UNIT 6 THE ADMIRABLE Section Ⅴ Lesson 3-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年英语必修第二册北师大版(课时作业)

学科网书城 团 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 层级②素养能力提升 1阅读理解 A In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea won the hearts of millions watching. When Moussambani swam in the 100m freestyle,some feared he would drown,but he managed to complete two laps solo.Moussambani received a loud,standing applause despite his slow time and became one of the unlikely heroes of the games. Now,42-year-old Moussambani said that he went to the Sydney Games because he had been listening to the radio and heard a call for people to try out for the wild card spots on the Equatorial Guinea national team. The wild card allows the non-professional player to play in the Olympic Games.Therefore. although Moussambani could barely swim,he became the only person to turn up to join the team and was given a ticket straight to the Olympic Games His only training was eight months of practice in a 20m hotel pool.After jumping off the block he set a quick pace early on but quickly grew tired,struggling to finish the race without drowning.Near the end of his race,Moussambani flagged and appeared to almost drown as he got close to the finish.His time of 1:52.72 was the slowest seen at an Olympics and more than a minute behind the world record.No one has recorded a slower time since.But he received a standing clapping from the 17.000-strong crowd. It was when he went to the athletes'restaurant at the Olympic Village,he truly realised he had become famous."People started asking me for autographs and pictures,"he explained."That was a big experience for me because I used to be a very shy guy.People started to look for me in the village..” Just four years later,Moussambani halved his personal time to 56.9 seconds "They invited me to Dusseldorf in Germany in 2006 for a show.I had to swim 100 metres with other swimmers and I did it in 52.18.That was my best time,"he told the publication Moussambani is famous in Equatorial Guinea and says he is proud to have made the world aware of