3 . 假如你是李华，你校将要举办一场以“The Power of a Role Model”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请结合一位对你有影响的中国杰出人物，写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1.你对“榜样”的理解；
2.该人物对你的影响。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . Five years ago, Chinese skater Wu Dajing introduced himself to the skating world by winning a silver medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. At Pyeong Chang Olympics, Wu not only returned, but also made history.

On Feb 22th, 2018, Wu won the gold medal in the men’s short-track 500-metre race. He set a new world record with a time of 39.584 seconds. He also became the first Chinese man to take home an Olympic short-track gold medal. BBC said Wu’s win was “flawless”, because he was much faster than all of the other skaters.

“I didn’t give them a chance and I kept my speed from the start,” he told the media after the match.

But China’s short-track teams didn’t do well in general at the Games. Chinese skaters in the women’s 500 metres, 3000-metre relay and men’s 1500 metres all failed to take home the gold. Wu was China’s biggest hope, which put a lot of pressure on him. But he proved himself with his great performance.

Wu is now known as a highly talented skater. But things were not always that way. When Wu joined the national team in 2010, he was seen as almost “nothing” compared to gifted skaters like Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin, as his coaches said at the time. Their comments made him quite upset. But as the saying goes. “Winners never quit (放弃) and quitters never win”. Wu didn’t want to give up and worked as hard as he could. He practiced skating all year round. He even didn’t return to his hometown for the holidays for 10 years. “I believe in myself.” he told the media after his match at the Olympics.

1. People began to know Wu Dajing by the time he .

A．won the second place at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games

B．won a gold medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games

C．won a gold medal at Pycong Chang Olympic Winter Games

D．entered the Pycong Chang Olympic Winter Games

2. What does the underlined word “flawless” mean?

A．common

B．valuable

C．perfect

D．difficult

3. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Wu won a gold medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games four years ago.

B．Wu broke the world record with a time of 39.584 seconds and made history.

C．Wu’s coaches placed great hope on him when he joined the national team.

D．Chinese skaters in women’s 500 metres, 3000-metre relay took home the gold.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The national team and coaches thought Wu as a talented skater all the way.

B．Wu kept on practicing skating all year round even in the holidays for 10 years.

C．Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin were more hard-working on skating than Wu Dajing.

D．It is the hardwork, confidence and strong will that have made Wu a winner.

6 . Jim Thorpe is one of the greatest athletes of all time. He had amazing athletic abilities and was well-known during his lifetime, yet that did not make Thorpe a stranger to adversity.

Thorpe was an American Indian from Oklahoma who developed his extraordinary athletic skills in his youth through hard labor. It was also in his youth that he learned to endure hardship brought upon by racial prejudice. Many would say his childhood was not easy. He grew up poor and at age 9 his twin brother passed away and a few years later he lost both of his parents.

But that did not stop him from doing what he loved and pursuing his dreams. Nothing seemed to stop him, not even stolen shoes. Just hours before Thorpe was going to compete in the 1912 Olympics, somebody stole his shoes. Thorpe improvised (临时拼凑) by getting shoes out of the garbage. The shoes were two different sizes. He wore an extra pair of socks on one foot to even them out.

He still went on to win two gold medals—winning each event he competed in except for one, the javelin (标枪). The javelin was the only event he didn’t win, probably because he had never competed in that event before. It is interesting to note that Thorpe had tried to throw the javelin once before in the Olympic trials. At the time, he didn’t know that he could throw it with a running start. He threw it standing still and was placed second.

At the Olympics，he also took part in the decathlon (十项全能运动). He finished first in two events, third in four events, and fourth in two more. Thorpe ended up finishing third in the world. He was undoubtedly a dominating force that couldn’t be stopped and just kept on going.

I think Paul Dughi said it best, “It’s hard to imagine now that pro athletes get paid millions of dollars just to wear a particular brand of shoes. For Jim Thorpe, it didn’t matter what kind he wore.”

1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．The adversity Thorpe met with led to his success.

B．Thorpe’s success was no guarantee of a better life.

C．Thorpe’s career brought him both gains and losses.

D．Thorpe suffered many hardships despite his success.

2. Why did Thorpe wear more socks on one foot?

A．To prevent the foot from injury.	B．To make the shoe fit the foot.
C．To stop the shoe from being stolen.	D．To show his problem-solving skills.

3. What most likely led to Thorpe’s failure to win the javelin?

A．Loss of his own sports shoes.	B．A casual attitude towards the event.
C．Lack of experience in the event.	D．A shortage of talent for the event.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Jim Thorpe?

A．Loyal and enthusiastic.	B．Genuine and creative.
C．Tough and strong-minded.	D．Selfless and good-tempered.

8 . What does the man say about the woman?

A．She has strong will.

B．She works hard.

C．She is a top-class athlete.

9 . One of the most touching stories of Olympic triumph(成就)—one you might never have heard before—is that of weightlifting champion Oscar Figueroa. Over the course of his athletic career, the 40-year-old has had the chance to compete in the Olympic Games four different times. Those competitions came plenty of heartbreak and disappointment, before he finally got his victory.

In the 2004 Olympic Games, Figueroa’s first appearance, he had a less-than-perfect performance but was still able to swing a fifth-place finish. He looked forward to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a way to redeem himself. Unfortunately, just two weeks before the big event, he ended up with a hand injury. This injury set him back severely in his weightlifting and ended up costing him the competition

By the London Olympic Games in 2012, Figueroa came back readier than ever. He had an incredible run that year and took home the silver medal. But in spite of all he’d already experienced, he still aimed higher. In 2016, he headed to Rio to earn the highest prize—and claim that prize he did! After his final lift, knowing just how incredible his performance had been, Figueroa fell to the ground in tears. In a few moments, he took off his shoes and put them or the stage, symbolizing his decision to finally retire from his time as an Olympian. Amazingly enough, he took home the gold that year!

No matter how hard he fell, he never gave up, serving as a powerful example of hope, perseverance, and determination. Now, he can officially say he is the first Colombian man to have ever taken home the gold in his category. “I was so low in Beijing, and I am so high here, ” he told IWF at the 2016 Olympics. ”It’s 22 years since I started and now is the time to retire. . . But I am full of emotion—it’s as though I was lifting for the whole country, and those tears were for all of Colombia. ”

1. Which can replace the underlined word “redeem” in paragraph 2?

A．forgive

B．thank

C．prove

D．abandon

2. When did Figueroa win the gold medal?

A．In 2004

B．In 2016

C．In 2008.

D．In 2012.

3. Why did Figueroa take off his shoes in the Rio Olympic Games?

A．He had no intention of retiring.	B．He was determined to retire as an Olympian.
C．The broken shoes forced him to retire.	D．He had to retire due to his injured foot.

4. In which section of a newspaper can we read this text?

A．Entertainment.

B．Health

C．Education.

D．Sports

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won the 2022 World Cup finals ahead of    1    is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires.

Members of the team,     2    (lead) by captain Lionel Messi, were all smiles as they stepped down from the plane in Ezeiza. They were welcomed by rock band La Mosca singing Muchachos,     3    song that was written by a fan to the tune of an old song by the band. The    4    (fresh) crowned champions of the world boarded an open-top bus and some of them could    5    (see) singing the words to Muchachos.

The bus moved at a snail’s pace as fans surrounded the bus on a highway, eager    6    a glimpse of the players. The players slept at a hotel for a few hours before    7    (board) a bus later on Tuesday to head to the Obelisk, the landmark of Buenos Aires after the team won the country’s third World Cup, and    8    (it) first since 1986.

The World Cup and the success has brought much-needed good news for a country where almost four-in-10 people live in    9    (poor) because of economic depression for years.

President Fernandez said, “Let the happiness that    10    (unite) Argentina with so many countries in the world serve as an example: Our societies need unity and peace.”