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SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah
Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and " anything else that came up."
Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race
against each other in the 50-meter butterfly (蝶泳) in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.
Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite
competition (顶级赛事) to swim the one event, having set a qualifying (合格的) time of 30.32 seconds
in winning gold at last year's United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after
she won three golds at the Munich Olympics. Schipper, now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright
future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled (回忆) her time with Gould fie years
us train, " Schipper explained." It seemed as if we had long been god friends. I don't know why. We just
started talking and it went from there."
" She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big
meets like the Olympics and what it's like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting."
Next time, things will be more serious. " I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals,
so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould," said Schipper, who burst onto
the scene at last year's national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Stories happening in swimming competitions.
B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.
C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships.
D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers.
2. Gould and Schipper are going to _____.
A. talk about sport and life
B. go back to elite competition
C. set a qualifying time and win gold
D. take part in the same sports event
3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was _____.
A. 15
B. 17
C. 22
D. 30
4. The underlined word" it" in the fifth paragraph probably refers to _____.
A. the Olympics
B. the youth camp
C. the friendship
D. the Australian team
5. What Schipper said showed that she _____.
A. was no longer Gould's friend
B. had learned a lot from Gould
C. was not interested in Gould's stories
D. would not like to compete against Gould
