Question

    This year at the Olympic Games in Rio, you might stumble across a pretty interesting sight outside of the various stadiums holding competitions around the city.

Meet Chen Guanming, a 60-year-old Chinese farmer who pedaled his rickshaw (人力车) all the way from China to Rio. He calls himself “Olympic madman,” and surely he deserves it: this is the third Olympic Games he rode to. Brazilians welcomed him with the best friendship and a splendid show after he arrived in Rio a week earlier.

Seventeen years ago, he embarked the crazy adventure as an Olympics chaser: he toured around China before attending the Beijing Olympics in 2008, then made it to London in 2012, and now he’s in Rio. He plans to finish his global journey in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics.

He doesn’t really have money, but strangers he met on the road have been pouring support to him: a heartfelt encouragement, a warm meal, or a lift up a hill — the rickshaw, his good buddy, carries all his luggage and weighs as heavy as 400 pounds.

Zsofia Korodi, a Hungarian living in London, set up a Facebook fan page after being “inspired by his actions,” so that supporters keep track of him. That way his journeys are pieced together, and people call out the next town to look out and take care of him. When there’s water to cross, people he met fly him over, and he will patiently wait for the rickshaw to arrive by ship.

Chen spent two years, traveled almost 40,000 miles to get to the London Olympics. For Rio, he hopped a plane to Canada and then made his way from Canada through the US, South America to Rio. Chen said he does it all to enhance the Olympic spirit. “My biggest hope is to encourage the vulnerable, the weak, and those who are afraid of challenges.”

In Rio, he’s apparently becoming an Olympic celebrity— a sportsman that compete out of the fields, with himself and gets stopped wherever he goes to take pictures. Even though he couldn’t watch the games at the scene, he’s completely happy by helping to pick trash and clean the surrounding areas of the stadiums. That’s what the Olympics is about. “It is to challenge the boundaries, to compete in a friendly manner, and to win the honor of the higher calling.” He said.

See you in Japan in 2020, Mr. Chen!

1.Mr. Chen calls himself “Olympic madman” because ________.

A. he has a bad temper whenever Olympic Games come

B. he rides to Olympic Games as a crazy Olympics chaser

C. he becomes super busy with his business in Olympic season

D. he gets splendid results every time he competes in Olympic Games

2.Which city didn’t Mr. Chen ride to for Olympic Games?

A. Beijing B. Rio

C. London D. Tokyo

3.Why did Mr. Chen ride to Rio?

A. He wanted to win the honor of Olympics at the scene.

B. He planned to challenge and compete in a friendly manner.

C. He hoped to promote the Olympic spirit and encourage others.

D. He intended to pick trash and clean the surrounding areas of the stadiums.

4.Which word can be used to describe Mr. Chen best?

A. Enthusiastic B. Intelligent

C. Sensitive D. Competitive.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记述文。60岁的中国农民——陈冠明是狂热的奥运会追逐者，他三次骑着人力车去奥运会，并打算去2020年的东京奥运会，希望能够宣传奥林匹克精神，鼓励那些惧怕挑战的人。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中“He calls himself “Olympic madman,” and surely he deserves it: this is the third Olympic Games he rode to.”可知，陈冠明已经是第三次骑车去奥运会了，所以他把自己称为“奥运狂人”，故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段可知陈冠明已经去过北京，伦敦，如今又来到了里约，还没有去过东京，故选D项。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“Chen said he does it all to promote the Olympic spirit. “My biggest hope is to encourage the vulnerable, the weak, and those who are afraid of challenges.” 可知，陈冠明做这一切都是为了宣传奥林匹克精神，他最大的愿望是希望鼓励到那些弱者和那些畏惧挑战的人，故选C项。

4.推理判断题。A. enthusiastic 热情的；B. intelligent聪明的；C. sensitive敏感的；D. competitive有竞争力的。根据倒数第二段“Even though he couldn’t watch the games at the scene, he’s completely happy by helping to pick trash and clean the surrounding areas of the stadiums.”可知，陈冠明虽然不能到场馆里观看比赛，但他依然开心地在场馆周边捡拾垃圾，清扫地面，再结合上文，他骑车去了三次奥运会，鼓励他人，故他是一个热情的人，故选A项。