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附件文化背景知识Nothing Stops RonaldoFootball star Ronaldo is one of the worlds top players, and he cant stop winning! He has just won the prize for the Best Latin-American Football Player in the Spanish League on Monday. The Real Madrid player said he wants to keep on winning. “I do not get tired of winning, and I must keep on working hard.”He feels he is now playing the best football of his football life.He showed talent from an early age. At 17, he was a player of the Brazilian national team. When he was 21 and 22, he won the prize of World Footballer of the year. He was the youngest player in the world to win it and the only one to win twice in a row. But his road to success has been difficult. Since he hurt his knee badly in 1998, he had some other injuries. But these problems havent stopped him. He has made a successful return to football and led Brazil to win the World Cup in 2002.1. Ronaldo is the only player who _. A. wins the prize of World Footballer twiceB. played in the Brazilian national team at 17C. both A and B2. Renaldos way to success has been difficult because he _.A. hurt his arms badly in 1998B. had some injuriesC. has got a son3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Now Ronaldo plays in the Real Madrid.B. Ronaldo led Brazil football team to win the World Cup in 2002.C. At the age of 17 Ronaldo won the prize of World Footballer.Key: ABC Yao MingIf you know Michael Jordan, you should also know Yao Ming, because both of them are famous NBA basketball players. The 2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming started his NBA life on October 23rd, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he won 13 points in another game.Yao Ming, 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still a question whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it is very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really difficult.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge.“I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games.” he said.Yao Ming can speak some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They dont think there is a language problem.When Yao Ming was playing basketball in China, Houston showed great interest in him and they hoped that Yao Ming would bring new life to the Rockets. After Yao Ming joined them, the team started lessons about China. They must learn to work with Yao Ming. Many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.1. Yao Ming won _ points in the first two games for the Houston Rockets.A. 6 B. 13 C. 19 D. 232. Yao Ming thinks that _.A. it is not interesting to play basketballB. playing in the NBA is not easyC. it is difficult to watch NBA games on TVD. he is an NBA star3. From the passage we can learn thatA. Yao Ming will work hard for his teamB. Yao Ming often watches TVC. Yao Ming is the best player in the teamD. the Rockets has lost several gamesKey: CBA86-year-old Man in Marathon for 63rd TimeJohnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last seven miles of the Boston Marathon. After his run, he went to the medical center to have his blood pressure checked. The nurse was surprised and pleased to see that his blood pressure was 139 over 84. She told him that his blood pressure was “out-standing”.Johnny Kelley is known as the great-grandfather of the Boston Marathon, he ran the entire 26 miles of the marathon 63 times. This year was the second time that he has cut back and run only part of it. Kelley holds the record for running more Boston Marathons than anyone else. To honor Kelley, a statue of him has been placed along the marathon route.Thousands of people cheer for him as he runs the course. Today, an 11-year-old boy called out to Kelley, “Hey, Mr. Kelley youre awesome. Super awesome!” Kelley nods and thanks people as he runs. “Its wonderful.” he says. “People come out in the road to shake my hand. Im cheered by thousands and thousands, I think a lot of them thought I ran the entire race. And maybe they cheered for me because they know me after all these years and they dont know the other runners.”The 29th Olympic Games in BeijingWhen the 29th Olympic Games are held in Beijing in 2008, it will be a place where dreams come true. And the building that will hold those dreams is to be based on a nest (巢)-like design, planned jointly (共同地) by Swiss and Chinese architects (建筑师).The plan is for the main Olympic stadium the national stadium. Nest-like walls surrounding the stadium like a steel net proved to be a popular design. It won more than half the votes of over 6,000 visitors to an exhibition of 13 possible designs, which ended on March 31.Guan Zhaoye, chairman of the group of official judges, said, “The top design is a perfect meeting of elegance (典雅)and simplicity.”The stand (看台) is a bowl-shape running circle. “Peoples attention can be focused on the competitive events instead of the stadium itself.” said Li Xinggang, one of the architects. “The excited crowds will become part of the building and they will stimulate (激发) the athletes.” Many visitors said that the model is unusual, practical and mixes modern architecture with traditional Chinese culture.“I think it shows the idea of a nest where new life grows up. It is a really good idea.” said one visitor.But others disagreed and were unhappy about the building looking like a birdcage.The 80,000-seat stadium, to be built in north Beijing, will host the opening and closing ceremonies (仪式)as well as track-and-field events during the 2008 Olympics.Construction work is set to start at the end of this year.Peles BiographyPELE (born 1940) “Soccer in its purest form” was played by Pele, a South American superstar who was the worlds most famous and highest-paid athlete when he joined a North American team in 1975. He led the Brazilian national soccer team to win three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970 and to permanent possession of the Jules Rimet. He was born to a poor family on Oct. 23, 1940, in Tres Coracoes, Brazil. He began playing for a local minor-league club when he was a teenager. He made his debut with the Santos Football Club in 1956. With Pele at inside left forward, the team won several South American clubs cups and the 1962 world club championship, in addition to the three World Cup championships.Pele scored his 1,000th goal in 1969. The legendary athlete retired in 1974 but made a comeback in 1975 after accepting a reported 7-million-dollar contract for three years with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He said he came out of retirement, not for the money, but to “make soccer truly popular in the United States.” His farewell appearance was against his old Santos club in 1977.Pele, whose nickname does not mean anything, became a Brazilian national hero and was also known as Perola Negra.An average-sized man, he was blessed with speed, great balance, tremendous vision, the ability to control the ball superbly, and the ability to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and with his head. In his career he played in 1,363 matches and scored 1,282 goals. His best season was 1958, when he scored 139 times. In addition to his accomplishments in sports, he published several best-selling autobiographies, starred in several documentary and semi documentary films, and composed numerous musical pieces, including the entire sound track for the film Pele (1977). He was the 1978 recipient of the International Peace Award, and in 1980 he was named athlete of the century.
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