[单项选择]Is there any hope of（）the gold medal
A. John to win
B. John win
C. winning John
D. John’s winning

[单项选择] Star QualityWho won the gold medal in the pairs figure-skating event
A. The Russian pair.
B. The Canadian pair.
C. Both the Russian pair and the Canadian pair.
D. The French pair.

[填空题]In Olympic history, the gold medal does not always represent the top prize.

[单项选择]Liu Xiang was awarded a gold medal in the World Championships. He（）a lot of hard training.
A. should have done
B. should do
C. must have done
D. must do

[单项选择]Where has this program won a gold medal（　）.
A. In a domestic acrobatic contest.
B. In an international acrobatic contest.
C. In a normal contest.

[单项选择]When he won his third gold medal at his third successive Olympic Games, we______the man as if he were the greatest athlete we had ever seen: a superman, ______ , a demigod walking the earth.
A. hymned … a nonpareil
B. exasperated … a dabbler
C. inveighed … a genius
D. lauded … an obscurantist
E. apostatized … a commoner

[单项选择]He is（）about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics next year.
A. optimistic
B. optional
C. outstanding
D. obvious

[单项选择]Where has this program won a gold medal [A] In a domestic acrobatic contest. [B] In an international acrobatic contest. [C] In a normal contest.

[单项选择]A. He wins a gold medal. B. He’s brave.
C. He’s kind-hearted. D. He’s honest.

[单项选择]Ashley’’s Message of Hope 1. The birth of any child raises many questions. Will she have my eyes, her dad’’s smile What will she want to be when she grows up But the biggest question for every parent is "Will she be healthy" 2. Our daughter, Ashley Elizabeth Naylor, was born on August 12, 1988. We had a lot of mixed emotions the day of her birth, but mainly we felt fear and despair. The doctors suspected complications (并发病) , which led to a cesarean section (剖腹产手术) , but the exact problem was not known. Two weeks after her birth, chromosome (染色体) analysis revealed cat cry syndrome. The doctors were uncertain about how the disease would develop. This was a rare disorder, we were told, and little could be offered to help our daughter. The doctors used the words "profoundly slow," which cut like a knife through our hearts and our hopes. It wasn’t until a few years later that we realized how little the medical community actually knew about cat cry syndrome and especially about our li