专题14 热点阅读理解（冬奥会）-备战2022年中考英语专题模拟训练（全国通用）

中考热点阅读理解—冬奥会 During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, athletes (运动员) from all over the world broke both personal and Olympic records. High-tech elements have been giving “wings” to these hard-working athletes, helping them become “faster, higher, stronger”. The National Speed Skating Oval (国家速滑馆) (the Ice Ribbon) saw 12 new Olympic records and one world record, including Chinese speed skater Gao Tingyu’s Olympic record of 34.32 seconds in the men’s 500 meters. Known as “the fastest ice”, the 12,000-square-meter rink (冰场) has received very good feedback from the athletes. “It makes everyone skate faster,” Gao Tingyu said after he bagged the gold. The secret behind is a new carbon dioxide (一氧化碳) ice-making technology. Speed-skating requires a very flat (平滑的) ice surface. If the ice surface temperature doesn’t change much, the ice stays flatter. Flat ice is easier to skate on.Liguid (液态的) carbon dioxide was put under the ice for the first time. It cooled the ice and kept the temperature c