1 . Officials have unveiled the gold, silver and bronze medals that will be awarded at this summer’s Olympic games in Paris, and each one contains a unique souvenir: a fragment (碎片) of waste iron from the Eiffel Tower.
“It’s the opportunity for the athletes to bring back a piece of Paris with them,” Thierry Reboul, creative director of Paris 2024, told reporters last week. “The absolute symbol of Paris and France is the Eiffel Tower.”
The Eiffel Tower opened in 1889 and during the later repair work, some of the original iron was cut off and preserved over time. Now, some of those preserved metal fragments have found new homes.
Each new Olympic me dal features a piece of Eiffel Tower iron — though the signature “Eiffel Tower brown” paint has been removed. These pieces have been shaped into hexagons (六边形), which is the “shape of France”. Besides, there are words “Paris 2024”, the Olympic rings and the Games logo, which looks like a flame or the face of a woman with a bob haircut.
How did they think of such an idea? Joachim Roncin, head of design at the Paris Games organizing committee told the press, “We talked about the design many times and realized that there’s one symbol known across the world, which is the Eiffel Tower. We said to ourselves, ‘Hey, what if we approached the Eiffel Tower Operating Company to see if it’s possible to get a bit of the Eiffel Tower to integrate into the medal?’”
When the Eiffel Tower Operating Company agreed to volunteer pieces of original iron, “the dream became reality,” adds Roncin.
The medals, designed by the luxury Paris jewelry house Chaumet, make people think of the Eiffel Tower in several other ways. The pieces of iron are secured by what looks like special nails that hold the structure together, and the medals’ ribbons are decorated with patterns of the tower’s latticework structure.
The iron fragments are set in recycled silver, gold and bronze disks. Over 5,000 medals are being made.
1. What does Thierry mean by saying “bring back a piece of Paris”?A.The athletes will buy souvenirs about Paris. |
B.The athletes will take many photos of Paris. |
C.Part of the athletes’ medal is from the symbol of Paris. |
D.The Eiffel Tower will be left in the athletes’ memory. |
A.The symbolic meaning of the hexagons. |
B.The shape and material of the Olympic medal. |
C.The processing technique of the Eiffel Tower iron pieces. |
D.The design of the Eiffel Tower iron fragment on the medal. |
A.From a strange dream. | B.By asking for the public. |
C.Through their discussion. | D.By studying the Eiffel Tower. |
A.They are innovative. | B.They are light. |
C.They have six sides. | D.They are golden-colored. |
A.Three hours. |
B.Four hours |
C.Nine hours. |
1. What does Ann say about her performance in the World Championships?
A.She did better than she had expected. |
B.She regretted not preparing well enough. |
C.She was disappointed to win a silver medal. |
A.Once a week. | B.Every day. | C.Six days a week. |
A.She avoids close contact with them. |
B.She likes to communicate with them. |
C.She has made good friends with them. |
A.Flying kites. | B.Reading. | C.Skiing. |
1. Who gave the woman her first mountain bike?
A.Her father. | B.Her aunt. | C.Her brother. |
A.She was too tired to move on. |
B.A photographer appeared suddenly. |
C.The road conditions were terrible. |
A.Having enough sleep. |
B.Taking a lot of exercise. |
C.Keeping the bike in good condition. |
A.Interviewer and interviewee. | B.Employer and employee. | C.Trainer and trainee. |
The Cun BA basketball tournament, one of China’s popular grassroots sports competitions, plans more interactions with NBA professionals in the current season. “We plan to take the championship team to
The basketball games, originally held to mark a local festival,
In its
The Cun BA phenomenon has not only energized the local economy, but has also contributed to the overall development of Taipan village and the surrounding regions. Sports events,
1. What is the woman?
A.An athlete. | B.A hostess. | C.A coach. |
A.His mother. | B.His brother. | C.His sister. |
A.He is fitter. | B.He is calmer. | C.He is happier. |
A.Train horses. | B.Teach children. | C.Take part in more races. |
1. 举行英文诗歌大赛的目的
2. 参加比赛的好处
3. 期待大家的踊跃参与
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2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear my fellow students,
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Student Union
Jumping Over Boundaries
When I was in elementary school, we had an annual sports day. Girls could do many things like hopscotch, jump rope, tetherball, and dodgeball, except high jumping. Only boys could do high jumping.
That’s what I wanted to do — high jumping. So I went to the coach.
“Girls don’t do high jumping,” the coach said. “Girls have all these other things they can do.” He excitedly described how much fun it would be.
I’d been high jumping in the backyard with my five brothers for years. Although I am a girl, I did high jumping pretty well. My brothers could rarely beat me. Whenever my back crossed the bar, that feeling is extremely wonderful. I went home and told my mother what the coach had said. My mother, a small, thin woman only four feet eleven inches tall, said, “I think we should go visit him.”
“Visit who?” I asked confusedly.
“The headmaster.”
“Visit the headmaster?” I was terrified. Would I get in trouble? Would my mother and I be crossing boundaries we shouldn’t cross?
My mom and I went to Mr. White’s office. “Linda wants to do the high jump,” my mother said.
“Mrs. Martinez, you don’t understand. This is the tradition of our Annual Sports Day,” he said.
“But Mr. White, I don’t know where it says that girls cannot do this.”
The headmaster couldn’t find any rules that said girls couldn’t do the high jump. “I have to think about this,” he said at last.
When we got home, my mom told me something I would always remember: this wasn’t just about me. “Maybe other girls want to do this, too,” she said.
My mother waited a week, but still didn’t get the headmaster’s reply. So she walked over to the school again. “Mr. White, please. I ask you this not for me and not for Linda, but let’s just see how it works.” In the end, Mr. White agreed.
I stood on the field of the high jumping competition.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________To my surprise, some of the cheers I got were from boys!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. What led to the postponement of the match?
A.The occupation of the field. |
B.The absence of some players. |
C.The result of the bad weather. |
A.Watch a match. | B.Help the organizers. | C.Play football. |
1. What does the woman think of this year’s singing competition?
A.It’ll be intense. | B.It’ll be fun. | C.It’ll be relaxing. |
A.A participant. | B.A judge. | C.An organizer. |