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Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai ____1___ 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very ___2____. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his skill at hurdling was noticed by his _3___ Sun Haiping. In 2004, he ___4____ the first Olympic Gold medal for China in Athens, Greece. Now he is training hard to go for more __5___for China. Just because he was trained for gold!

A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the playground. A football game is going on right now ______ Class 3 and Class 4. We don’t know which team will ____. Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practicing the ____ jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices hard every day. Many people think he will _____ the school record in the sports meeting next spring. Not far away from them, some girls are preparing for a race. They____ have a 600-meter race soon. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group(群) of students. Their teacher is ____ them how to throw discus(铁饼).

In schools, ____ students love sports now. Sports help people to keep ____. They also help people to live happily. And ____ doing sports on the field ,.people will ____ good friends with each other, too. Do you think so ?

1.A. in                 B. between           C. from         D. of

2.A. win               B. winning             C. fall                D. falling

3.A. long                 B. far                 C. high               D. tall

4.A. break               B. turn               C. leave             D. name

5.A. were              B. going to             C. were going to      D. will

6.A. telling        B. talking         C. speaking            D. saying

7.A. much and much B. most and most C. many and many D. more and more

8.A. health     B. tired             C. healthy             D. happy

9.A. in           B. before              C.  after            D. over

10.A. make        B. change        C. get                  D. bring 

Do you know about Liu Xiang? He is one of the most popular   1  stars in China.

Liu Xiang was born on July 13, 1983 in Shanghai. Like many other Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very   2 . In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai.   3 , he was trained as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his coach noticed his skill in hurdling(跨栏).

Liu Xiang put his whole heart into his training.   4  the age of 18, Liu Xiang set a record. In 2002 he won his first international   5  hurdles in Switzerland, and in the same year, he   6   a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu Xiang won the   7  Olympic gold medal in Athens, Greece. In 2006, he set a new world record with a time of 12.88 seconds in the men’s 110m hurdles in Lausanne.

  8  a sporting hero, Liu Xiang is invited to competitions around the world. And he also appears(出现) in advertisements and films. So what’s next for Liu Xiang? Will he   9  more time away from sports? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China   10   he’s a symbol of China’s international sporting success.

1.A. movie           B. sports         C. music

2.A. old             B. short           C. young

3.A. At first        B. At last          C. Next

4.A. On             B. In              C. At

5.A. 100m            B. 110m             C. 120m

6.A. won             B. made             C. kept

7.A. third           B. first            C. second

8.A. Like          B. For             C. As

9.A. pay             B. spend            C. need

10.A. because        B. but              C. although