China’s Zhou Yang won the Olympic Games women's 1,500-metre short-track gold in 2009.

“I told myself a few days ago ‘Zhou Yang，you Can do this’”the18-year-old Olympic newcomer said. “I believed in myself. ”

   “This gold medal will change things. It will give me more confidence. It will give my mum a better lifestyle. ”

    China’s Shen Xue，aged 31，and Zhao Hongbo，aged 36， celebrated St. Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Year by winning a gold medal in the pairs figure skating at the Vancouver Olympics . —“We have not competed(比赛) much in the last two years and we came back to compete at the Olympic Games as it is our dream to win an Olympic gold medal.”

    China’s Wang Meng won again her Olympic women's

500-metre short track skating title on Wednesday.

   “I have a lot of confidence. I feel that it's my duty to win that. It's still the Chinese New Year holiday，”she said，“Kowtow(磕头)was the only way to express my thanks to the coaches. team leaders and teammates. ”

1.How old is the Olympic newcomer，Zhou Yang, now?

A. 18      B. 19         C. 31         D. 36

2.What is Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo’s dream?

A. To celebrate Chinese New Year.             B. To give their parents a better life.

C. To win an Olympic gold medal. D. To spend a special Valentine’s Day.

3.In what sport did Wang Meng win the gold medal?

A. Figure Skating.       B. Women’s l,500 metre short-track skating.  

C. Skiing.              D. Women’s 500 metre short-track skating

4.Where may you probably read this passage?

A. In a story book.                  B. In a news report.    

C. In a TV play.                     D. In an advertisement.

补全对话（每小题1分，共5分）从方框内选择适当的选项完成对话。

A. When will you go?

B. Where will you play it?

C. What are you going to do?

D. How will you go there?

E. Why not go to the mountain?

F. What sport do you like best?

G. Do you have any plans?

A: Dave, the radio says it is sunny tomorrow. 1.     

B: Yes, I do. I want to go to the beach. 2.     

A: I am going to do some sports.

B:3.     

A: I like basketball best. I think it can help me grow taller.

B: 4.     

A: I will play it in the gym. By the way, who will you go to the beach with?

B: I’ll go with my parents.

A:5.     

B: We will go there by car.

A: Have a good time.

B: The same to you.

These days, more and more people begin to look after their health by exercising. What sport should we do then?

● Ping-pong

Wang Bing opened up a ping-pong room. He was very surprised that there were so many people coming on the first day of the new year. He added five more tables, but it still couldn’t meet the need. “I am pleased to see so many people like playing ping-pong. It’s a very good sport for health, ” said Wang Bing.

● Basketball

Xia Wen works in a bookstore. He often goes to play basketball in the middle school near the bookstore. “Although the students are having their summer holidays, to my surprise, the playground is crowded with people,” said Xia Wen.

Of course, there are some other sports that people can do to keep healthy. But it’s certain that people who often exercise can work better.

1.Nowadays, people look after their health by ______.

2.Wang Bing is ______.

3.There were too many people in the ping-pong room, so Wang Bing ______.

4.The playground was crowded during the holidays because ______.

5.If people want to do their work better, they should ______.

Americans love sports . But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（毁伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation（手术）or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad

Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries.

 For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens（镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

 Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”

1.Do Americans love sports?

2.What sport is Simmons interested in?

3.What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?

4.What problem may people have when they play sports?

5.Can Simmons do everything like before?