China’s Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yufei has set her sights on the 100 m butterfly (蝶泳) gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. “The 100 m butterfly title (冠军) is what I want the most. I hope to bring it back home,” said Zhang. Zhang won the women’s 200 m butterfly and 4×200m free style relay golds at the Tokyo Olympics, and she got the second place in the 100 m butterfly and mixed 4×100m medley relay (混合泳接力).
She is also hopeful about more relay success in Paris. She said, “Looking back to what we did at the Tokyo Olympics, we can still do better in Paris. I need to help younger teammates spiritually and improve their training level in these two years so that we can realize our dreams together.”
Zhang added that she has high expectations for the World Aquatics Championships (锦标赛) in Fukuoka, Japan in July and the Hangzhou Asian Games in September. “Hopefully I can make it this time,” she said. As for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhang said she is looking forward to ________ and is trying to break the 100m butterfly world record.
After becoming an Olympic champion, Zhang said her mentality (心态) has changed over the past two years. She said, “For a while after the Tokyo Olympics, I was afraid of failure, which placed a heavy burden on me. I could not accept the second prize. But after the short-course world championships at the end of last year. I felt that my winning mentality was always there but I was no longer afraid of failure.”
The 24-year-old elite swimmer says she hopes younger teammates can step up and shoulder their responsibilities for China, and that more youths enjoy and engage in sports.
1. How many prizes did Zhang Yufei get at the Tokyo Olympic Games?| A．Two. | B．Three | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．stopping herself from giving up | B．staying away from being scared |
| C．hearing the cheers of the home crowd | D．getting along well with foreign swimmers |
| A．She is afraid of the result. | B．She doesn’t care about the result |
| C．She has the only goal to be the first. | D．She wants to win but is not afraid to lose |
| A．Hoping to do better at the Paris Olympic Games |
| B．Doing her best at the Tokyo Olympic Games |
| C．Fearing placed a heavy burden on her |
| D．Youths’ enjoying taking part in sports |
The 2021 Henan Spring Festival Gala appeared on Wednesday evening, Feb.10. Since Thursday, a video of the dance show “Night Banquet in Palace of Tang Dynasty(《唐宫夜宴》)” caused a hot topic. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the program had been viewed 10 million times on Sina Weibo.
According to Chen Lei, the director of the show, “We hope the 2021 Spring Festival Gala can give everyone more joy and warmth,” Chen said. “We used 5G and AR technology to connect virtual(虚拟的) scenes with a real stage, bringing singing and dancing into a museum setting, creating a feeling of a wonderful night in the museum.”
Audiences have been drawn into learning more about traditional culture after watching the Henan Spring Festival Gala because of this show. Chen said that after enjoying the gala, netizens(网友) said that they would like to go to visit the Henan Provincial Museum and he was filled with a sense of pride and accomplishment because of that.“We have done a little bit to the revival(复兴) of traditional culture,” he said.
A netizen with a nickname @kenanyis said that the program really “brought our national treasure come back to life.” “After watching it, I really want to go to the Henan Provincial Museum.” Another netizen with a nickname @aichiyu said that it was amazing how popular the show was after being replayed millions of times!
1. From the first paragraph we can know “Night Banquet in Palace of Tang Dynasty” ________.| A．is difficult to understand | B．is popular with people |
| C．is enjoyed only by some persons | D．can only be seen on Sina Weibo |
| A．directed “Night Banquet in Palace of Tang Dynasty” |
| B．got a big prize for the play in the year of 2021 |
| C．is an expert in modern technology |
| D．works in a museum |
| A．幽默感 | B．方向感 | C．成就感 | D．失败感 |
| A．surprised | B．interested | C．funny | D．happy |
| A．a science paper | B．a story book | C．a history magazine | D．a news report |
3 . What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 773 million (百万) in March, 2020. That is, about 86% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both! If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. TikTok has more than 800 million users around the world.
Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relax, but also teach them useful skills (技能). “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short video users, says. “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favorite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shanxi noodles in no time at all.”However, quite a few people think short videos are not that good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say. “All of them are more meaningful to people.”
What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. Some educators say people should not spend much time on short videos. “Most of them are just for fun,” they say. “They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for the people, and not good for society (社会), either.”
1. From the first paragraph, we know that ________.| A．children around the world like watching short videos |
| B．people spend much time watching short videos |
| C．short videos are popular around the world |
| D．TikTok is the first short video app in China |
| A．describe how much he loves using his phone |
| B．tell readers how he learns to make videos |
| C．ask readers to watch Lao Qiao’s short videos |
| D．show people can learn something through short videos |
| A．movies and books | B．other ways to relax |
| C．useful skills | D．short videos |
| A．Make full use of short videos to have fun. |
| B．Try not to spend much time on short videos. |
| C．Make some short videos about life by ourselves. |
| D．Use short videos to do something meaningful for society. |
