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　　Liu Xiang, a 21year old Chinese athlete, got the gold medal of the fascinating men’s 110m hurdles(跨栏)before a crowd of 70 000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympics in Athens late Friday local time．He clocked an excellent 12.91 seconds to equal the world record set by Britain’s Collin Jackson in 1993．

　　It is the first gold Chinese men’s athlete has ever won from the track and field in the Olympics history．China has won over 100 gold medals from the Summer Olympic Games since 1984 but its male athletes only got one medal from Olympics’ most popular sport．

　　The Shanghai native, with his father a truck driver and mother an out of work housewife, loved sports when he was very little．Liu was selected to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai to practise jumping as a fourth grader in the primary school．But after a bone test showing that he will not be able to become a tall man, Liu was asked to give up sports one year later, although he had won the national champion at that level．

　　In 1998 when he attracted coach Sun Haiping’s attention as a 15yearold jumper．Sun was a well-known hurdle coach and he believed a star was born at the first sight of Liu．He visited Liu’s parents several times and finally persuaded them to let Liu transfer to the 110m hurdles．

　　After only three years, Liu launched his career in style in the IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne in 2001 by breaking the world youth and Asian record with a time of 13.12 seconds．

　　But the first warning he sent to the world was his bronze-winning feat(战绩)at the world indoor championships in Birmingham, England, last year．

　　In 2004, Liu won the silver in the world indoor championships in Budapest in March．Two months later, he proved the winner in a race against American great Allen Johnson in the IAAF Grand Prix in Osaka, Japan, where he clocked a new Asian record and world’s season best time of 13.06 seconds．

　　He went on to win two Johnson?absent races in Lille, France, on June 26 and Zagreb, Croatia, three days later．He put up an exciting show at the Golden Gala meet in Rome on July 3, when he and Johnson clocked an identical time of 13.11 seconds．Race officials had to examine a photo finish to declare Johnson the winner．Liu did a better job of clearing the hurdles than Johnson, but Johnson’s stronger start ended up making the difference．The race boosted(提高)Liu’s optimism for the Olympics, although Johnson bettered his season best time by 0.01 second in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 6．

　　The world has put the Olympics a Johnson-Liu duel but surprisingly Johnson crashed out of the Games after falling at the ninth hurdle at round 2．Johnson’s early exit paved the way for Liu’s win．He finally took the gold medal and put a Chinese man’s name on the record book．

　　(Chinadaily．com．cn/Xinhua)Updated：2004 08-28 02：57

(1)

According to Paragraph One, which of the following is TRUE?
[　　]
A．	Liu Xiang is the fastest of the four mentioned athletes．
B．	Liu Xiang has set a new world record in the event of the men’s 110m hurdles．
C．	Both Liu Xiang and Jackson have got a gold medal at the Olympics．
D．	In the Olympics history, Liu Xiang is the fastest in this event．

(2)

Before the 28th Olympics in Athens, ________．
[　　]
A．	no Chinese athlete got a gold medal from the track and field at the Olympics
B．	there was already a Chinese male medallist in the track and field at the Olympics
C．	Terrence Trammell got a gold medal from the men’s hurdles at the Sydney Olympics
D．	Zhu Jianhua got a bronze medal from the men’s hurdles in the 1984 Los Angeles Games

(3)

In the last paragraph, the underlined word “duel” most probably means “________”．
[　　]
A．	contest
B．	friendship
C．	partner
D．	company

(4)

From the passage, we can conclude that ________．
[　　]
A．	Liu Xiang had no gift for jumping when he was a little boy
B．	Liu Xiang set a new world youth record when he was 17 years old
C．	Liu Xiang has succeeded because of his coach Sun
D．	Johnson might have won the gold medal if he had not dropped out

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　　Liu Xiang, a 21-year-old Chinese athlete, got the gold medal of the fascinating men’s 110m hurdles(跨栏)before a crowd of 70 000 at the OlympicStadium in the 28th Olympics in Athens late Friday local time．He clocked an excellent 12.91 seconds to equal the world record set by Britain’s Collin Jackson in 1993．

　　It is the first gold Chinese men’s athlete has ever won from the track and field in the Olympics history．China has won over 100 gold medals from the summer OlympicGames since 1984 but its male athletes only got one medal from Olympics’ most popular sport．

　　The Shanghai native, with his father a truck driver and mother an outofwork housewife, loved sports when he was very little．Liu was selected to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai to practice jumping as a fourth grader in the primary school．But after a bone test showing that he will not be able to becomea tall man, Liu was asked to give up sports one year later, although he had won the national champion at that level．

　　In 1998 when he attracted coach Sun Haiping’s attentionas a 15-year-old jumper．Sun was a well known hurdle coach and he believed a star was born at the first sight of Liu．He visited Liu’s parents several times and finally persuaded them to let Liu transfer to the 110m hurdles．

　　After only three years, Liu launched his career in style in the IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne in 2001 by breaking the world youth and Asian record with a time of 13.12．

　　But the first warning he sent to the world was his bronzewinning feat(战绩)at the world indoor championships in Birmingham, England, last year．

　　In 2004, Liu won the silver in the world indoor championships in Budapest in March．Two months later, he proved the winner in a race against American great Allen Johnson in the IAAF Grand Prix in Osaka, Japan, where he clocked a new Asian record and world’s season best time of 13.06 seconds．

　　He went on to win two Johnson absent races in Lille, France, on June 26 and Zagreb, Croatia, three days later．He put up an exciting show at the Golden Gala meet in Rome on July 3, when he and Johnson clocked an identical time of 13.11．Race officials had to examine a photo finish to declare Johnson the winner．Liu did a better job of clearing the hurdles than Johnson, but Johnson’s stronger start ended up making the difference．The race boosted(提高)Liu’s optimism for the Olympics, although Johnson bettered his season best time by 0.01 second in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 6．

　　The world has put the Olympics a Johnson-Liu duel but surprisingly Johnson crashed out of the Games after falling at the ninth hurdle at round 2．Johnson’s early exit paved the way for Liu’s win．He finally took the gold medal and put a Chinese man’s name on the record book．

(1)

According to Paragraph One, which of the following is TRUE?
[　　]
A．	Liu Xiang is the fastest of the four mentioned athletes．
B．	Liu Xiang has set a new world record in the event of the men’s 110m hurdles．
C．	Both Liu Xiang and Jackson have got a gold medal at the Olympics．
D．	In the Olympics history, Liu Xiang is the fastest in this event．

(2)

Liu Xiang set his leading role in men’s 110m hurdles ________．
[　　]
A．	at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympics in Athens
B．	in the IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne
C．	in Lille, France
D．	at the Golden Gala meet in Rome

(3)

Before the 28th Olympics in Athens, ________．
[　　]
A．	no Chinese athlete got a gold medal from the track and field at the Olympics
B．	there was already a Chinese male medallist in the track and field at the Olympics
C．	Terrence Trammell got a gold medal from the men’s hurdles at the Sydney Olympics
D．	Zhu Jianhua got a bronze medal from the men’s hurdles in the 1984 Los Angeles Games

(4)

In the last paragraph, the underlined word “duel” most probably means “________”．
[　　]
A．	contest
B．	friendship
C．	partner
D．	company

(5)

From the passage, we can conclude that ________．
[　　]
A．	Liu Xiang had no gift for jumping when he was a little boy
B．	Liu Xiang set a new world youth record when he was 17 years old
C．	Liu Xiang has succeeded because of his coach Sun
D．	Johnson might have won the gold medal if he had not dropped out

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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you asked high school girls to name their favourite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 　21　: surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 　22　.
I started surfing about five years ago and 　23　 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first wave was the best feeling I had ever 　24　.
When I try to 　25　　surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 　26　,
there’s nothing like it. It involves（涉及）body, 　27　, and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 　28　us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that   29 , becoming one with the ocean, is like I’m   30 .
The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless   31 . You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean   32 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing;   33  are very aggressive（攻击性的）and sharp. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it   34  from any other sport.
I’ve   35  to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new levels, so shouldn’t it be   36  that girls should step up and start pushing the limits of things boys and men   37  dominate (主宰)?
There’re women   38  side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   39 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to succeed, and they   40 .
21. A. tell                            B. answer                     C. give                         D. realize
22. A. wonder                          B. understand                   C. reply on                      D. believe
23. A. stayed                            B. came                              C. dropped                     D. fell
24. A. experienced                 B. adventured                   C. worked out                D. discovered
25. A. bring                               B. connect                         C. compare                    D. tie
26. A. work                               B. study                              C. holiday                       D. life
27. A. mind                               B. figure                             C. health                         D. control
28. A. over                                B. above                             C. around                       D. among
29. A. beach                             B. water                                      C. board                                   D. lake
30. A. weight                           B. overweight                    C. weight-loss                 D. weightless
31. A. success                          B. challenge                      C. ability                         D. trouble
32.   A. catches                          B. includes                         C. offers                                   D. collects
33. A. others                            B. other                              C. another                      D. the other
34. A. exciting                          B. attractive                      C. enjoyable                  D. different
35. A. chosen                           B. tried                               C. learned                      D. promised
36. A. expected                       B. supposed                      C. achieved                    D. proved
37. A. hated to                        B. hoped to                        C. used to                       D. had to
38. A. sitting                            B. walking                          C. fighting                      D. working
39. A. of                                     B. from                               C. on                                    D. with
40. A. had                                 B. will                                  C. have                               D. do

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
　　I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 　16　 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 　17　 a dream.
My dream was 　18　. By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 　19　 anything that moved on the football field.
I was also 20　. My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 　21　to believe in myself. He 　22　 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 　23　 with Coach John changed my life forever.
　　A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the 　24　 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 　25　 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
　　When I told John, he was 　26　 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your 　27　 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 　28　, trying to think of the right　29　　that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 　30　 in me.
　　“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
　　“Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
　　That simple question made 31    for me the difference between 32 　something at once and having a 　33　. I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 　35　 a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy                 B. polite　             C. shy　                        D. honest
17. A. live                    B. have　　　       C. make　　　           D. need
18. A. athletics                 B. music　　　     C. business　　              D. money
19. A. kick                   B. play                   C. pass　　　　             D. hit
20. A. right                   B. popular　　       C. lucky　　　             D. honest
21. A. how                   B. why　　　        C. when　　　           D. whether
22. A. gave                   B. taught　　　     C. brought　　　          D. asked
23. A. accident                 B. matter　　      C. problem　　            D. experience
24. A. aim　　　　    B. idea　　　       C. start　　　　           D. purpose
25. A. keep　　　      B. end　　　       C. give　　　　           D. pick
26. A. mad　　　　     B. mournful　             C. frightened　           D. shameful
27. A. living　　　     B. playing　　        C. working　　            D. dreaming
28. A. moving　　      B. nodding　　       C. shaking　　           D. hanging
29. A. answers　　      B. excuses　　        C. words　　　            D. ways
30. A. sadness　　    B. regret　            C. hopelessness           D. disappointment
31. A. direct　　　　 B. clear　　           C. straight　　　      D. bare
32. A. wanting　　　    B. changing　　       C. dreaming　　           D. enjoying
33. A. wish　　　　　 B. goal　　　                 C. score　　　　      D. desire
34. A. following　　　 B. same　　           C. previous　　            D. very
35. A. charged　　　　B. got　　　　         C. offered　　       D. presented

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Now，perhaps，more than ever before，people are wondering what life is all about，and what it is for.Seeking material success is beginning to　26　large numbers of people around the world.They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is　27　up their lives，leaving them very little 28 or energy for family or hobbies.Many are turning to 29 　ways of living and downshifting is one of them.

Six percent of the workers in Britain took the decision to　30　last year.One couple who downshifted are Daniel and Liz.They　31　to work in central London.He was a newspaper reporter and she worked for an international bank.They　32　go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs，　33　their two children with a nanny.Nearly twice a month Daniel had to　34　New York for meetings.They both earned a large amount of money　35　began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays，they run　36　in the mountains of Wales.“I always wanted to have one here，”says Daniel，“and we took almost a year to　37　to downshift.It’s taken some time getting used to，but it’s been　38　it.We have to think　39　now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any　40　.However，I think it’s made us stronger as a family，and the children are a lot　41　.”

Liz，however，is not quite sure.“I used to enjoy my job，　 42　it was hard work and long hours.I’m not really a country girl，but I suppose I’m　43　getting used to looking after the animals.One thing I do　44　，though，is being able to see more of my children.My advice for other people wanting to do the　45　is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”

26.A.trouble B.attract C.encourage D.frighten

27.A.putting B.looking C.building D.eating

28.A.money B.material C.spirit D.time

29.A.other B.simple C.free D.many

30.A.retire B.downshift C.rest D.travel

31.A.wanted B.liked C.used D.planned

32.A.should B.would C.might D.could

33.A.keeping B.sending C.letting D.leaving

34.A.fly B.walk C.move D.run

35.A.and B.so C.but D.however

36.A.company B.farm C.house D.school

37.A.discuss B.study C.have D.make

38.A.worthy B.worth C.worthless D.worthwhile

39.A.once B.twice C.hardly D.worriedly

40.A.money B.holidays C.friends D.difficulties

41.A.more bored B.more worried C.happier D.cleverer

42.A.even though B.when C.as if D.unless

43.A.directly B.particularly C.especially D.gradually

44.A.doubt B.admire C.like D.admit

45.A.job B.research C.experiment D.same

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