1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, China’s sprinter (短跑运动员) Su Bingtian made history by     1     (become) the first Chinese athlete (运动员) to make it to the final of men’s 100m Olympic event.

“I’m very     2     (excite) to be in the 100m final. Stepping on the track has realized my dream.” Su said after the race. Su has set     3       Asian record of 9.83 seconds,     4     is also the best performance for the Chinese on the world stage.

“London 2012 was my first Olympics. I was just a young man eager to become one of the top     5     (athlete).     6     (lucky), perseverance (坚持) helps me prepare     7     the game and with my determination, I make my dream come true. I feel more confident than I used to be. It is a breakthrough for me     8     (complete) the semi-final at that time.” Because of his excellent performance, Su, titled the “Asian flying man”, was chosen as the flag-bearer for the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the games on Aug 8.

Su’s great success    9     (inspire) more Chinese athletes and teenagers to improve    10     (they) since he lowered the Asian 100m record to 9.83 seconds.

2 . What’s the meaning of the “dark horse”? It is someone who wins when no one expect it.

Han Xiaopeng took China’s first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle skiing aerials (自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone in the Olympics!

“I never thought this would happen,” said Han Xiaopeng, “I feel like I’m in a dream.” It’s China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympic Winter Games. But more important, Han’s gold was the country’s first ever in a snow sport. In 2002, China’s Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the Winter Olympic in Salt Lake City, US.

That Han’s win was unexpected doesn’t mean that he didn’t work hard.

Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat (杂技演员) at a circus. In 1995, a coach found his talent. The coach, Yang Er’qi, said Han had the agility (灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old boy to northern China, he couldn’t swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform and kept on training.

Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games. In that Olympics he only got 24^th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood behind me, helping me through,” he recalled.

Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing. We are proud of him.

1. What does the “dark horse” mean?

A．Someone who is unexpected to win.

B．A horse which dark.

C．A horse which likes the dark.

D．Someone whose win is expected.

2. Where did Han Xiaopeng take China’s first gold on snow?

A．In China.	B．In America.
C．In Australia.	D．In Italy.

3. What made the coach, Yang Er’qi, choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper?

A．He had enough courage though he was only 13 years old.

B．He was born in the south of China and liked sports on snow.

C．He had the agility and wasn’t afraid of the high platform.

D．He had the talent and he had won a world gold medal before.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A wonderful Match

B．A Dark Horse at the Winter Olympic

C．A Hopeful Snow Game

D．An Exciting Skiing Race