Unit1 Part2 Learning About Language & Using Language（作业）-高中英语新教材导学案（人教版选择性必修第一册）

Unit1 Part2 作业 UNIT1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT Part 2 Learning About Language & Using Language 能力提升练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it. Han Xiaopeng took China’s first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说) in the Olympics! “I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” It’s China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Han’s gold was the country’s first ever in a snow sport. In 2002, China’s Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US. That Han’s win was unexpected doesn’t mean that he didn’t work hard. Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员) at a circus.