2017年12月英语六级阅读理解20篇（18）思维导图

Themenwhoracethecarsaregenerallysmall,withatight,nervouslook.Theyrangefromtheearly20stothemiddle40s,anditisusuallytheirnervesthatgofirst.

Fearisthedriver'sconstantcompanion,andtragedycanbejustastepbehind.Scarcelyamaninthe500doesnotcarrythescarsofancientcrashes.Themarkoftheplasticsurgeoniseverywhere,andburnedskiniscommon.Sometimesadriver'sscarsareinvisible,partofhisheritage.Twoyoungdrivers,BillyVukovichandGaryBettenhausen,racedintheirfirst500in1968.Lessthan20yearsbefore,theirfathersalsocompetedagainstoneanotherontheIndytrack—anddiedthere.

Allthisthedriversaccept.Overtheyears,theyhavelearnedtotrusttheirowntechniques,reflexes,andcourage.Theydepend,too,onatrustedservant—scientificengineering.Thoughtheymaynothavehadagreatdealofschooling(anexceptionisNewZealand'sBruceMcLaren,whohasanengineeringdegree),manydriversaregiftedmechanics,withafeelingfortheirenginesthatamounttokinship.

Afewtopdrivershavebecomeextremelywealthy,withsix-figureincomesfromprizemoney,endorsements,andjobswithauto-productmanufacturers.Somehavebusinessesoftheirown.McLarendesignsracingchassis(底盘).DanGurney'sCaliforniafactorymanufacturedthechassisofthreeofthefirstfourearsinthe1968Indy500,includinghisownsecondplacecar.

Yetmoneyisnottheonlyreasonwhymenracecars.Perhapsitisn'teventhemajorreason.Three-timeIndywinner(1961,1964,1967)A.J.Foyt,forexample,canfrequentlybefoundcompetingondirtytracksinminor-leagueraces,wheremoney,crowdsandsafetyfeaturesarelimited,andonlythedangerisnot.Whydoeshedoit?SometimesFoytanswers,"It'sinmyblood."Othertimeshesays,"It'sgoodpractice."Nowandthenhereplies,"Don'taskdumbquestions."

26.Thestatement"itisusuallytheirnervesthatgofirst"means_______.

27.Itcanbeinferredthatacaraccidentisoftencoupledwith_______.

28.Theinvisiblescarsofthedriversmentionedinthesecondparagraphrefersto_______.

29.BruceMcLarenisdifferentfrommostofthedriversinthat_______.

30.A.J.Foytoftentakespartinminor-leagueracesfor_______.

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