【题目】Chinese athlete Liu Xiang, winner of gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles at the Athens Olympics, published his book, I’m Liu Xiang, recently in his hometown of Shanghai.
It seems that many people can’t help comparing Liu Xiang with another Shanghai native, basketball giant（巨星）Yao Ming, who also recently published his book, A Life in Two Worlds. Manager Dai, the editor of the book I’m Liu Xiang, explained the differences between the two books as he saw them. Firstly, Yao’s book was written mainly for Americans, while Liu’s readers will be mainly Chinese. Secondly, A Life in Two Worlds was written in the third person singular（单数）by an American writer who recorded Yao Ming’s stories, I’m Liu Xiang was written in the first person and included many articles from his diaries. Lastly, according to Dai, Yao enjoyed the advantage of being born in a sporty, rich family, unlike Liu, who came from a working class family and therefore had to go through greater hardship（艰难）before becoming a world-known athlete. So if you enjoy reading about mental（精神上的）suffering and physical pain, read I’m Liu Xiang. If you want to practice your English, read A Life in Two Worlds.
Liu Xiang | Yao Ming | |
Job | an athlete in 110m hurdles | a【1】 giant |
Family | a【2】 class family | a sporty, rich family |
New book’s name | I’m Liu Xiang | A 【3】in Two Worlds |
New book’s readers | mainly 【4】 | mainly Americans |
New book is suitable for | people who enjoy reading about mental suffering and physical pain | people who want to practice 【5】 |
【题目】选词填空
dream came out at the same time life later in front of reached down kindly |
A man once had a 1 about the Black Forest（森林） in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran 2 and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two roads 3 him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and he 4 heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and so he 5 into a small hotel. He was received there 6 and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.
Twenty years 7 he was really in the Black Forest and, as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him 8 . He ran off and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon 9 a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his 10 ___________ .