At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was
:wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she
a passion for skating, and she decided to
all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already
to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from
won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.
In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa
for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high
for her.
the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the
rankings. Four years
, she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not
in the Japanese Olympic team. In
of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in
championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world
skating champion.
In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost
her career, Shizuka Arakawa took
in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had
a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge
the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme.
by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a
of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.
| 小题1: | | A．complex | B．bright | C．simple | D．stupid |
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| 小题2: | | A．developed | B．became | C．interested | D．realized |
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| 小题3: | | A．occupy | B．spend | C．refer | D．devote |
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| 小题4: | | A．ready | B．able | C．willing | D．used |
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| 小题5: | | A．China | B．Japan | C．America | D．Russia |
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| 小题6: | | A．attended | B．prepared | C．entered | D．participated |
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| 小题7: | | A．hopes | B．ambition | C．chances | D．help |
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| 小题8: | | A．Ever | B．Already | C．Even | D．Still |
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| 小题9: | | A．middle | B．final | C．general | D．beginning |
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| 小题10: | | A．after | B．before | C．ago | D．later |
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| 小题11: | | A．contained | B．win | C．held | D．included |
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| 小题12: | | A．spite | B．charge | C．honor | D．possession |
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| 小题13: | | A．others | B．another | C．other | D．else |
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| 小题14: | | A．character | B．figure | C．creature | D．portrait |
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| 小题15: | | A．ruined | B．ended | C．left | D．fired |
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| 小题16: | | A．part | B．pride | C．control | D．turns |
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| 小题17: | | A．resulted | B．caused | C．accessed | D．produced |
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| 小题18: | | A．at | B．towards | C．for | D．upon |
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| 小题19: | | A．Danced | B．Accompanied | C．Followed | D．Played |
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| 小题20: | | A．score | B．level | C．point | D．top |
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