1、1初中英語(yǔ)專項(xiàng)閱讀初中英語(yǔ)專項(xiàng)閱讀—體育天地體育天地AWhat’sthemeaningofa“darkhse”It’ssomeonewhowinswhilenooneexpectsit.HanXiaopengbecameanOlympic“darkhse”bywinningthegoldmedalinmen’sfreestyleaerialskiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧)inTurinItaly.Hemadetwoalmostperf

2、ectjumpsfthehighestsce.Hanhadneverwonawldgoldmedalbefeletalone(更不用說(shuō))intheOlympics!“Ineverthoughtthiswouldhappen”saidhe.“IfeltlikeIwasinadream.”It’sChina’ssecondgoldmedalattheTurinOlympics.ButmeimptantHan’sgoldwasthecount

3、ry’sfirsteverinasnowspt.In2002China’sYangYangwonthegoldfspeedskatingattheWinterOlympicsinSaltLakeCitytheUS.AlthoughHan’swinwasunexpecteditdoesn’tmeanthathedidn’twkhard.HangrewupinJiangsuProvincewhereheusedtobeanacrobat(雜

4、技演員).Hechangedtoaerialsin1995whenacoachfoundhistalent.ThecoachYangEr’qisaidHanhadtheagility(靈活性)couragetobeaskijumper.WhenYangfirsttookthe12yearoldtonthernChinatheboycouldn’tswimskateski.Buthewasn’tafraidofthehighplatfm(

5、跳臺(tái))keptontraining.HanalmostleftthesptafterbreakinghiskneemonthsbefetheSaltLakeGames.InthatOlympicshefinished24th.“Ialmostlostmyheartatthattimebutmyfamilythecoachstoodfirmly(有力地)behindmehelpingmethrough”herecalls(回憶說(shuō)).Cho

6、osethebestansweraccdingtothepassage.()1.A“darkhse”means“_____”.A.themostvaluableplayerinChinaB.someonewhowinsthegameunexpectedlyC.andinaryhseD.thegoldmedalinmen’sfreestyleaerialskiing()2.HanXiaopengisthefirstplayerwhohas

7、wonthegoldmedalfChina_____.A.inasnowsptattheTurinOlympicsB.attheWinterOlympicsinSaltLakeCityintheUSAC.inmen’sfreestyleaerialskiinginJiangsuD.atthe“darkhse”competitioninItaly()3.WhydidHanXiaopengchangetoaerialsin1995Becau

8、seheisapersonwith_____.A.talentB.abilityC.courageD.alloftheabove()4.Theunderlinedphrase“stood...behind...”inthelastparagraphmeans“_____”.A.stood...at...B.stood...f...C.supptedD.stood...by...()5.Thebesttitlefthepassagewou

9、ldbe“_____”.A.Han’sgoldsurpriseB.AnunexpectedresultC.AwonderinChinaD.AdarkhseB3betterthangold.AlsonowomenwereinthefirstOlympicsonly13countriestookpartinit.Butthosearen’ttheonlydifferences.AFrenchmanreallywantedtheGamesto

10、startagain.HisideafthemodernOlympicscamefromtheGreekGames(希臘競(jìng)技比賽)thoussofyearsago.Hehopedtheywouldhelpbringwldpeace.ButittooktimeftheOlympicstobecomepopular.Notmanypeoplethoughttheyweregoodideasin1896sotheywereputtogethe

11、rpoly.Sometouristsevenraninraces!Todaymethan10000peoplefromabout200countriestakepartinthem.IntheearlyyearsoftheOlympicsthereweren’tmanyspts.Mosteventsweretrackfieldones.Playersdidnotweartheircountries’colsin1896.Infactpl

12、ayersweren’tevenpickedbytheircountriesthen.TheytraveledtotheGamesbythemselveshadtousetheirownmoneytotakepartinit.NewsptshavebeenputintotheOlympicsovertimelikebadmintontabletennissoon.Someoldergamesarenolongerplayed.Itwou

13、ldbehardtoseealltheeventsattoday’sGames.Therewillbeover300!Swimmingwasdifferentin1896.Aboattookswimmersoutintothesealeftthemtoswimbacktol.Sometimesthewavemadetheracedangerous.Whenpeopleteamswoneventsin1896theydidn’tgetth