三、阅读短文,回答问题(答案不超过6个词)
What's the meaning of the "dark horse"? It's someone who wins when no one expects 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 aerial skiing (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 (更不用说) in the Olympics!
"I never thought this would happen," said the 23-year-old. "I feel like I'm in a dream." It's China's second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Han's gold was the country's first ever in a snow sport. Han's win was unexpected but it 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 (跳台) 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 24th. "I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood behind me firmly, 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.
1. Who won our country's first gold in a snow sport?
2. What did Han Xiaopeng do before?
3. Why did the coach choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper?
4. What happened to Han Xiaopeng before the Salt Lake Games?
5. When Han Xiaopeng felt hopeless, what did his family and the coach do?

1. Han Xiaopeng
2. An acrobat
3. He had agility and courage
4. Hurt his knee
5. Stood behind him firmly

四、首字母填空
At a young age, Patti Wilson was told that she was an epileptic (癫痫患者). Her father, Jim Wilson, is a morning jogger. One day she said, "Daddy, I want to run with you every day. But I'm (1) I'll have a seizure (发作)."
Her father told her, "If you do, I know how to handle it, (2) let's start running!"
That's just what they did every day. It was a wonderful experience for them to share. And there were no seizures at all (3) she was running. After a few weeks, she told her father, "Daddy, I want to break the world's long-distance running (4) for women."
So she did. That year, she completed her run to San Francisco (5) a T-shirt that read, "I love epileptics". Her dad ran every mile at her side, and her mom, a nurse, followed in a car behind them in case (以防) anything went (6) . In her second year in college, Patti's classmates got behind her. They built a giant poster that read, "Run, Patti, Run!"
A bone in her foot was broken when she was running to Portland. A doctor told her she had to stop her run. "Doctor, you don't (7) ," she said, "This isn't a whim (突发的奇想) of mine. I'm doing it to break the chains on the brains that limit so many others. Isn't there a way I can (8) running?" "Yes, but it would be incredibly painful." The doctor said. She told the doctor just to do it.At last she finished the run to Portland. After four months of almost continuous running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington, (9) the hand of the President of the United States.
Because of her great efforts, enough money was (10) to open up 19 epileptic centres around the world. "I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives," Patti said.

afraid; so; while; record; with; wrong; understand; keep; shaking; raised

1. 由"she was an epileptic"及"I'll have a seizure"可知，她害怕发作，首字母a，填afraid。
2. 父亲说知道如何处理发作，因此提议开始跑步，表结果，首字母s，填so。
3. 描述跑步时无发作，表“当……时”，首字母w，填while。
4. "break the world's...running"后接“纪录”，首字母r，填record。
5. 表“穿着T恤”，首字母w，填with。
6. "in case anything went"后接“出错”，固定搭配go wrong，首字母w，填wrong。
7. 医生让停止跑步，她认为医生不“理解”，首字母u，填understand。
8. "Isn't there a way I can...running"表“继续跑步”，keep running，首字母k，填keep。
9. 到达华盛顿后与总统握手，现在分词作伴随状语，首字母s，填shaking。
10. "enough money was...to open up"表“筹集资金”，被动语态，首字母r，填raised。