摘要: 她总是改变主意. She is always .

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After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletics have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability. But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking part.

  She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thormpson. Born with spine hifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waist down. Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. at first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.

  Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.

  In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved she first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.

  Tanni’s enduring success had been part motivation(动机), part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员) enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to race…. I am still competing at a very high lever, but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”

  Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

  In spite of ups and downs, she never take her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in series of Paralympics- a top lever athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.

  What advice does she have for young athletes? “Work hard at your studies, and then train, train and train again.”

41. Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?

A. Basketball         B. Swimming.          C. Tennis.        D. Horse-riding.

42. When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?

A. In 1984.           B. In 1988.             C. In 1992.       D. In 2007.

43. The underlined word “that” in the 5th paragraph refers to _______.

A. fifty weeks’ training             B. being a good sprinter

C. training almost every day         D. part motivation and part preparation

44. What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?

a. She works as a coach.      b. She took up athletics.

c. She won four gold medals in Barcelona.   d. She competed in her first Paralympic Games.

e. She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.

A. b, d, c, e a    B. a, d, b, c ,e     C. A,d,c,e,b       D. b.d.a.e.c

45. What can we learn from Tanni’s success?

A. Union is strength.                 B. Never too late to learn.

C. Well begun is half done.         D. No pains, no gains.

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 1.我不知道这是不是因为我长久无法出门的缘故,我变得对一切与大自然有关的事都无比狂热。

I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for ______ long ______ I’ve grown so ________ _________ everything to do with nature. 

2. 如果你在和朋友的相处上有问题,你可以写信给编辑向他征求建议。

If you have some trouble _________ _________ ________ your friends, you can write to the editor and ask for advice.

 3. 她给了我一个坚定的眼神——这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。

She gave me a ________ look — the kind that said she wouldn’t _______ _______ ________.

4. 会告诉你的朋友你很关心他或她,下课后你们再见面谈谈。

You will tell your friend that you _________ _________ ________ him/her and 

you will meet after class and talk then.

5. 目前在中国学习英语的人数比以往任何时候都多。

Today ______ _________ ______ people learning English in China is larger than even before.

 6. 他懂几种语言,例如英语、法语和德语。

He knows several languages, _______ _______ English, French and German.

 7. 这城市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些奇怪的情况当一回事,当天晚上照常上床睡觉了。

   The one million people of the city, who ________ ________ ______these strange events, went to bed as usual that night.

8. 世界似乎到了末日!

It seemed as if the world was _______ _______ ________.

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