Do you know about Liu Xiang? He is one of the most popular   1  stars in China.
Liu Xiang was born on July 13, 1983 in Shanghai. Like many other Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very   2 . In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai.   3 , he was trained as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his coach noticed his skill in hurdling(跨欄).
Liu Xiang put his whole heart into his training.   4  the age of 18, Liu Xiang set a record. In 2002 he won his first international   5  hurdles in Switzerland, and in the same year, he   6   a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu Xiang won the   7  Olympic gold medal in Athens, Greece. In 2006, he set a new world record with a time of 12.88 seconds in the men’s 110m hurdles in Lausanne.
  8  a sporting hero, Liu Xiang is invited to competitions around the world. And he also appears(出現(xiàn)) in advertisements and films. So what’s next for Liu Xiang? Will he   9  more time away from sports? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China   10   he’s a symbol of China’s international sporting success.
小題1:A. movie           B. sports         C. music
小題2:A. old             B. short           C. young
小題3:A. At first        B. At last          C. Next
小題4:A. On             B. In              C. At
小題5:A. 100m            B. 110m             C. 120m
小題6:A. won             B. made             C. kept
小題7:A. third           B. first            C. second
小題8:A. Like          B. For             C. As
小題9:A. pay             B. spend            C. need
小題10:A. because        B. but              C. although

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A

試題分析：劉翔和其他奧運明星一樣從小就開始體育訓(xùn)練，起初他是一名跳高運動員，后來他的教練發(fā)現(xiàn)他的天賦在于跨欄，于是劉翔就專心訓(xùn)練跨欄，在2002年獲得第一個世界金牌，在2004年獲得第一奧運金牌。
小題1:此題考查名詞，根據(jù)語境可知劉翔是名體育明星，故選B。
小題2:此題考查形容詞，每個奧運會的冠軍都是從小就開始訓(xùn)練，故選C。
小題3:此題考查副詞短語，根據(jù)語境可知劉翔一開始訓(xùn)練是作為一名跳高運動員，故選A。
小題4:此題考查介詞短語at the age of表示在…歲時，故選介詞at，故選C
小題5:此題考查名詞短語，根據(jù)常識可知劉翔的專項是110米欄，故選B。
小題6:此題考查動詞，獲得金牌要用動詞win，因發(fā)生在過去，故用過去式，故選A。
小題7:此題考查序數(shù)詞，根據(jù)常識可知，劉翔在2004年獲得第一塊奧運金牌，故選B。
小題8:此題考查介詞，根據(jù)語境可知作為一個運動明星，故選C。
小題9:此題考查動詞，表示花費，根據(jù)選擇項的提示可知選擇B。
小題10:此題考查介詞，表示原因，故選A。
點評：本文主要介紹了劉翔的經(jīng)歷.閱讀中注意體會上下文的關(guān)系。答題中注意根據(jù)上下文關(guān)系判斷所需單詞。本題適合采用排除法解答，先易后難，一步步完成短文。
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