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WhenSabrinaVegawas5yearsold,afriendinvitedhertoapartyheldatagym

whereSabrinadiscoveredthatsheloveddoinggymnastics.

Afewnightsaftertheparty,Sabrinahadadream.Shetoldhermother,Jahira,

aboutthedream.Jahirasaid,“Sabrinasaidthatinher-dreamshewenttotheOlympics,

Shedescribedevery-thingatthisinternationalcompetition.AtfirstIdidnottake

herstoryseriously.”

ButSabrinakepttalkingaboutherdream.Shetoldittoherfather,David.So

JahiraandDavid

decidedtopayforSabrinatolearngymnastics.

SoSabrinastartedtotrainataspecialandcompetitivegym.Thoughonly7years

old,shewasalreadytrainingtocompeteatahighlevel.Theyearspassed

quickly.Sabrinagotbetterandbetter.Bythetimeshewas12yearsold,Sabrina

wastrainingsomanyhourseachclaythatshedidnothavetimetodothingsthat

manyotherAmericansofanagedid.v

WhenSabrinawas13,shehadachancetocompeteina-nationalgymnasticsevent.If

shedidwell,theeventwouldgiveherthechancetojointhenationalteam—theteam

thattrainsforthe0-lympics.

Butthefamilywasoutofmoney.JahirahadtotellSabrinathatshecouldnot

go.Jahirasaid,Tearscametohereyes,andshesaid,“Iunderstand.〃

Aweekortwolater,arichfamilycametovisitSabrina，sgymunexpectedly.They

watchedSab-rinatrain.Thentheyaskedtotalktohermother.Therichfamilyoffered

Jahiraallthemoneytheyneeded!

Eventually,SabrinaVegacompetedatthe2012OlympicTrials.Shefinished10d

intheall-round.

21.SabrinaVegahadadreamto.

A.gotothepartyB.dogymnastics

C.takepartintheOlympicsD.attendanationalcompetition

22.Fromthepassage,wecaninfer.

A.Sabrina，sparentsweretiredofhertalking

B.Sabrina5sparentslovedherandweremovedbyher

C.SabrinaJsparentssupportedherdreamevenatthebeginning.

D.Sabrinabecameanationalteamplayerattheageoftwelve

23.Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellus?

A.AllroadsleadtoRome.B.Earlybirdscatchworms.

C.Practicemakesperfect.D?Godblessesthedeterminedand

hard-working.

24.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.Atalentedgirl.B.Thecaringparents.

C.AnOlympicdream.D.Ahelpinghand.

參考答案21-24CBDC

B

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25.WhydidTylerwritethelettertohisparents?

A.Todescribehisinterestingcampexperiences.

B.Toexpresshisregretaboutscaringothers.

C.Toaskhisparentsforadviceaboutcamping.

D.Totellhisparentsabouthissufferingsatcamp.

26.Theunderlinedword〃chase〃inthefirstletterprobablymeans。

A.flyawayB.getridofC.putupwithD.runafter

27.Tyler*smotheradviseshimto.

A.buymorelotionforthebitesB.returnwithafewfriends

C.avoidscaringothercampersD.turntothepolicewhenintrouble

DearMomanddad.

Campisgreat!IhavemetalotofnewCnendA.Jimisfromt3aSfonua.EricsfromIowa.

(M>dTgyinGornMs-hnvratimetoccthrr.?winHnin?vboating,hiking,on?ipla-

yingtricksonoiliercampen!Everynigh.wegptoaxRhcrtentMecredyandtr);oscantother

cnmpeisbymakingxarynoises.It*ssofunnytosecihemrunoutreaming!NewdocJtwor-

ry.Mom.1,nanot^oingU?getcaughtUkeididlaM

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too*Otherthannilt>M*sebiggybu&t,I*mhavingthebesttime!

LDTC,

Tyler

IDearTyler,?

Arcyousurey<xiare<?kay?AUofihowbu償soundawful!Haveyouu?cdallMthe"Itch-

H——Gone**cFB.tn1potyou?1lowIILMJLIIthe**AnSkAwiul。論AHIbil4^s；

YouandyourauntEthelIvivealwaysserjnedtoatirac：thojwnastyfireants.

Nowlyir.1nxnveryhappy(hot「JUh?vomettamtnewCneatkandthat>ouarchssinf

funlo^^ihcr.However.??■MUSTsinpryinctoscamothercampen.Rememberhoney,som?

eumpcEmaybescaredmmly.!wantywU>apologixcforanyanxietyyoumayhavecausedthrir

an<lstartbeinglb!?nice,politeboythAi二knowyou?rr.Doyouhearme?Tyicr?Plea***becare-

ful.Iwantyoutocomebsiesafely.

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參考答案25-27ADC

C

TheancientcityofChichenItzainsouthernMexicowasoneofthemostpowerful

citiesandoneofthemostpowerfulancientcultures-theMaya.Buttoday,noonelives

there.Itisonlyagroupofoldbuildings.However,peoplefromaroundtheworld

stillcometoseeit.Peoplecometolearnaboutitsancientculture,theculture

oftheMayanpeople.

TheMayanculturebeganalmost3,000yearsagoandgrewinpartsofCentral

America.Buta-bout1,000yearsagoagroupcalledtheItzainvadedthecityandbuilt

newpartsofthecity,basedonnaturalwells.TheynamedthecityChichenItza,

whichmeans"mouthofthewelloftheItza”.

ThemostinterestingstructureinChichenItzaisthePyramidofKukulcan(庫

庫爾坎金字塔），

whosefoursidesallcometogetheratonepointatthetop.EachsideonthePyramid

ofKukulcanhas91steps.Andthereisonemorestepatthetopofthepyramid.The

stepsareasmanyasthedaysofayear.SomeexpertsbelievetheMayacouldhave

usedt.hisbuildingtohelpthemknowwhentoplantcrops.Eachdaythesunfalls

onadifferentstepofthepyramid,whichcouldbeawaytofollowtheyear.

ThepeopleofChichenItzaespeciallydesignedonebuiIdingtoobserveandstudythe

movementofthestarsandplanets.Expertssaythattheobservatory（天文臺）isone

ofthemostcomplexstructurestheMayabuilt.Asetofstepswentupandaroundthe

observatorytower.Andtherewerewindowsinthetower.Eachwindowhada

purpose.Expertsbelievethatapersonlookingthroughoneofthesewindowscould

seeparticularstarsonparticulardates.TheMayamighthavebelievedthatstudying

thestarscouldtellthemthefuture.

ChichenItzaisnowaUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteandanimportantpartofthe

world，shistory.

28.VisitorscametothecityofChichenItzato.

A.viewitsbeautifulscenery

B.experienceandexploretheMayanculture

C.studyandobserveotherstarsontheobservatory

D.learnsomethingaboutwhentoplantcrops

29.Whydidtheinvadersnamethecity'mouthofthewelloftheItza，z?

A.Becausewellscanbeseeninoraroundthecity.

B.Becauseitislargeinsize.

C.Becausethecityisnewly-built.

D.Becauseitslocationisvital.

30.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.ChichenItzaisoneoftheWorldHeritages.

B.ThePyramidofKukulcanhas364steps.

C.Windowsinthetowerpredicttheweatherinthefuture.

D.ThecityofChichenItzahasalonghistoryof3000years.

31.What/stheauthor，spurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.ToevaluatetheMayanculture.

B.Topersuadereaderstopayavisit.

C.TointroducetheancientcityofChichenItza.

D.TopresentthedevelopmentoftheMayanconstruction.

參考答案28-31BAAB

D

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