He has broken a record with his win, and is now Britain’s youngest male medalist. The record until then was held by another diver, Brian Phelps, who was sixteen years old when he won the bronze medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics when it was held in Rome.
There have been winners in the past that were even younger. Cecilia Colledge still holds the record for being the youngest British female Olympic competitor. She was 11 years and 73 days old when she competed in the women’s single skating competition at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Tom has a record of succeeding when young. He was given special permission to compete at the Youth Olympics when he was three years under the minimum age limit. He also beat all his peers at school and at the Senior National Competitions. Although Tom Daley, who was a young player in the Beijing Olympic Games, didn’t do well, he was expected to succeed in the 30th Olympic Games in London in 2012. Let’s wait and see.
36. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 ?
A. Tom only attended the fourth and fifth rounds of the game.
B. Tom was also a good swimming athlete besides diving.
C. Tom was not quite confident of winning in the Beijing Olympics.
D. Tom felt satisfied with the result at the E.S.C.
37. The underlined word “anthem” in the passage most probably means “________”.
A. poem B. rhythm C. recording D. song
38. From the passage we can know that Brian Phelps ________.
A. broke a record in Rome
B. ranked third in the 1960 Summer Olympics
C. was three years older than Tom
D. held the record for sixteen years
39. Which is TRUE about Tom’s experience?
A. Being the youngest athlete to attend the Beijing Olympics.
B. Winning a medal in the Youth Olympics.
C. Being Britain’s youngest male medalist.
D. Doing very well in the Beijing Olympics.
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40. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Tom and his fellow sportsmen.
B. Tom and his new swimming record.
C. A thirteen-year-old swimming success.
D. European swimming championships.
B
About one-third of primary school students aged 7-12 years old use cellphones; by the time they get to high school that figure has shot up to 96 percent, according to a government survey released. They’re using their phones to read books, listen to music, chat with friends and surf the Internet---an average of 124 minutes a day for high school girls and 92 minutes for boys.
While the wired world they now inhabit holds enormous advantages for learning and communicating, it also brings a downside. It becomes a weapon that children can hold against each other with no thought for the consequences. A girl doing the bullying (威吓)confessed (承认) it made her feel good to see the unease spreading on her friend’s face..
The cellphones will eventually become their main means of communication. Education professor Tetsuro Saito said a survey of 1600 middle school students aged around 14 found about 60 percent carried cellphones and nearly half used them to send 20 or more emails a day.
Most middle school cellphone users rarely used their phones to talk, the survey found. Saito said children seemed to want the security of communicating with someone, without the bother of dealing with a real person.
“Communication ability is bound to decline as cellphones and other devices are now getting between people,” he said.
Tonny, a student, said, “I send some 20 emails a day. There’re people I don’t talk with---even if I see them at school. I just exchange emails with them. I guess we’re connected only by a machine.”
Saito’s survey found that students can also use their cellphones as an emotional support. More than 60 percent of students who said they don’t enjoy being with their families send 20 or more emails a day, compared with 35 percent of those happy with their families.
41. High school students use their cellphones in many fields EXCEPT _________.
A. in their studies B. in communication
C. in entertainment D. in committing crimes
42. Though cellphones play an important role, they also bring
disadvantages like ________.
A. a rise in teenagers’ emotional problems and bullying
B. a rise in the conflicts between teenagers and their parents
C. a growing teenagers’ inability to get along well with others
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