高一英语阅读理解专项训练
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Chinese athletes were highlighted by a series of inspirational wins in the International Ski
Federation’s World Cup circuit recently. China’s Gu Ailing, a Chinese freestyle talent, made
history by becoming the first ever back-to-back freeski World Cup winner in two different events
at the same venue after claiming the slopestyle title in Calgary, Canada, on Feb.15, 2020. The day
before, Gu had stormed to her first Cup gold in the halfpipe competition.
Gu again thrilled the crowds on Feb.15 in the slopestyle with another impressive display of
technical riding, landing a string of difficult tricks, including a massive right 900° twist with a tail
grab in her second run that earned her 89.18 points to dominate the 18-strong field.
“Honestly, my mind is blown,” Gu told the FIS website after the competition. “Coming in I
didn’t have any expectations. I try not to take anything for granted. Honestly, I could not have
expected two wins from these events.”
“I really just came in trying to do my best and ski the way I knew I could. Skiing my best is
really the best part of this, and being rewarded for it just makes it even better.”
Born to a Chinese mother and an American father in San Francisco, US, Gu, better known as
Eileen in the States, completed a naturalization process last June to represent China in
international competitions.
Now she has her sights set on doing her mother’s home country proud at the 2022 Beijing
Games.
A talented skier who has won many national junior titles in the US, Gu became a hit last
month after winning two golds and a silver — in halfpipe, Big Air and slopestyle — at her first
appearance in Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.
With Gu now on board in freeski, China’s snow sports team, which also features world-class
aerial skiers and halfpipe snowboarders, is determined to challenge Western dominance on the
snow in 2022.
1.How did Gu Ailing created history in her career?
A.She won two gold medals in the World Cup.
B.She showed her talent in skiing performance.
C.She displayed an impressive technical riding. D.She made a massive right 900° twist twice.
2.What mainly made Gu perform well in the match?
A.Her powerful determination. B.Her parents’ positive support.
C.Her deep love for competition. D.Her relaxing and careful mind.
3.When did Gu become known in sports?
A.On Feb.15, 2020. B.On Feb.14, 2020.
C.In January 2020. D.In June 2019.
First Day at School
It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my
way to school I wondered, what questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the
answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was
living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also
wondered if it was the rule for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped
they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground,
expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there,
either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens, so he
asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian,
the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu” and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I
said: ”Portsmouth” and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn’t
make me very popular, of course. “He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he
obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the
goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough,” Brian said when someone asked him why he had
chosen me.
As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down quickly
and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed and bleeding. Brian
took out a handkerchief and offered it to me. “Do you want to join my team?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
4.The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “________”.
A.How old are you? B.Where are you from?
C.Do you want to join my team? D.When did you come back to London?
5.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.boys were usually unfriendly to new students B.the writer was not greeted as he expected
C.Brian praised the writer for his cleverness D.the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper