英语短语用法复习知识点let down/let go/let in

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摘要英语短语用法复习知识点letdown/letgo/letinletdown放下；辜负，使失望例句Pleaseletdowntheblinds.请把百叶窗放下来。Pleaseco

英语短语用法复习知识点let down/let go/let in
let down放下；辜负，使失望
例句Please let down the blinds.
请把百叶窗放下来。
Please come and support me. Don't let me down.
请来支持我，别让我失望。
This machine won't let you down.
这部机器不会让你失望的。
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let go 放开；发射；释放
例句Don't let go the rope.
握紧绳子别松手。
Let me go!
让我走！
Will they let the hostages go?
他们会释放人质吗？

let in放进，嵌入；允许……进入；改窄，改瘦
例句The roof let in the rain.
屋顶漏雨。
Open the window and let in some fresh air.
打开窗户，让新鲜的空气进来。
This skirt needs letting in at the waist.
这裙子的腰部需要改瘦。

By the 1970s, the Olympic Marathon had come a long way from the dusty roads of Athens. Yet women were still not allowed to compete and the struggle to establish a women’s Olympic Marathon was itself something of a long－distance race.
Women had been excluded from long－distance running until 1928, when the typical long race was the 800 meters. The women competitors hadn’t properly prepared for the race and several fell down and became temporarily unconscious due to extreme tiredness. This led Olympic organizers in 1928 to consider the marathon too violent for women.
This is not to say there was no tradition of women’s long－distance running. Women had been prohibited from participating in the ancient Olympics. But women in ancient Greece held their own sports festival every five years. Only one athletic event was held—a running race.
When the Olympics were revived in 1896, women were again excluded. However, in 1967, women’s ability in running attracted great attention. Number 261 in the Boston Marathon was given to Kathrine Switzer. Not until two miles into the race did officials realize that Switzer was a woman. Race officials tried to catch Switzer and remove her from the race but her teammates fended them off with body blocks. And Switzer wasn’t scared by officials’ aggressive actions. She kept running. Although the running was demanding, Switzer didn’t give up and eventually finished the race. Switzer’s story had made the quest for equality in long－distance running for women a political issue. Slowly, the rules did begin to change.
The first women’s marathon was officially agreed by the IAAF in 1979. IAAF president Adriaan Paulen watched the race. He was so impressed by the level of the competition that he announced that he would fully support the effort to establish a women’s marathon in the Olympics. Soon the IAAF recommended to the IOC that a women’s marathon be included in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. And the advice was adopted.
1. What was the reason for women’s failing to attend the Olympic Marathon in 1928?
A. They generally weren’t enthusiastic about it.
B. They were thought not strong enough for it.
C. They weren’t supported by the public to attend it.
D. They were too tired to make full preparations for it.
2. Which of the following best describes Switzer?
A. Brave and determined.
B. Talented and kind.
C. Honest and easy－going.
D. Optimistic and clever.
3. What’s Adriaan Paulen’s contribution to women’s running?
A. Letting women have the right to compete against men in running.
B. Making a series of rules for women’s running.
C. Having trained many outstanding women runners.
D. Helping women be qualified for the Olympic Marathon.
4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The Tradition of Women’s Long－distance Running.
B. The Fight to Establish the Women’s Olympic Marathon.
C. The First Woman to Run the Olympic Marathon.
D. The History of the Olympic Marathon.
答案与解析
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了女性在奥林匹克运动会上建立女子马拉松比赛的漫长而艰难的过程。
1. 答案 B
解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The women competitors hadn’t properly prepared for the race and several fell down and became temporarily unconscious due to extreme tiredness. This led Olympic organizers in 1928 to consider the marathon too violent for women.”可知，B选项正确。
2. 答案 A
解析推理判断题。根据第四段内容，比赛官员试图抓住 Switzer, 把她从比赛中除名，但Switzer并不害怕官员的攻击行为，由此可知她是勇敢的；虽然跑马拉松要求很高，但Switzer 并没有放弃，最终完成了比赛，由此可知她很坚定，故选A项。
3. 答案 D
解析推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，当时的国际田径联合会的主席Adriaan Paulen，表示将全力支持在奥运会上建立女子马拉松比赛。不久，国际田径联合会向国际奥林匹克委员会建议将女子马拉松比赛列入1984年在洛杉矶举办的夏季奥运会的比赛中，这个建议被采纳了，故选D项。
4. 答案 B
解析标题归纳题。本文介绍了女性在奥林匹克运动会上建立女子马拉松比赛的漫长而艰难的过程。故选B项。