Marjorie Gestring

Marjorie Gestring was a springboard（跳板） diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years．With the cancellation（取消） of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II, Gestring did not get a chance to defend her title, and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed．

Bob Mathias

17-year-old American Bob Mathias won the decathlon（十項全能運動） only four months after taking up the sport．He is the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a men's track and field event．By the time Mathias retired from decathlon competition in 1952, he had nine victories in nine competitions．He had won two gold medals separately in 1948 and 1952．In 1954 a film about his early life called The Bob Mathias Story was made, in which he and his wife played themselves．

Fu Mingxia

Fu Mingxia was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province．At an early age, her father taught her to swim at a nearby river．She started exercising gymnastics at age 5, soon turning to diving．Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing．In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13．

Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe was born on 13 October, 1982．He is a former Australian freestyle swimmer．At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia．Ian Thorpe, 17 years old, won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle by breaking his own world record in Sydney 2000．He has won five Olympic gold medals．

1.How many times has Marjorie Gestring taken part in the Olympic Games?

A．Two．

B．Three．

C．Four．

D．Five．

2.Which two athletes took part in the Olympics in the same year ?

A．Marjorie Gestring and Fu Mingxia

B．Bob Mathias and Fu Mingxia

C．Marjorie Gestring and Bob Mathias．

D．Bob Mathias and Ian Thorpe．

3.How long had Fu Mingxia practised diving in Beijing before she won the 10-meter platform gold in the 1992 Summer Olympics?

A．About ten years．

B．About nine years．

C．About five years．

D．About three years．

4.What is the passage mainly about ?

A．Some young Olympic champions．

B．The history of the Olympic Games．

C．How to train young Olympic athletes．

D．How to prepare for the Olympic Games．

 

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.細節(jié)題，由第一段第二行won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,和最后一句and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed可以知道答案，所以選A

2.細節(jié)題，由第一段最后一句and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed和第二段倒數(shù)第三行medals separately in 1948 and 1952可以知道答案，所以選C

3.細節(jié)題，由第三段第三行gymnastics at age 5, soon turning to diving．Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train可以知道答案，所以選C

4.推理題，由全文的主要意思“被介紹的這三個人都是奧運會年輕的冠軍”，所以選A

考點：本文為一篇說明文文。

點評：本文介紹了三個奧運會年輕冠軍。先通讀全文，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。本文主要考查細節(jié)題，要求學生有很強的細節(jié)分析能力。

 

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