Liu Xiang, a 21-year-old Chinese athlete, got the gold medal of the fascinating men's 110m hurdles(跨欄) before a crowd of 70 000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympics in Athens late Friday local time. He clocked an excellent 12.91 seconds to equal the world record set by Britain's Collin Jackson in 1993.?

It is the first gold Chinese men's athlete has ever won from the track and field in the Olympics history. China has won over 100 gold medals from the summer Olympic Games since 1984 but its male athletes only got one medal from Olympics' most popular sport.

The Shanghai native, with his father a truck driver and mother an out-of-work housewife, loved sports when he was very little. Liu was selected to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai to practice jumping as a fourth grader in the primary school. But after a bone test showing that he will not be able to become a tall man, Liu was asked to give up sports one year later, although he had won the national champion at that level.

In 1998 when he attracted coach Sun Haiping's attention as a 15-year-old jumper. Sun was a well-known hurdle coach and he believed a star was born at the first sight of Liu. He visited Liu's parents several times and finally persuaded them to let Liu transfer to the 110m hurdles.?

After only three years, Liu launched his career in style in the IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne in 2001 by breaking the world youth and Asian record with a time of 13.12.

But the first warning he sent to the world was his bronze-winning feat(戰(zhàn)績)at the world indoor championships in Birmingham, England, last year.?

In 2004, Liu won the silver in the world indoor championships in Budapest in March. Two months later, he proved the winner in a race against American great Allen Johnson in the IAAF Grand Prix in Osaka, Japan, where he clocked a new Asian record and world's season best time of 13.06 seconds.

He went on to win two Johnson-absent races in Lille, France, on June 26 and Zagreb, Croatia, three days later. He put up an exciting show at the Golden Gala meet in Rome on July 3,when he and Johnson clocked an identical time of 13.11.Race officials had to examine a photo finish to declare Johnson the winner. Liu did a better job of clearing the hurdles than Johnson, but Johnson's stronger start ended up making the difference. The race boosted(提高) Liu's optimism for the Olympics, although Johnson bettered his season best time by 0.01 second in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 6.

The world has put the Olympics a Johnson-Liu duel but surprisingly Johnson crashed out of the Games after falling at the ninth hurdle at round 2.Johnson's early exit paved the way for Liu's win. He finally took the gold medal and put a Chinese man's name on the record book.?

(China daily. com. cn/Xinhua) Updated:2004-08-28 02:57

According to Paragraph One, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Liu Xiang is the fastest of the four mentioned athletes.

B. Liu Xiang has set a new world record in the event of the men's 110m hurdles.

C. Both Liu Xiang and Jackson have got a gold medal at the Olympics.?

D. In the Olympics history, Liu Xiang is as fast as Britain's Collin Jackson.

Before the 28th Olympics in Athens, _______.

A. no Chinese athlete got a gold medal from the track and field at the Olympics

B. there was already a Chinese male medallist in the track and field at the Olympics

C. Terrence Trammell got a gold medal from the men's hurdles at the Sydney Olympics

D. Zhu Jianhua got a bronze medal from the men's hurdles in the 1984 Los Angeles Games

In the last paragraph, the underlined word “duel” most probably means “_______”.?

A. contest       B. friendship   C. Partner       D. company?

.From the passage, we can conclude that _______.?

A. Liu Xiang had no gift for jumping when he was a little boy?

B. Liu Xiang set a new world youth record when he was 17 years old?

C. Liu Xiang has succeeded because of his coach Sun?

D. Johnson might have won the gold medal if he had not dropped out??

【小題1】D

【小題2】B

【小題3】A

【小題4】D


解析:

【小題1】根據(jù)文章第一段“He clocked an excellent 12.91 seconds to equal the world record set by Britain's Collin Jackson in 1993.”可知A、B兩項不正確。根據(jù)文章第一段和最后一段可知C項不對。?

【小題2】從文章第二段的“China has won over 100 gold medals from the summer Olympic Games since 1984 but its male athletes only got one medal from Olympics' most popular sport.”可得出此答案。?

【小題3】根據(jù)“duel”后面的內(nèi)容可推測出詞義。?

【小題4】根據(jù)文章最后一段可得出答案。

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