C．by falling we learn to go safely

　　D．a good medicine tastes bitter

　　答案与解析

　　作者酷爱长跑，一场事故几乎使她丧失了跑步的能力，在朋友的鼓励下，经过自己的努力，作者又出现在长跑的运动场上。

　　1．A　推理判断题。根据第一段的I am a long distance runner.和．..terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen she breathes.可知作者热爱跑步。

　　2．C　细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句If only I could jog part of it-that would cost me less time.可知作者当时试着慢跑是为了节约时间。

　　3．D　推理判断题。根据第三段的第三句He believed that people should let nothing hold them back from achieving their goals.可知，作者的这位朋友认为人不应该让任何事情来阻止自己追求梦想。正是受到这位朋友所说的话的鼓励，作者决定参加马拉松比赛。

　　4．A　推理判断题。作者通过自己不懈奋斗重新跑起来的事迹告诉我们--有志者，事竟成。

　　B

Golf has always prides itself on its standards and rich tradition. But increasingly a victim of its own image and conventional ways, golf has lost five million players in the last decades, according to the National Golf Foundation, with 20 percentage of the existing 25 million golfers