(练习)课时分层作业6 Unit 2 Sports Culture-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册(译林版2020)

课时分层作业(六)　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Shelly­Ann Fraser­Pryce, born on December 27, 1986, is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Not so long ago, most people didn't know who Shelly­Ann was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another teenager without much of a future. However, one person wanted to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen­year­old Shelly­Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of greatness. He decided to train Shelly­Ann strictly. Their cooperation quickly produced results. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Shelly­Ann beat Jamaica's unchallenged queen of the sprint. Widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, her achievements on the track since 2008 helped to elevate Jamaican athletics on the international scene. Shelly­Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has the mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica's toughest communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one­room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Sometimes her family didn't have enough to eat. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime's early entry into the adult world gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would get rid of poverty. Therefore, one of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly­Ann was taking her to the track and she was ready to sacrifice everything. When talking about her achievements and legacy, this incredible woman responded that her secret is just staying humble, just knowing who you are as a person and as an a