1 . The Olympics are always a thrilling event, with comeback stories, impressive performances and more. Here is a look at the records broken at Beijing Winter Olympics:
Nathan Chen
Four years after a disappointing showing in PyeongChang, United States figure skater Nathan Chen set a new record during the men’s short program at Beijing Winter Olympics. His 113.97 marks were over two points higher than the personal-best score he set during the figure skating team event.
Nils van der Poel
Sweden’s Nils van der Poel was already the record holder for the men’s 10,000m speed skating, but showed that he can beat even his own record. He finished with a time of 12 minutes and 30.74 seconds, shattering his own previous record of 12:32.95 set in February 2021.
Johan Clarey
France’s Johan Clarey took home the silver medal in the men’s downhill alpine(高山) skiing, and at 41 years and 30 days old, he is the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. “When you are a medalist, whether you are 20 or 41, it doesn’t matter; it’s just an Olympic medal and this is the best feeling. The record of the oldest is not that I don’t care, but is not the most important point,” Clarey told Eurosport after the race on 7 February 2022.
Ireen Wüst
Qualifying for one Olympics is a big feat, but Speedskater Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands has won an individual gold medal at five different Olympics, the first athlete in history to do so. The 35-year-old attended her first Olympics in 2006. Since then, she has 12 medals, six being gold.
1. At Beijing Winter Olympics, who broke the record he/she had set ?| A．Ireen Wüst. | B．Nathan Chen. | C．Johan Clarey. | D．Nils van der Poel. |
| A．He didn’t win a medal. |
| B．He doesn’t care the record of the oldest. |
| C．He is the oldest alpine skier to medal at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| D．He was the quickest in the men’s downhill alpine skiing. |
| A．They all participated in many Olympics. |
| B．They all set a new record at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| C．They all won gold medal at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| D．They all competed in multiple events at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
2 . If there's one place outside Argentina that can match its sadness over Diego Maradona's death, it's in the Italian city Naples. While Maradona, who was born in Lanus, Argentina, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a poor town to the south of Buenos Aires, was respected around the world as perhaps the greatest football player ever, in Naples he was more than that.
“Maradona wasn't just a player. He represented the spirit of Naples for years," said president Corrado Ferlaino, who owned Napoli club when Maradona played there.
Upon hearing the news of his death, thousands of people in Naples poured out into the city's streets to honor Maradona and light candles in his memory. Many of them stood below huge pictures of their hero that cover the whole sides of buildings in the center of the city.
Naples official Luigi De Magistris immediately suggested that the city's San Paolo Stadium be renamed for Maradona—and ordered the stadium's lights be turned on all night even though there was no game being played there.
“Maradona is Naples. The passion for him here is known to everyone, De Magistris wrote on Twitter. "Because it was real love. A great love. Naples lost part of its soul today. You were, and will always be, an inspiration to all of us. Naples cries tonight.
Maradona, of course, already made Naples cry when his Argentina team defeated Italy in Naples in the 1990 World Cup semifinals. However, many Naples fans cheered for Maradona and Argentina——not their own country—during that game, because he was treated as God in Naples.
Maradona led Naples to a number of successes that have raised the spirits of the southern Italian city, which was left far behind by the country's football capitals of Milan and Turin. In 1987 , he led Naples to its first Italian Championship and repeated it in 1990. In 1989, he helped Naples win the UEFA Cup by beating VfB Stuttgart in the final with 2 to 1, Maradona scoring one of the goals.
1. Where did Maradona grow up?| A．In Lanus. | B．In Villa Fiorito. | C．In Naples. | D．In Buenos Aires. |
| A．He made a public speech to honor the city's hero. |
| B．He joined the people to light candles in his memory. |
| C．He immediately changed the name of the city's stadium. |
| D．He had the lights turned on all night in San Paolo Stadium. |
| A．Love. | B．Loss. | C．Success. | D．Spirit. |
| A．The scoring records in Maradona's career. |
| B．The people's sadness over Maradona's death. |
| C．Maradona's contributions to Naples' football games. |
| D．The Italians' anger over their defeat in the 1990 World Cup. |
