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and silver overall, with a total weight of 446kg.

World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze. 1. Steiner won the gold by lifting ______.

A. 105 kg B. 461 kg C. 258 kg D. 210 kg

2. Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______. A. Australia B. Germany C. Austria D. Russia 3. The following statements are true except ______. A. Steiner beat Chigishev by one kilogram

B. Chinese weightlifting team won eight of the 15 gold medals at this year’s Games C. Steiner didn’t get the passport until last February

D. Steiner got a bronze in the 2008 European Championship +105kg clean and jerk competition

4. It can be inferred from the story that _____.

A. Steiner was inspired by his unfortunate wife to win the gold medal B. Chigishev was also the strongest in the second event C. it is hard to get a German citizenship

D. Steiner was determined to win the medal for the German team 5. What is the best title of the story?

A. Narrow Victory B. Pitiful Failure C. Gold Medal for His Dearest Wife D. Strongest Man of the World

【阅读提示】德国举重运动员马蒂亚斯?施泰纳在北京奥运会冠军领奖台上亲吻亡妻苏姗娜的照片，含泪感叹他终于实现了对妻子的承诺：永不放弃奥运梦想。苏珊娜2007年遭遇车祸，在妻子弥留之际，守在病床边的施泰纳向她做出了上述承诺。

【细解答案】

1. B 细节理解题。Steiner以461公斤的总成绩获得冠军。文章第三段首句Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch and 258kg in the clean and jerk, to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram.作了具体叙述。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

2. C 细节理解题。文章第五段首句Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago说四年前Steiner是代表奥地利队的。后来他离开奥地利举重协会加入了德国籍。

3. C 细节理解题。Steiner最后拿到护照的时间是去年的1月，而不是2月，因此C项叙述不正确。

4. A 推理判断题。第七段说Steiner had come on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann，德国队也说he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.，由此可以推知Steiner的夺金动力来自他的已故的妻子Susann。

5. C 主旨大意题。综合全文，C项《金牌告慰亡妻》能全面概括文章的大意。 （E）

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As a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popular in the States but not here(Britain) – the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber (he much older, she his muse) seems for ever frozen.

The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I’m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”

Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

Brightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞） Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I can’t remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didn’t really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.

Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I haven’t tried to understand it.

I’ve done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I don’t miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”

1. The first paragraph tells us that _____.

A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in America B. Brightman’s musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz C. the British people don’t like her for her style of music D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber 2. Brightman decided to give up having children because _____.

A. she could adopt one B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without children C. she felt it normal not to have children D. she was too busy 3. The following statements are true except ______. A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5 B. Brightman disliked life on the campus

C. Brightman was very gifted when she was young w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous

4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _____. A. located B. admired C. followed D. found

5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightman’s words? A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is liked in Britain B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country

C. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homeland D. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain

【阅读提示】莎拉·布莱曼与刘欢的《我和你》使她在中国家喻户晓。布莱曼在美国和世界其他国家也很有名气，她的专辑和DVD唱片一度火爆。但她在自己的国家英国却并不受欢迎，这让布莱曼深感困惑。

【细解答案】

1. B 细节理解题。从第一段我们可以了解到，莎拉·布莱曼的音乐特色是歌剧，流行音乐，和爵士乐的相互交融的综合产物。

2. C 细节理解题。第二段说After a while not having children becomes the norm and

perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different，布莱曼并没有觉得没有孩子有什么不正常的。

3. A 细节理解题。布莱曼从小就是一个有音乐天赋的孩子，她第一次登台演出是在11岁，演出剧目《西头》音乐剧。因此A项的叙述是不正确的。

4. D 词义理解题。spot意为“认出，发现”。1981年布莱曼被Webber发现，遇到了“伯乐”。

5. A 作者意图推断题。文章最后一段援引了布莱曼的话，充满了无奈。布莱曼并没有说自己因为英国人不喜欢她而痛恨英国，但她也坦言她并不想念自己的家乡，虽然只是惦念父母和家人。I just accept it for what it is说明布莱曼只有接受现实而已。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m