What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it. Han Xiaopeng took Chinas first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说) in the Olympics!

“I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” Its China's Second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Hans gold was the country s first ever in a snow spot n 2002, China's Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US. Just because Han's win was unexpected doesn't mean that he didn't work hard.

Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员) at a circus. In 1995, a coach found his talent. The coach, Yang Er'qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn't swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform (跳台) and kept on training.

Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games. In that Olympics he only got 24th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly(坚强) behind me, helping me through,” he recalled.

Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing. We are proud of him and we hope he will have another big success.

1.“Dark horse” means in the passage.

A.a horse which is dark B.someone who is expected to win

C.a horse which likes living in the dark D.someone whose win is unexpected

2.Han Xiaopeng got China's first gold on snow in .

A.China B.Italy C.America D.Australia

3.The coach, Yang Er'qi, choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper because .

A.he had the agility and wasn't afraid of the high platform

B.he was good at skiing though he was only 12 years old

C.he was born in the north of China and liked sports on snow

D.he had the talent and he had won a world gold medal before

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.He was 23 when he won the gold medal at the winter Olympics.

B.He made two almost perfect jumps and got the highest score.

C.No one had won the gold before Han Xiaopeng at the winter Olympics.

D.He never gave up even though he had faced many difficulties

5.A can be the best title for this passage .

A.a Dark Horse at the Winter Olympics B.a Wonderful Match

C.a Hopeless Snow Game D.an Exciting Horse Race

Hardship comes in different shapes and sizes. Losing a job, illness, injuries or the death of a love done. But few things in life areas heartbreaking as feeling cutoff from the people we love. Recently, while "sheltering in place" against Covid-19, I've started reading to my grand kids with Face Time.

Mostly, I read to them because I love doing it. But I also do it for their parents' mental health. Besides having to stay indoors, they have to home school the kids, who can't go to school or to the park or play with their friends.

As am other, I didn't do everything right. Far from it. But when my three children were small, most nights before bed, I would read to them. There is something important-something comforting and healing-about reading to each other. Sometimes the words we read are so powerful that they will never be forgotten. But hearing them read is a different experience.

When we read to ourselves, we see the words with our eyes. But when someone reads to us, we just need to be still and listen. Sometimes, the voice and the love it conveys (传播) mean far more than the words.

Today, I read a tale book my kids loved long ago. Randy, 9 and Wiley, 7, thought it was funny. Elle, who's 5, usually prefers to read to me, but this time she just wanted to talk. Next, Randy played a song for us on his guitar, the very first song he has written. Finally, I Face Timed with Jonah, who is almost a year old. I read a little poem. He liked it so much that he gave me kisses over the phone, then we said goodbye. Now, more than ever, while keeping a safe distance, we all need to hold on to each other.

1.As a grandmother, she started to read to her grand kids without using apps (软件) during the period of "sheltering in place" against Covid-19.

2.The author reads to her grandchildren because she loves reading and wants to lower their parents' pressure of taking care of them.

3.The author thinks reading to each other is comforting and healing.

4.There are five grand kids mentioned in the article.

5.The author kept in touch and kept company of her family by reading.

If you go shopping in any toy store, you can see clearly the different games and toys for boys and girls: there are a lot of pink toys on one side of the store for girls; and dark-colored cars, guns, and soldiers for boys. Some big stores with toys may even have a pink floor for girls and a blue floor for boys. In fact, it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink.

Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls. Sue Palmer, writer of Toxic Childhood, is very worried that most girls over the age of three are captivated about the color. According to some scientists, this happens for two reasons. Firstly, most companies offer too many products in pink. Also, many parents think their little daughter looks cute in pink. Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by themselves, but the pink can affect (影响) the choices and the decisions they will make in the future.

Some parents are worried, too, for example, Vanessa Holburn, thirty-two, who has two girls under the age of four. Their bedrooms are a sea of pink and Vanessa is not happy. “Pink says that you are soft and gentle. Blue says that you are strong and powerful. I want my daughters to be strong and powerful. I’m worried that pink will not help them with that,” she says.

But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink. Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn’t worried at all. “People forget that things change all the time,” he says. “My girls used to love pink when they were little, but as they get older, they change.” Turner explains that his twelve-year-old daughter never wears pink clothes anymore. “This love of pink is just a fashion and all fashions change,” he adds. “It’s only since the 1940s that people have stated dressing girls — — in pink before that it was a color for boys.”

1.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A. B. C. D.

2.The underlined phrase “are captivated about ” in Paragraph 2 probably means .

A.are afraid of B.are tired of

C.are crazy about D.are nervous about

3.According to Grayson Turner, .

A.all little kids love the color pink

B.his girls now prefer the color blue

C.pink has always been a color for girls

D.parents needn’t worry about pink toys

4.The purpose of this passage is to .

A.explain why girls are crazy about the color pink

B.make parents less worried about the color pink

C.encourage girls to give up playing with pink toys

D.show people’s different opinions about the color pink

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