One kilogram——that was all it took to crown（給……加冕） the world's strongest man.
German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigishev to win the Olympic men's +105 kg weightlifting gold medal on Tuesday.
Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch(抓舉) and 258kg in the clean and jerk(挺舉), to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram. The German won the battle of giants in his last lift, winning his country's first gold medal in the event at this year's Games.
Steiner's winning lift was also the last effort of the sport for this Olympics at which China earned eight of the 15 golds.
Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago, placing seventh in the lower 105kg category, but had a falling out with Austria's weightlifting federation afterwards.
He applied for German citizenship in 2005 and got married, but his career went into deep freeze（困境）as he could not compete without a passport. He finally obtained the document last January.
The German, who turns 26 on Monday, had come to these Games on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann, who died in a car accident in July last year. The German team said he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.
Chigishev was the strongest in the snatch session Tuesday. He kissed his fists after a 210-kg lift that gave him a 7-kg advantage over fourth-placed Steiner going into the second event -- the clean and jerk. He let out a victorious roar after clearing 250 kg in his last lift, but the glory was short-lived as Steiner stunned（使瞠目）everyone with his final, winning clean and jerk effort.
Steiner had finished seventh in the 2004 Olympics in the 105kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship +105kg snatch competition, bronze in the clean and jerk and silver overall, with a total weight of 446kg.
World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze.
小題1:Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______.
A．AustraliaB．GermanyC．AustriaD．Russia
小題2:The following statements are true except ______.
A．Steiner beat Chigishev by one kilogram
B．Chinese weightlifting team won eight of the 15 gold medals at this year’s Games
C．Steiner didn’t get the passport until last February
D．Steiner got a bronze in the 2008 European Championship +105kg clean and jerk competition
小題3:It can be inferred from the story that _____.
A．Steiner was inspired by his unfortunate wife to win the gold medal
B．Chigishev was also the strongest in the second event
C．it is hard to get a German citizenship
D．Steiner was determined to win the medal for the German team
小題4:What is the best title of the story?
A．Narrow VictoryB．Pitiful Failure
C．Gold Medal for His Dearest WifeD．Strongest Man of the World

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:細節(jié)理解題。德國舉重運動員馬蒂亞斯?施泰納在北京奧運會冠軍領獎臺上親吻亡妻蘇姍娜的照片，含淚感嘆他終于實現(xiàn)了對妻子的承諾：永不放棄奧運夢想。蘇珊娜2007年遭遇車禍，在妻子彌留之際，守在病床邊的施泰納向她做出了上述承諾。文章第五段首句
Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago說四年前Steiner是代表奧地利隊的。后來他離開奧地利舉重協(xié)會加入了德國籍。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。Steiner最后拿到護照的時間是去年的1月，而不是2月，因此C項敘述不正確。
小題3:推理判斷題。第七段說Steiner had come on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann，德國隊也說he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.，由此可以推
知Steiner的奪金動力來自他的已故的妻子Susann。
小題4:主旨大意題。綜合全文，C項《金牌告慰亡妻》能全面概括文章的大意。
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