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阅读理解
After the Summer Olympics were over, when all the athletes and viewers have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletes and fans arrived in the host city, and another competition began.These were the Paralympics, the games for athletes with disability.But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest competitors did not take part in.
Sbc is a British by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompsun.Born with spine bifida(脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waist down, Tanni has 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(田径), and never looked back.
Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off in 1984, when she was 15 and pulled off a surprising victor in the 100 meters at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.
In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul.She won a bronze in the 400 meters.Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics.Tanni won golds in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meters relay, setting two world records in the process.In the same year, she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.
Tanni’s enduring success partly was due to motivation(动机), and partly due to preparation.“The training I do as a good sprinter(短跑运动员) enables me to be good at marathon, too.I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to race…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 Paralympics World Cup in 2007.Her wish is to coach young athletes for next Olympic Games.
In spite of ups and downs, she never takes her fate lying down.In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in a 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 again.”
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When did Tanni win her first Paralympic gold medal?
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In 1984.
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In 1988.
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In 1992.
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In 2007.
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The underlined word“that” in Para 5 refers to ________.
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being good at marathon
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being a good sprinter
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training almost every day
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part motivation and part preparation
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What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?
a.She works as a coach.
b.She took up athletics.
c.She won four gold medals in Barcelona.
d.She competed in the first Paralympic Games.
e.She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.
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b, d, c, e, a
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a, d, b, c, e
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a, d, c, e, b
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b, d, a, e, c
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What can we learn from Tanni’s success?
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Union is strength.
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Never too late to learn.
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Well begun is half done.
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No pains, no gains.
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