Every sport has its great legends: soccer has Pele, basketball has Michael Jordan, and tennis, Steffi Graf. Is
there one athlete who people consider to be the best ever? Many would say that person is boxer Muhammad Ali,
known to his many fans as "the greatest".
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942. At the age of twelve, after his bike was stolen, young Ali began
boxing; by the time he reached high school, he was a great amateur(业余) boxer. After winning six state and
two national boxing championships, he competed in the 1960 Olympic, where he won a gold medal. That same
year, at the age of eighteen, he became a professional boxer.
From the start of his career it was clear that Ali was different from other athletes. He was outspoken,
confident, strong-willed and talked publicly about himself and his beliefs (信仰). The man who called himself
"the greatest" still faced many challenges, though. After winning his Olympic gold medal, he returned home to
the United States. He was not allowed to stay in certain hotels or eat in certain restaurants because of the color
of his skin. Ali was disgusted (反感) with racism in the U.S., so he threw his Olympic medal into a river.
In 1964, Ali beat Sonny Liston to become the world heavyweight champion. Ali surprised the world again in
1966, not for his boxing skills, but for his political beliefs. He disagreed with the U.S. war in Vietnam and
refused to join the army, which all young men in the U.S. had to do at the same time. As a result, Ali"s
heavyweight title was taken away, and he was sent to prison for five years.
Ali retired (退休) from boxing in 1981, ending a career of sixty-one fights, of which he won fifty-six. In
1996, he was recognized as a sporting hero at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The
crowd at the Game cheered as Ali, now suffering from Parkinson"s disease, lit the Olympic flame-no longer the
strongest, but still the greatest.
| The Greatest -Muhammad Ali | | Personal details |
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| Date of birth: | January 17,1942 | | (1) of birth: | Louisville, Kentucky | | Characteristics: | outspoken, strong-willed and (2) | | Sporting Career | In (3) , he started boxing after his bike was stolen.
When he was a (4) school student , he was a good amateur boxer.
In the 1960 Olympics, he won his (5) gold medal.
At the age of 22, he (6) the world heavyweight champion.
In 1981, he (7) boxing as a professional player. | | Other Information: | Racism made Ali feel so (8) that he threw his Olympic medal into a river.
He was sent to prison because he didn"t (9) to join the army.
In 1996 , he was recognized as a sporting (10) at the opening ceremony
of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. |
解析 | 1. Place 2. confident 3. 1954 4. high 5. first 6. became 7. stopped 8. disgusted 9. agree 10. hero |
举一反三
| 选词填空。 | | eat, high, no, one, write, back, know, read, drink, even, with, reach | | 阅读理解。 | 
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典的) music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought
these kinds of music together. Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on October 27, 1978. She moved to
London with her family when she was four. A year later, she started to learn the violin. When she was eight,
she went to Beijing to study the violin. When she was ten, she played with a very famous group of classical
musicians. But Vanessa-Mae doesn"t only play the violin. She learnt the piano before she started to play the
violin.
She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music
she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop
concerts with pop stars.
A lot of people don"t like the way she uses modern rhythms (节奏), noisy drums and guitars in traditional
(传统的) music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical
music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music. | | 1. Vanessa-Mae was a young woman. | | [ ] | A. Chinese
B. English
C. Singaporean
D. French | | 2. The type of music Vanessa-Mae likes is . | | [ ] | A. traditional music
B. different kinds of music
C. classical music
D. rock and roll | | 3. listen to classical music because they like Vanessa-Mae. | | [ ] | A. Pop stars
B. Young people
C. Classical musicians
D. Old people | | 4. was the first instrument (乐器) she learnt to play. | | [ ] | A. The violin
B. The piano
C. The drums
D. The guitar | | 5. Vanessa-Mae has played music with in all kinds of concerts. | | [ ] | A. Beethoven and the Beatles
B. young children
C. pop stars and classical musicians
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The album has 26 songs. They are in five languages－Mandarin (普通话), Cantonese (广东话), Korean,
Japanese and English.
Jang Nara says the Cantonese songs are the hardest to sing. On the album, she sings a well-known Chinese
love song－The Moon Represents My Heart both in Mandarin and in Cantonese.
She also sings Our Dream. The song is to show her best wishes for the Beijing Olympic Games. | | 1. Jang Nara comes from ______. | | [ ] | A. China
B. South Korea
C. Japan | | 2. Jang Nara uses ______ languages to sing the songs on her new album. | | [ ] | A. 3
B. 26
C. 5 | | 3. Which song can show her best wishes for the Beijing Olympic Games? | | [ ] | A. Our Dream.
B. Dream of Asia.
C. The Moon Represents My Heart | | 4. The writer mainly tells us something about ______. | | [ ] | A. Jang Nara
B. Jang Nara"s third album
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time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into
college, he didn"t change a lot. Then he dropped out (退学). But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several
months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a
change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in
his garage (汽车库). He chose the name "Apple" just because it could help him to remember a happy summer
he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world. | | 1. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ______. | | [ ] | A. never did his lessons
B. was full of new ideas
C. always made troubles with his schoolmates
D. dropped out | | 2. Steven Jobs didn"t finish college, did he? | | [ ] | A. Yes, he did.
B. No, he didn"t.
C. Yes, he didn"t.
D. No, he did. | | 3. Steven Jobs designed his new computer ______. | | [ ] | A. in India
B. with his friend
C. in an apple tree garden
D. by himself | | 4. Steven Jobs was famous for his ______ all over the world. | | [ ] | A. new ideas
B. apple
C. Apple Computer
D. video games | | 5. From this passage we know ______. | | [ ] | A. Steven Jobs didn"t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates
B. Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California
C. Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true
D. Steven Jobs could only design video games | 最新试题
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