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广东省深圳市龙岗区2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学测试英语试卷
On Wednesday, August 7, China got its first-ever gold medal in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympic Games.
Among the impressive performers were twin sisters, Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi. Born in 1997 and grew up in Shenzhen, the sisters took an interest in artistic swimming when they came to Shenzhen sports team in 2005, asking to learn artistic swimming. The twins almost didn't make it to the team because of their parents* heights.
There is an unwritten rule in artistic swimming. If a sportswoman is less than 1,68 meters tall, she is unlikely to become a professional. The twins' father is less than 1.7 meters tall, while their mother is a little taller than 1,6 metres, which means the daughters are unlikely to be tall enough.
However, the twins' wrong will and strengths impressed Hu, coach (教练)of Shenzhen team. She recalled that twins, who studied at Nanshan Foreign Languages School, went for training after school every day. At 20 years old, the twins grew to be 1.72 meters tall. They were among the tallest when joining the national artistic swimming team in 2017,
With good physical quality and willingness to bear hardships, through years of hard training, they became key players and got a lot of medals. In 2010, the twins won the gold medal at the provincial games. They also won a gold and a bronze medal at the national games in 2013 and 2O17.Then, they won four gold medals at the 2022 World Championships in Hungary and a gold in the duet event at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, winning the right for the Paris Olympics.
Success is often considered to be the opposite of failure. To teenagers, it is the achievement of a goal or completion of something they really need, such as good grades or the ability to get on well with others. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} However, now they care more about their moral(道德的)education and character-building.
Schools give students chances to discover their hidden abilities so that they can enjoy some type of success. For example, those who are good at speaking are advised to take part in the speaking competitions while those who are interested in art are expected to perform in front of their classmates. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Teenagers are often told that success is not easy to achieve. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Great effort(努力)should be put into the work. Don't put off doing things, or it'll lead to a mountain of work. It'll make them nervous. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It makes them remember that a task has to be completed.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Honest teenagers will win the trust of friends leading to good relationships. What's more, teenagers should develop self-motivation(自我激励). Then they'll have the strong will to achieve success.
A. Success lies in hard work. B. They can enjoy the pleasure of success. C. And a sense of responsibility is also important. D. Sticking to moral values(道德观)is the key to success, too E. Schools used to look at students only according to their grades. F. Students also can the of success when their favorite clubs. |
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