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　　Teofilo Stevenson was born in 1952 and grew up in a small town in Cuba．He started boxing as a teenager and, when he was 13, went to Havana to train at the national sports complex．"I lost 14 of my first 20 fights," said Stevenson．"I hated getting hit．What happened was that I decided I hated losing even more．"

　　When he was just 20, Teofilo went to the Olympic Games in Germany and won a gold medal．He was tall and powerful with a long "reach"．His long arms could hit opponents(對(duì)手)before they could hit him．At the Games in Canada in 1976 he won the gold again．In the ring, boxers were afraid of Teofilo, they tried to stay away from him and not get too close to his powerful punches(拳)．He won another gold medal in Moscow in 1980．Only two of the fights he had at the Olympic Games lasted for the full three rounds．That means he either knocked his opponents to the floor and they were counted out or the referee stopped the fight because it was dangerous for the other boxer．

　　Stevenson was such a good boxer that people wanted him to turn professional．After he had won his first gold medal, managers and famous promoters started to offer him money to fight around the world．Teofilo turned them all down．He wanted to stay in Cuba and didn't want to fight for money or fame．

　　Lots of people think that Teofilo Stevenson was as good as the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, but the two fighters never fought each other．They did meet outside the ring and the two men are now friends．Teofilo thinks "it would have been a draw" if they had fought．

　　Teofilo now works for the Cuban Ministry of Sport and he is also the vice president of the Cuban Boxing Federation．He likes spending his time with his family and he is still regarded as a legend(傳奇)around the world．

(1)

We can learn from Paragraph 1 that Stevenson ________．

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A．

was an excellent boxer as a teenager

B．

hated boxing very much when he was young

C．

lost most of his fights when he started boxing

D．

refused to fight because of getting hit as a teenager

(2)

What does Paragraph 2 aim to tell us?

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A．

Stevenson's way of winning fights in the Olympic Games．

B．

Stevenson's great success in Olympic Games．

C．

The number of fights that Stevenson had in the Olympic Games．

D．

Stevenson never lost a fight after he was 20 years old．

(3)

Stevenson refused to turn professional because ________．

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A．

he was afraid of being defeated

B．

he hated the managers and promoters

C．

he was not short of money

D．

he didn't want to fight for money or fame

(4)

From Stevenson's words "it would have been a draw" in Paragraph 4 we can infer that Stevenson ________．

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A．

was a boxer as great as Muhammad Ali

B．

was eager to have a fight with Muhammad Ali

C．

thought the fight with Muhammad Ali would be dull

D．

predict that he would lose the fight with Muhammad Ali

(5)

What can be a proper title for the text?

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A．

Teofilo Stevenson－the most successful boxer

B．

Teofilo Stevenson－Olympic boxing legend

C．

Teofilo Stevenson's way of Olympic successes

D．

A boxer star who failed to turn professional

答案：1．C;2．B;3．D;4．A;5．B;
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　　Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading, which you do not need.

(1)

________

If you suddenly received a lot of money, how would you spend it? For the people of Tuvalu, a tiny state comprising nine islands in the South Pacific, something unusual happened. In 1999 Tuvalu, with its population of 11,000,was the third poorest state in the world. Later, Tuvalu received a domain name on the Internet —— the letters “.tv”. A communication company from California quickly offered to buy the domain name for $ 40 million. The islanders became very rich.

(2)

________

At the same time the islanders received some very bad news. Due to global warming, and because the islands are only 3m above sea level, Tuvalu will probably become the first state in the world to disappear under the sea. According to scientific estimates, the islands will suffer severe floods within the next 15 - 20 years, and by the end of the century, the islands will have disappeared from sight altogether.

(3)

________

You can already see signs of the rising sea on Tuvalu. Pools of seawater appear here and there, some beaches are swallowed by the waves, and the roots of trees are rotting by the ocean. The rains cause temporary floods.

(4)

________

But despite these problems, the Tuvaluan had their new money. Paul Lindsay, a documentary film - maker, went all the way to Tuvalu, and came back with an incredible story. As the water rises, the Tuvaluan are using the money to develop the land that is soon to disappear. They are building new houses, planning nightclubs, restaurants and hotels, and new cars are driving around on new roads. "Just because we are sinking, it doesn't mean we don't want to raise our standards of living." Lindsay was told by Sam Teo, Tuvalu' s minister for natural resources.

(5)

________

Of the $ 40 million Tuvalu received through the Internet deal, $ 10 million was used to asphalt the islands' L9km of roads. Before 1999 there were four cars on the islands. The Tuvaluan used to walk or cycle everywhere. There was a flood of imported foods and goods and soon these had unexpected consequences. The Tuvaluan people now suffer from diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Others discovered that it was too expensive for them to keep their cars. There is now a huge rubbish dump in the middle of this tropical paradise, covered with abandoned cars and other waste.

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