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three world-level events, said during his career (一生事业) that he had two wishes: to be an "ever-green
tree" in the table tennis field; and to contribute to the Olympic Games in his homeland.
One of those wishes is soon to come true. On the morning of October 18 last year the Chinese champion,
who won the World Table Tennis Championships, Table Tennis World Cup, and Olympic Games, boarded
a bus to the table tennis training base in Zhengding, Hebei Province. He was about to spend his 31st birthday
as coach of the Chinese women"s ping pong team for the Beijing Olympic Games.
A week earlier Kong had made an emotional announcement that he was retiring. "I really don"t want to
drop my ping pong bat," he said, before following with the news about his new coaching role, to a burst of
applause (掌声).
"I"m so excited and this applause gives me great encouragement to switch from a player to a coach," he
added.
"It"s still hard for the young table tennis players in Sweden to surpass (超过) the veteran Waldner if they
want to continue their career, but it"s not the same here in China, where young ping pong talents keep
popping up and overtaking the old generation."
The game of table tennis first appeared in the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. Since then China has
claimed 11 gold medals, and in many Chinese fans" eyes nothing but first place is good enough. It is a
position that puts a huge amount of pressure on Kong as he prepares the women"s team for 2008.
"I think he"s going to be a good coach based on his presence and glorious past achievements. He"s going
to make a difference in the Beijing Games," said Liu Guoliang, one of Kong"s ex-teammates and now coach
of the national men"s team.
Kong"s father is also a table tennis coach. He started playing ping pong when he was 6 years old. During
his 25-year career Kong produced many memorable moments of table tennis brilliance, of which two
definitely deserve mentioning.
One was in 1995, when the 20-year-old Kong won his first men"s singles title in gripping style at the
World Table Tennis Championships. Another was at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 when he defeated
Swedish star Waldner by a tiny margin (差距) and then kissed the Chinese national flag printed on his
T-shirt, howled and burst into tears.
Kong"s story cannot be told without mentioning Liu Guoliang, who is one year younger, but was already
lead coach for the Chinese men"s team when Kong took on his new role. They met each other for the first
time at the national training camp for juniors at the end of 1987.
In the round robin of the team Liu defeated Kong. Rather than turning Kong against Liu, his defeat
brought the pair closer and they worked together vowing to some day become world champions.
In 1995 Kong beat Liu in the male singles final at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships. Stepping
down from the winner"s platform, Kong shook hands with Liu and said to him that competition is cruel, on
which Liu agreed. It marked the beginning of a friendly rivalry between the close friends that lasted years.
B. coach
C. reporter
D. businessman
B. old; Sweden
C. old; China
D. young；Sweden
B. nearly 20 years
C. about 4 years
D. more than 20 years
B. Liu GuoLiang beated Waldner at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
C. Kong Linghui is older than Liu Guoliang.
D. Kong Linghui became a coach earlier than Liu Guoliang.
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试题【阅读理解。 Kong Linghui, the Chinese former (前) table tennis genius who claimed go】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Writer, Blogger and Racer
Han Han, a young Chinese writer, has been nominated by Time magazine (美国时代杂志) as a candidate
for its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world.
Han was born in Shanghai in 1982. As a member of China"s allegedly self-centered 1980 s11 generation,
he performed poorly at school. His academic progress as a high school student foundered in 1999 when he
failed seven subjects, including Chinese. He spent another year trying to catch up but eventually decided to
quit. Before dropping out, he won top prize in a national essay contest that encourages innovative student
writing.
He published his first novel Triple Gate in 2000 based on his own high school experience. The bestseller
sparked a debate on China"s education system.
Apart from being a writer, Han is a professional rally car driver. He also writes a popular blog (博客),
which has registered more than 300 million hits.
Name: Han Han Sex: Male Age: (1)____________
Born place: Shanghai Nationality: (2)____________
Education: Senior one Work experience: (3)_____________________________________
First novel: (4) _______________________
New honour: (5) _______________________ for Time"s annual list of 100 most influential people in
the world
is 1. of the examples.
George Stephenson, a 2. British inventor made the first train in 1825. When he was experimenting
(试验) with the engine (发动机) on the train, he met with trouble from the government, the newspapers and
the gentlemen in the country. They said that the 3. and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheen.
People believe 4. they said. George Stephenson 5. the people that the train could go on small
rails, and that it was safe. But it was a very difficult matter for him to 6. them believe, Luckily, after
some time, he was able to do it, and the first train proved (证明) what he had said and it was a great
7. .
The first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way were so afraid of the noise and the
smoke 8. they ran back home for fear and closed their doors quickly. They were afraid to 9.
out until it had passed. A week 10. an old woman still said that her hen was very terrified and it didn"t
lay any eggs for three days.
R&B music and TV roles. His mother died of diabetes (糖尿病) six years ago. The huge sadness kept him
away from drink, night life and girls. He concentrated on performing, as his mother gave up medical care
so he could train professionally." I"m like the usual 25-year- old who wants to hang out with friends and
have a girlfriend," Rain told the New York Daily News. "But when my mother passed away, I made up my
mind that I would be the top star to honor her. I don"t feel sorry for this lifestyle."
Rain had been rejected 18 times by artistic management companies for the reason "he was too tall and
too ugly." But now he has performed in several Asian countries as well as the USA. A lot of people are
infatuated (倾倒) with Rain"s music and dancing talents. In April 2006, the Time magazine named him the
second most influential (有影响的) entertainer (艺人) in the world. The future of Rain is bright.
B. Rain worked very hard
C. rain often hangs out with friends
D. Rain has only performed in Asian countries
B. she had no money
C. she had no time
D. she wanted her son to train professionally
B. Before his mother died.
C. When he was very young.
D. When he was 20 years old.
B. refused
C. loved
D. visited
(南丁格尔奖章). She is the first nurse who won it in Chongqing. Nurses in Chongqing are all 1.
of her.
Who is Nightingale? Florence Nightingale was the first great 2. in the world. She was 3.
in a rich family on May 12, 1820. She was very kind-hearted and enjoyed 4. others, especially
people who were 5. . She thought that helping patients was 6. a duty and a pleasure. So she
decided to be a nurse when she was 24. But her parents didn"t agree. Her family had lots of money, so they
thought it was not necessary for her to work. Besides, nurses were not well respected (尊重) at that time.
But Nightingale didn"t change her mind. She believed that she would 7. her dream. Later she went to
Germany and France to learn to be a nurse. 8. that time there were no nursing schools. So she had
to learn a lot of nursing knowledge by practicing.
During the war she went to the front hospitals to look after soldiers. She used her 9. money to
buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the patients. After the war, Nightingale opened the world"s first
nursing school.
In 1910, she died quietly in her sleep at the age of 90. Her 10. made people sad. In 1974, her
birthday became International Nurses Day because of the great love and help she gave to people.