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　　China's Liu Xiang become the first Asian in history to win the men's 110m hundred(男子100米跨栏) in the Olympic Games on August 27 in Athens.

　　This 21-year-old young man equaled(平了) the world record time of 12.91 seconds for the gold. He also broke the Olympic record of 12.95 records.

　　“I never expected that I could run inside 13 seconds, and I never expected that I could break the Olympic record,” said Liu in tears. “I am very, very excited.” He added, “I was in a very good shape today. When I was in the blocks(起跑线), all I could think of was the sound of the gun. My race went wonderfully from the start until the end.” “I think today the Chinese people showed the world they could run as fast as anybody else.”

　　“Still this feels like kind of a miracle(奇迹). I didn't dare to think I would get a medal of any kind here,” he said.

　　“He is a hero, he is the pride of all of China.” said the president of the Chinese Athletics Administration(中国田径部).

　　Liu Xiang made history and we are looking forward to seeing him make more miracles in 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

1．The world record of men's 110m hurdles is ________ seconds.

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2．What Liu Xiang did told the world the Chinese people ________.

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A．are strong enough to run

B．run fastest in the world

C．would get any medal in sports

D．are also good at running

3．Why do we say “Liu Xiang made history”? That's because ________.

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A．he is the pride of China

B．he is 21 years old

C．he could run as fast as others

D．he made a miracle in sports

4．The underlines phrase(划线部分) “in a very good shape” means ________.

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5．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The Asians have never won the men's 110m hurdles.

B．Liu Xiang broke the world record.

C．Liu Xiang could run the 110m hurdles within 13 seconds.

D．Liu Xiang will take part in 2008 Olympic Games.

　　Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good,” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “To our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

　　China's launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems (系统) to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets (火箭) nor American ones have.

　　Yang didn't know that he was chosen as China's first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8 p. m. as usual and was woken up at 2 a. m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food—dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

　　A stamp Success of China's First Manned Space Flight was issued (发行) on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

(1) It took Yang ________ to travel around the earth every circle.

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(2) How did Yang feel after he came back to the earth?

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(3) Which of the following statements (叙述) is right?

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A．There is no difference between China's spaceship and other countries'.

B．Yang knew he'd be China's first spaceman long before.

C．At the news, Yang was too excited to fall asleep.

D．Yang was proud of the flight.

(4) What does the underlined (画线的) word launch mean?

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(5) China issued the stamps to ________.

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A．leave them in space

B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

C．celebrate the success

D．give them to Russian and American spacemen