1 . After watching the 2002 Winter Olympic Games on TV at 3 years old, Little Nathan Chen became interested in winter sports. Nathan wanted to play ice hockey (冰上曲棍球)，but his mom advised him to try figure skating(花样滑冰)first which she said was safer. After practicing a few times, Nathan fell in love with it.
Today, Nathan is influenced by all the athletes he meets. From the difficulties the athletes have faced and how they dealt with them, Nathan learns to work on dealing with his own difficulties as well. He describes all the athletes he trains with as role models for himself.
Nathan won gold at the 2017 ISU Grand Prix Final and 2017 Four Continents Championships, and silver at the 2016 ISU Grand Prix Final. Nathan has also broken a record, becoming the youngest man to win a medal at the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
However, this journey has not come without hard times. Nathan suffered a bad injury during the 2016 season and it took him quite a long time to be able to compete again. At the beginning of the 2018 Olympics, Nathan was expected to win gold but got 5th place in the end. Nathan later described the race as “just me being on the ice and enjoying myself”, free from all the pressures. What matters the most isn’t the results, but the great memories you get from the experience and the joy of being able to do something you love.
This fall, Nathan will be attending Yale University and work on managing his time as a student and athlete. Aside from figure skating, Nathan would like to learn how to box. Besides, he plans to learn biology and later become a doctor.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Ice hockey. | B．Safe practice. |
| C．Figure skating. | D．The 2002 Winter Olympics. |
| A．He was seriously injured. |
| B．He was accepted by Yale University. |
| C．He won gold at the ISU Grand Prix Final. |
| D．He won silver at the Four Cintinents Championship. |
| A．He felt very sad about the failure. |
| B．He felt the need to become better. |
| C．He couldn’t believe what had happened. |
| D．He didn’t care too much about the results. |
| A．Do boxing. | B．Play ice hockey. |
| C．Be a doctor. | D．Continue figure skating. |
