【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 he 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 461 kg, 203 kg in the snatch(抓舉) and 258 kg 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 Austra and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago, placing seventh in the lower 105 kg 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 as he could not pete without a passport. He finally obtained the document last January.The German, who turns 26 on Monday, had e to these Games on a mission(使命) 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 lit out a victorious roar(吼叫) 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 105 kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship＋105 kg snatch petition, bronze in the clean and jerk and silver overall, with a total weight of 446 kg.World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze.56．Steiner won the gold by lifting ______.A. 105 kg B. 461 kgC. 258 kg D. 210 kg 57．Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______.A. Australia B. GermanyC. Austria D. Russia 58．What is the best title of the passage?A. Narrow VictoryB. Pitiful FailureC. Gold Medal for His Dearest WifeD. Strongest Man of the World[答案]文章介紹了世界舉重冠軍Steiner的有關(guān)情況。56．B。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，他獲得了冠軍，成績是461kg。57．C。根據(jù)第五段第一句話可得出答案。58．C。本文主要講述的是一位舉重運動員Steiner的事跡，結(jié)合文章倒數(shù)第四段內(nèi)容可知，他成績的取得是為了紀念死去的妻子。因此C項更能表達文章的意思。C(2008山東)Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards across the country.The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F．.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 members of Kids F．. worldwide and is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest” project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.Since the organization started, Kids F．. members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees! Ongoing tree－planting projects include Kid’s Yards—the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (棲息地) and now Kids F．. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping.“Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment. Club members started doing things like recycling, picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club.”“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy，” she explains. “You need to start being a responsible, environmentally friendly person now, right away, before you bee a resource－sucking adult.”59．Kids F．. is ______.A. a program to help students with writingB. a project of litter recyclingC. a campaign launched by President BushD. a club of environmental protection60．What can we learn about Poe?A. She was awarded a prize in Brazil.B. She donated billboard across the country.C. She got positive responses for her efforts.D. She joined the National Park Service.61．Kid’s Yards is ______.A. established in a national parkB. started to protect wildlifeC. a wildlife－raising projectD. an entertainment park for kids62．Which of the following can be inferred from the text?A. Adults are resource－sucking people.B. Poe sought help from a youth organization.C. Kids F． members are from the U．S.D. Kids are urged to save natural resources.[答案]59．D。細節(jié)理解題。由第二段關(guān)鍵句“...Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F．.)．..is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.”可知Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F．.)是一個環(huán)境保護組織。60．C。推理判斷題。由第一段關(guān)鍵句“Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards across the country.”和第二段關(guān)鍵句“The response to her request for help was so huge that...”。A項錯在in Brazil，B項錯在donated，D項錯在joined。61．B。細節(jié)理解題。由第四段的內(nèi)容描述“Ongoing tree－planting projects include Kid’s Yards—the creation of backyard wildlife habitats(棲息地)．..”可知Ki