Sister steps up
“Today is a dream come true. I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam (大满贯) champion.”
These are the words of Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win a Grand Slam final in the French Open on June 4.
“People were saying I’m getting old. So this is a great success for such an old woman,” the 29-year-old joked.
This is the way that Li usually fights doubts (质疑) – by being humorous and sharp. “China’s number one sister” is never a pushover (软弱的人).
She has a tattoo (纹身). She has dyed (染色) her hair many different colors. And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to “shut up” when they got too noisy in their support.
Li started to play tennis at the age of 6. She once recalled: “As a child, I felt sad because every day I had to wake up early to practice. After school I had to practice more. I didn’t have time to play.”
Luckily, the tough (坚强的) girl didn’t give up, thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time.
Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title. Her next stop is Wimbledon – the European grass court championship that starts later this month.
“When you have one title, naturally you will think about another,” she says, not hiding her ambition (雄心).
“Chinese people are so lacking (缺乏) in confidence [on the tennis court]. If there is a person like me who can prove we can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same,” she said.
1. From the second and third paragraph, we can know .
A. Li Na is really old
B. some people didn’t have belief in Li Na before the match
C. Li Na was humorous and sharp
D. Li Na was no doubt “China’s number one sister”
2. Li Na has a tattoo and dyed her hair many colours to .
A. show her own personality B. show she likes to follow the fashion
C. tell her fans to shut up D. win her fans more love
3. According to Li Na’s recalling of her childhood, we know .
A. she was sad because of her family B. she practiced more but played less
C. she was as happy as any other child D. she hated her childhood
4. Li Na could be a Grand Slam champion because .
A. she had a gift (天赋) for tennis B. she kept practicing hard
C. she had confidence as well as ambition D. both B and C
5. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Grand Slam champion B. The first Asian woman
C. A dream coming true D. The Grand Slam Final
Earlier this month, a solar-powered (太阳能动力的) plane took to the skies for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland (瑞士) at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.
Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in the near future.
“We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said.
Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air — and to show off their aircraft.
The plane flies at 70 kph on average. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time
6. The passage may be taken from .
A. a pilot’s diary B. a history book C. a travel journal D. a website
7. The most special for the airplane is that .
A. it is so big and so light B. it is the first airplane to use so little energy
C. it can fly day and night D. it can climb nearly 1.6 km above the countryside
8. The underlined part in the paragraph means .
A. 展示 B. 展览 C. 指引 D. 引开
9. Engineers plan to test a night flight before July because .
A. they went to find how many fuels the plane will use
B. if it can fly in the right direction at night
C. they will use the results of the test to build a more advanced plane
D. they just want to show off their aircraft
10. If you are to fly to a foreign country to attend an important conference, you’d better .
A. take the solar-powered plane B. drive your own car
C. take a ship D. take the usual flight
参考答案：
1—5 BABDC
6—10 DBACD
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