Passage 2
Jim Thorpe was a Native American. He was born in 1888 in an Indian Territory（印第安人保护区） that is now Oklahoma. Like most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt,swim, and play games outdoors.(76)He was healthy and strong, but he had very little formal education. In 1950, Jim Thorpe was named the greatest American football player. He was also an Olympic gold medal winner. But Thorpe had many tragedies in his life.
Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old. By the time he was 16, his mother and father were also dead. Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native American children. There, he learned to read and write and also began to play sports. Jim was poor, so he left school for two years to earn some money. During this time, he played on a baseball team. (77) The team paid him only $15 a week. Soon he returned to school to complete his education. Jim was a star athlete(运动员) in several sports, including baseball, running and football. He won many awards for his athletic ability, mainly for football. In many games, he scored all or most of the points for his team.
In 1912, when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old, he became part of the U. S Olympic team. He competed in two very difficult events: the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and strength. The pentathlon has five track and field events, including the long jump and the 1,500-meter race. The decathlon hasten track and field and filed events, with running, jumping, and throwing contests.
People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the decathlon. So everyone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events. When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals, he said, “Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world.” Thorpe was a simple and honest man. He just answered, “Thanks, King.”
From the passage we learn that Jim Thorpe was born in ________.
题干： 从文章中， 我们可以发现 Jim Thorpe 出生于哪里？
从第一段可以看出， 他 1888 年出生于印第安人保护区， 现在称为俄克拉荷马。 选项 A 有一定的迷惑性，A 项是印度， 而不是印第安人保护区。
According to the passage, most American Indian children loved all the following EXCEPT ________.
题干： 根据文章， 大部分美国印第安儿童除了下列哪一项都喜欢？
从第一段第三句"Like most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt, swim, and play games outdoors."“像大部分当时的美国本土儿童一样， 他喜欢钓鱼、 打猎、 游泳和在户外玩游戏。” 可以看出， 只要 D 项“唱歌” 没有提到。
Jim Thorpe started to play sports ________.
题干： Jim Thorpe 在什么时候开始进行体育运动。
从第二段可以看出。吉姆在 16 岁时父母去世， 他去了特殊学校， 然后在那里开始运动。 由此看见， 答案为 B。
The word decathlon in paragraph 3 probably means ________.
题干： 第三段"decathlon"意思可能是。
"The decathlon has ten track and field events, with running, jumping, and throwing contests."在该段最后可以看到对该词的解释， 它包含十项田径运动， 包含跑步， 跳远等。 由此可以得出答案为 D。
Which of the flowing is NOT TRUE?
题干： 以下哪项不正确？
选项中 BCD 都可以找到对应答案， 只有 A项的表述有问题， 1912 年， 吉姆参加了奥林匹克运动队， 而不是回到学校完成学业。