1 . As China’s first ever full-time Formula One (世界一级方程式锦标赛) driver, Zhou Guanyu makes a living by doing the sort of things many people can only dream about: traveling the world and racing in a fast car.
“I think the only ______ between Formula One and a roller coaster is that you have to be ______ where you’re going, and you have to be at 100% of yourself,” Zhou told CNN.
Zhou has been putting his all into ______ since he was a young boy ______ in Shanghai. Today, Zhou is predicted to become F1’s answer to Yao Ming, who is often praised for making basketball ______ in China.
It was back in Shanghai in 2004 that-at just 5 years old-Zhou ______ Rubens Barrichello win the first ever Chinese Grand Prix on TV. The moment helped to ______ his interest in racing and has ______ with him ever since, he said.
There was a ______ of Chinese racing role models, so he ______ a path of his own. A very important moment in his racing life came at age 12, when he ______ Shanghai for Sheffield in the United Kingdom to ______ his development with the strawberry Racing Krting team. The move put him on the road to achieving his ambitions.
Zhou is often ______ to the former NBA player Yao Ming, who is also a sport star from Shanghai. “Who knows, maybe in 10 years’ time. I could have the same ______. And that is my aim ______,” he said.
1. A.problem | B.difference | C.difficulty | D.importance |
2. A.guessing | B.controlling | C.proving | D.declaring |
3. A.reading | B.playing | C.driving | D.swimming |
4. A.growing up | B.getting up | C.going up | D.staying up |
5. A.simple | B.interesting | C.available | D.popular |
6. A.watched | B.followed | C.researched | D.examined |
7. A.lose | B.stress | C.develop | D.measure |
8. A.stayed | B.dealt | C.fought | D.taken |
9. 10. A.received | B.imagined | C.composed | D.created |
11. A.reached | B.chose | C.left | D.forgot |
12. A.continue | B.discover | C.consider | D.manage |
13. A.matched | B.compared | C.adapted | D.devoted |
14. A.career | B.hobby | C.influence | D.result |
15. A.normally | B.naturally | C.regularly | D.definitely |