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Here's some news about the Olympic Games held in Beijing.
Rocket man
No doubt that Dayron Robles won the gold medal in the men's 110 meter hurdles at the Bird's Nest last
night. The 21-year-old fellow rushed ahead after rising from the blocks and never forgot his position to come
home a meter clear of the field in 12.93 seconds. His win is the second fastest time in Olympic history but
0.06 seconds slower than his own world record. His success is an expected one because defending Olympic
champion Liu Xiang gave up because of injury.
Underdogs steal gold
In a surprising change the US got its Olympic title again after a fierce (激烈的) match at the Worker's
Stadium. Missing three key players, the US team managed to hold down Brazilian's crazy attacks in the last
moments of the match. Carli Lloyd scored the US goal making it 1:0 in extra time. In the left minutes the
Brazilians fired as many shots as they could, but all in vain. After being defeated by Brazil 4:0 in last year's
World Cup, the US team was considered the luckiest team in last night's final.
Dash to victory
A swimmer once on the edge of death has taken gold in the men's 10 km marathon swimming event.
Van der Meijden, diagnosed (诊断) with leukemia (白血病) in 2001, made a dash in the last 100 meters
seizing the gold medal from Briton David Davies. Van der Meijden won in one hour 51 minutes and 51.6
seconds, 1.5 seconds ahead of Davies. German swimmer Thomas Lurz won the bronze. The Dutchman
made a comeback to swimming after taking an operation in 2002. In 2008, he won gold in the 25km event
at the World Championships.
1. From the part "Rocket man" we can know Dayron Robles _________.
A. was lucky to win the gold medal
B. ran slower than Liu Xiang
C. had a world record of 12.33 seconds
D. had ever ran in 12.87 seconds
2. According to the part "Underdogs steal gold", _________.
A. three key Brazilian players didn't play in the match.
B. the Brazilians lost their chance in the extra time
C. Brazil won the championship at the last Olympics
D. the US team defeated Brazil by 4:0
3. According to the last part, we can know _________.
A. Meijden didn't receive any treatment before Beijing Olympics
B. Meijden won at least two world championships in 2008.
C. Meijden was operated on in 2001.
D. Thomas Lurz was a Dutch athlete
4. It can be inferred (推断) _________.
A. Dayron Robles had never done better than Liu Xiang before.
B. the US had 3 fewer players than Brazil in the last moments.
C. Davis was ahead of Meijden before the last 100 meters.
D. the news was reported after the Olympic Games.
5. The best title of the passage might be _________.
A. The fastest at the Olympics
B. The luckiest at the Olympics
C. The light spots at the Olympics
D. The strongest at the Olympics
