What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it
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Han Xiaopeng took China’s first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” last Thursday by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说) in the Olympics!
“I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” It’s China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Han’s gold was the country’s first ever in a snow sport. In 2002, China’s Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US.
Just because Han’s win was unexpected doesn’t mean that he didn’t work hard.
Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员) at a circus. In 1995, a coach found his talent(才能). The coach, Yang Er’qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn’t swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform(跳台) and kept on training.
Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games. In that Olympics he only got 24th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly(坚强地) behind me, helping me through,” he recalled.
Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing. We are proud of him and we hope he will have another big success in the next winter Olympics.
小题1:What does ‘dark horse’ mean? It means _____________.
| A．a horse which is dark |
| B．someone who is expected to win |
| C．a horse which likes living in the dark |
| D．someone whose win is unexpected |
| A．In China . | B．In Italy. | C．In America. | D．In Australia. |
| A．He had the agility and wasn’t afraid of the high platform. |
| B．He was good at skiing though he was only 12 years old. |
| C．He was born in the north of China and liked sports on snow. |
| D．He had the talent and he had won a world gold medal before. |
| A．He was 23 when he won the gold medal at the winter Olympics. |
| B．He made two almost perfect jumps and got the highest score. |
| C．No one had won the gold before Han Xiaopeng at the winter Olympics. |
| D．He never gave up even though he had faced many difficulties. |
| A．A Dark Horse at the Winter Olympics |
| B．A Wonderful Match |
| C．A Hopeless Snow Game |
| D．An Exciting Horse Race |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了韩晓鹏，首位在冬奥会雪上运动夺冠的中国运动员。在意大利都灵，他成为一匹奥林匹克“黑马”夺得男子自由式空中滑雪冠军。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段It’s someone who wins when no one expects it.描述，可知“黑马”指的是，不被人寄予希望的那个人赢了。故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段He became an Olympic “dark horse” last Thursday by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy描述，可知上个星期四在意大利都灵，他成为一匹奥林匹克“黑马”夺得男子自由式空中滑雪冠军。故选B
小题3:细节理解题。根据第三段The coach, Yang Er’qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn’t swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform(跳台) and kept on training.描述，可知教练认为他有灵活性，而且不怕高平台。故选A
小题4:是非判断题。根据第三段It’s China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympics.描述，可知他不是第一个获得金牌的人，故选C
小题5:标题归纳题。根据文章的主旨大意，故选A
举一反三
Writing a good story is not an easy task. What’s the secret? Mo Yan, last year’s Nobel Prize winner in literature, believes his success comes from a large amount of reading.
Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province. He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. Those stories later became the inspiration(灵感) for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields.
Although he was tired after his daily hard work, Mo was always hungry for books. However, there were very few in the village. He read his older brother’s textbooks and even dictionaries. He helped others with farm work in exchange for books.
“When I finished reading all the books around, I thought I was the most knowledgeable man in the world,” he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976, he began to read widely, including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers. He studied from these writers but did not copy them. Instead, he developed his own style. As the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award. “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture. It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen. This has affected, even decided, my style.”
小题1:Mo Yan is from .
| A．Shandong | B．Shanxi | C．Jiangsu | D．Guangdong |
| A．while listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. |
| B．during his daily hard work in the fields. |
| C．after he studied from many famous writers |
| D．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature |
| A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young. |
| B．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young. |
| C．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world. |
| D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature. |
| A．Easier said than done. | B．Rome was not built in a day. |
| C．Well begun, half done. | D．The older, the wiser. |
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special-like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father"s Day writing competition for the whole school. "I hope we have a winner right here in my class."
When I got home, I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. No, :I wouldn"t start like that. That was the way others saw him. How did I see my father? Hmm...
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged(拥抱 ) me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, he wasn"t just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩 ).
The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, "My father"s son". When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears (眼泪 ) were running down my mother"s face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder.“Son, this is the proudest moment of my life."
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I"ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father"s son.
小题1:The writer"s dream is________________________ .| A．to become an astronaut"s son |
| B．to have a class monitor |
| C．to meet the captain of the football team |
| D．to do something special |
小题2:The teacher hoped to_______________________ .| A．save the child from a burning building |
| B．buy his father a gift for Father"s Day |
| C．have the competition winner in his class |
| D．take part in the speech competition |
小题3:What did the writer probably write about?| A．It was very interesting to be an astronaut"s son. |
| B．His father was special and could do everything well. |
| C．His father"s experiences as a very famous astronaut. |
| D．The unforgettable time he spent with his father. |
小题4:Why did the writer"s parents go to school Thursday night?| A．Because the result of the competition would be announced. |
| B．Because they were asked to give a speech to the students. |
| C．Because there was an important football match at school. |
| D．Because the writer did something wrong at school. |
小题5:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．The writer was very disappointed at the result. |
| B．The writer"s achievement made his father feel proud. |
| C．The writer"s mother cried because he didn"t win first prize. |
| D．The writer"s father had a sore throat because he talked too much. |
When I was a young boy, I was ____ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ____me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,___ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ____ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak ____ all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on,boy! Believe in yourself. You are sure to ___.”Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I _____ the topic “Believe in yourself!” I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 _____. With my mother’s great love, I did ___ in the contest. I could hardly believe my _____ when the news came that I had won the first place.
小题1:A. too B. so C. quite
小题2:A. made faces at B. looked after C. laughed at
小题3:A. something B. everything C. anything
小题4:A. take part in B. join C. get
小题5:A. to B. among C. before
小题6:A. win B. pass C. beat
小题7:A. brought B. thought C. chose
小题8:A. words B. times C. sentences
小题9:A. well B. good C. bad
小题10:A. result B. eyes C. ears
This is Jay Chou, the 29-year-old pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing. Those songs are from his new CD.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He didn’t talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,” said a Junior 1 girl in No. 101 Middle School in Jiangsu Province.
小题1:Jay Chou was a ____ boy.
A. shy and quiet B. quiet and veryhandsome C. shy but very strong
小题2:Who is very excited because Jay will sing songs in Beijing?
A. Jay Chou’s mother B. Jay Chou’s fans C. Jay Chou’s wife
小题3:Which of the fllowing is right?
A. Jay Chou was born in 1976.
B. Jay Chou was good at subjects.
C. Jay’s mother found his special interest in music.
小题4:What does the underline word “attractive”mean?
A.讨厌的 B. 有决心的 C. 有吸引力的
小题5:Jay Chou began to ______ at the age of three.
A. play the piano B. sing songs C. learn English
Mike was a young man. He was not very rich. One day he went into a watch shop to buy a nice watch for his girl friend, Rose. His fixed his eyes on a nice gold watch, and decided to buy it. The shop assistant took the watch out, and asked for three hundred pounds for it. Just then, a boy of about fifteen suddenly rushed over and grasped the watch from the assistant’s hand. The assistant hurried out to catch the boy. But it was too late, the boy had disappeared among the street people very quickly. On the way home, Mike met the boy, who would sell him the gold watch for only hundred pounds. “The boy didn’t know that I saw him stealing the watch from the shop. And he asked for much less money than that in the shop.” Mike thought to himself. So he paid the boy and took the watch home. The next day, Mike gave the golden watch to Rose, and told her all about the watch. Rose looked at the watch for a while, then, laughed loudly, “You are really a fool!” she said, “his watch isn’t worth 100 pounds at all. The assistant and the boy must have planned the whole thing together.”
小题1:The shop assistant said the price of the watch was ____.
A. 100 pounds B. 200 pounds C. 300 pounds
小题2:The shop assistant must have known _____ very well.
A. Mike B. the boy C. Rose
小题3:The boy would sell Mike the watch for _____.
A.200 pounds B. 300 pounds C. much less money than that in the shop
小题4:In fact, the watch was worth ____.
A. 100 pounds B. 300 pounds C. just a little money
小题5:In this story, who really lost something?
A. The shop assistant B. Mike C. The boy
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