Unit 1 People of Achievement-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册(人教版)

UNIT 1　 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT 课时作业 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　阅读理解 A What makes one a great person? The legendary volleyball coach Lang Ping gave the answer in the recent documentary The Iron Hammer, titled after her nickname for her powerful strikes. The documentary features Lang􀆳s inspiring journey from her gold medal victory as a volleyball player in the 1984 Olympics to her unparalleled (无可比拟的) career as a successful coach for both Team USA from 2005 to 2008 and China since 2013. She led the US to a silver medal finish and China to a gold medal triumph in the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games, making her the first person to win the Olympic volleyball gold as a player and coach. Lang Ping revealed the secret to such remarkable achievements in the documentary. “ I believe volleyball was my destiny,” she said. But glory and challenges go hand in hand. Troubled by severe injuries to her cervical vertebra(颈椎), back, waist and knees, caused by intense exercise and hard work, Lang has undergone more than 10 surgeries. “No parts of my body function well,” she joked. But illness is certainly not the only difficulty Lang has faced throughout her career. In 2005, she struggled with balancing raising her daughter Bai Lang, who lived in the US, and her coaching career, according to China Sports Daily. She eventually decided to work for USA Volleyball that year and this decision aroused a lot of negative comments back in China. “ I􀆳m proud of being Chinese,” Lang responded in an interview. Later,she returned t