Freedom above snow

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us,people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games,____19____ will start in five months.Freestyle skier Gu Ailing,18,looks to be one of the superstars of the event.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother,Gu ____20____(decide)to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019.Just two months later,she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup.Her strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation(FIS)Snowboard and Freeski World Championships ____21____ March.

People say she is ____22____(talent).But Gu says that talent counted for(占據)“only 1 percent”of her wins,adding that her hard work is ____23____ matters.While going to school in San Francisco,Gu could only practice on weekends.She spent eight hours____24____(go)to the ski hill and back,doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill ____25____(practice)skiing.

Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports,many of which have only been known there for 20 years,according to the Olympics website.She said skiing gives her“____26____(free)and creativity”,especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.

Now she ____27____(prepare)for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete.“Of course,I want to win medals and even golds,”Gu said.“But what’s ____28____(important)is to bring out my own style,enjoy the game and love the sport.”

答案

1．D

2．C

3．B

4．C

5．A

6．D

7．B

8．C

9．a

10．herself

11．winning

12．in

13．because

14．competed

15．partly

16．to attract

17．is scheduled

18．but

19．which

20．decided

21．in

22．talented

23．what

24．going

25．to practice

26．freedom

27．is preparing

28．more important