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, Bown 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 Barcelonn. 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 see…. I am still competing at a very high level, 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 level 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.”
1. Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?
A. Basketball B. Swimming.
C. Tennis. D. Horse-riding.
2. When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?
A. In 1984. B. In 1988.
C. In 1992. D. In 2007.
3. 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
4.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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When I was in primary school，I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't 36 what it was about，but I have never forgotten the 37 I learned that day.
I was 38 that I was right and he was wrong－and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 39 decided to teach us a very important lesson. She __40__ both of us up to the __41__ of the class and placed him on one side of her 42 and me on the other. In the 43 of her desk was a large，round object. I could __44__ see that it was black. She asked the boy what __45__ the object was.“White，”he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white, __46__ it was obviously black！Another __47__ started between my classmate and me，this __48__ about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed __49__，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I __50__ answer，“White.”It was an object with two __51__ colored sides，and from his side it was white.__52__ from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must __53__ in the other person's shoes and look at the __54__ through their eyes in order to __55__ understand their view.
1. A. think B. suppose C. remind D. remember
2. A. lesson B. lecture C. class D. text
3. A. told B. wished C. convinced D. allowed
4. A. officer B. teacher C. doctor D. parent
5. A. told B. came C. brought D. woke
6. A. back B. front C. middle D. side
7. A. eyes B. desk C. classroom D. body
8. A. middle B. way C. front D. back
9. A. happily B. fortunately C. clearly D. nearly
10. A. width B. shape C. color D. size
11. A. when B. unless C. until D. if
12. A. fight B. argument C. conversation D. game
13. A. time B. year C. month D. day
14. A. places B. seats C. attitudes D. glasses
15.A. needed to B. was able to C. hoped to D. had to
16.A. similarly B. differently C. beautifully D. surprisingly
17. A. Still B. Since C. Only D. Also
18.A. seat B. stand C. lie D. put
19. A. situation B. movement C. condition D. behavior
20. A. unexpectedly B. suddenly C. quietly D. truly
While in university，we were offered a number of afterschool activities to ________ our social skills.
A. create B. grow
C. develop D. settle
--- Are you worried about her safety?
--- Just ________. She isn't alone.
A. entirely B. gradually
C. generally D. slightly
More consumers are waiting for the further drop of housing prices with money in their hands rather than ______ houses, according to a report.
A. to buy B. buying
C. buy D. bought
Nobody believed his reason for being absent from the class __________he had to meet his uncle at the airport.
A. why B. that
C. where D. because
