
to almost the same results painlessly , so why jog?
       I don't jog any more , and  I  don't think  I  ever will. I'm walking two miles three times a week at a
fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I'm getting exercise, and I'm
enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging,and I've found a lot of better ways to
stay in shape.

1. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer's neighbourhood ___________. 

A. jogging became very popular
B. people jogged only during the daytime
C. Alex organized an army of joggers
D. jogging provided a chance to get together

2. The underlined word "them" ( Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _________.

A. heart attacks                
B. back problems
C. famous joggers                
D. physical weaknesses

3. What was the writer's attitude towards jogging in the beginning? 

A. He felt it was worth a try.
B. He was very fond of it.
C. He was strongly against it.
D. He thought it must be painful.

4. Why did the writer give up jogging two months later? 

A. He disliked doing exercise outside.
B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C. He was afraid of having a heart attack.
D. He was worried about being left alone.

5. F'rom the writer's experience,we can conclude that________. 

A. not everyone enjoys jogging
B. he is the only person who hates jogging
C. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
D. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport

     Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose  (昏迷)  for two months and with
permanent brain injuries ,Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on  
September  10  in  Beijing , Buchan , at 52 , the oldest member of the
United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class  in the
  individual 3 , 000-meter cycling pursuit.
     " You can be very upset and have everyone take care of you , " Buchan said by telephone from
Beijing, " or get back on your feet again."
      Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Cames. She became
a top American cyclist by July 1982,when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors
doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time :  her
accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard shell helmets that are now common.
      Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul,where
she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women's cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet. So
Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia-she finished 9th and 10th in two races-and then successfully fought for a separate women's cycling program
beginning in 2004 in Athens,where she did not get a medal.
    Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States
Paralympic team for Beijing-where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.
    " Barbara's almost the leader of our team-she's been through it all," said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. " She's never retired. She's never let her body go and then come back. I don't think age is
as big of a deal as people make it out to be. "

1. According to the  text , after the  accident,___________.  

A. Buchan asked her friends to take care of her
B. cyclists started to wear helmets in competition
C. Buchan could not answer questions correctly
D. doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life

22. What's the right order of the events related to Buchan?
    a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.
    b. She became a top American cyclist.
    c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.
    d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.
    e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.   

A. c,d,b,a,e                        
B. b,c,d,a,e
C. b,d,c,e,a                        
D. c,b,d,e,a