外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第一册 Unit3 拓展阅读训练.docxVIP

PAGE1 / NUMPAGES10 Unit3 拓展阅读训练 刷阅读理解 A 体裁：记叙文 题材：人物故事 词数：321 难度：中 建议用时：7分钟 Bill Bowerman was a track coach. He wanted to help athletes run faster. So he had learnt how to make running shoes. He had also started a shoe company with a friend. It was 1971.Running shoes at the time were heavy. They had spikes（鞋钉）on the sole（鞋底）. The spikes tore up the track and slowed down runners. To make a lighter shoe，Bill tried the skins of fish. To make a better sole，he wanted to replace the spikes. Bill dug through his wife Barbara’s jewelry box. He hoped to find a piece of jewelry with an interesting pattern. He would then copy the pattern onto the new soles. Nothing worked. Bill was defeated. Then，one Sunday morning，Barbara made Bill waffles（华夫饼）for breakfast. Bill watched her cook. He studied the criss-cross pattern on a waffle iron. Inspiration struck. The pattern on the waffle iron was just what Bill was looking for. The squares were flatter and wider than sharp spikes. The pattern would help the shoes hold any surface without tearing into it. When Barbara left the house, Bill ran to his lab. He took the liquid chemicals that，when mixed, would harden into the sole of a shoe. He poured the mix ture into the waffle iron—and the Waffle Trainer was born. Bills company put the Waffle Trainer on market in 1974. It was a huge hit. Maybe youve heard of that company—it’s called Nike. And today it’s worth around $100 billion. It was the waffle iron that had changed the course of Bill’s life—and helped turn Nike into a well-known name. Today, the waffle iron is kept at Nike headquarters. It serves as a reminder that if we keep trying, we can find a solution to even the most difficult problems. And those solutions can come from unlikely places, even the breakfast table. 1. What shortcomings did the old-style running shoes have? A. They were hard to wear. B. They were too large. C. They were impractical. D. They were easy to break. 2.Where did Bill get the inspiration to invent