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【題目】 What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it. Han Xiaopeng took Chinas first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用說) in the Olympics!

“I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” Its China's Second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Hans gold was the country s first ever in a snow spot n 2002, China's Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US. Just because Han's win was unexpected doesn't mean that he didn't work hard.

Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(雜技演員) at a circus. In 1995, a coach found his talent. The coach, Yang Er'qi, said Han had the agility(靈活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn't swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform (跳臺) and kept on training.

Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games. In that Olympics he only got 24th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly(堅強) behind me, helping me through,” he recalled.

Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing. We are proud of him and we hope he will have another big success.

【1】“Dark horse” means in the passage.

A.a horse which is darkB.someone who is expected to win

C.a horse which likes living in the darkD.someone whose win is unexpected

【2】Han Xiaopeng got China's first gold on snow in .

A.ChinaB.ItalyC.AmericaD.Australia

【3】The coach, Yang Er'qi, choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper because .

A.he had the agility and wasn't afraid of the high platform

B.he was good at skiing though he was only 12 years old

C.he was born in the north of China and liked sports on snow

D.he had the talent and he had won a world gold medal before

【4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.He was 23 when he won the gold medal at the winter Olympics.

B.He made two almost perfect jumps and got the highest score.

C.No one had won the gold before Han Xiaopeng at the winter Olympics.

D.He never gave up even though he had faced many difficulties

【5】A can be the best title for this passage .

A.a Dark Horse at the Winter OlympicsB.a Wonderful Match

C.a Hopeless Snow GameD.an Exciting Horse Race

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

文章大意：什么是黑馬，韓曉鵬就是一匹黑馬。在意大利都靈奧運會上，他為中國奪得了男子自由式空中滑雪的金牌，這是他第一次獲得世界范圍的金牌。說他的成功出乎意料，但是并不代表他不努力。韓曉鵬從小非常刻苦的訓練。他的成功讓越來越多的人開始對滑雪感興趣。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it.可知“黑馬”指的是，不被人寄予希望的那個人贏了。故選D。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He became an Olympic “dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. 可知韓曉鵬在意大利都靈獲得的金牌，故答案選B。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The coach, Yang Er'qi, said Han had the agility(靈活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn't swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform (跳臺) and kept on training. 可知，教練楊二旗選擇韓曉鵬做跳臺滑雪，是因為他身手敏捷，而且不怕高臺。故答案選A。

【4】

理解判斷題。根據(jù)“I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” Its China's Second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. 可知在獲得金牌時他23歲，A選項是正確的。根據(jù)He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. 可知他做了兩個幾乎完美的跳躍贏得了最高分，B選項是正確的。根據(jù)Its China's Second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. 可知韓曉鵬在都靈冬季奧運會上是第二個拿到金牌的，C選項是錯誤的。根據(jù)“I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly behind me, helping me through,” he recalled. 可知韓曉鵬雖然遇到很多困難，但是沒有放棄，D選項是正確的。故答案選C。

【5】

標題歸納題。本文借由“黑馬”的意思介紹了韓曉鵬，比喻他為冬季奧運會上的一匹黑馬，然后介紹了他的努力和刻苦。故答案選A。