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VINCOUVER （Reuters）——South Korea' s Kirn Yuna can finally relax and does fiot need to think about the future after she won the gold medal in the women' s figure skating （花樣滑冰）on Thursday．

       The 19-year-old was the overwhelming （壓倒性的）favorite to finish top of the podium （頒獎(jiǎng)臺(tái)） but said the pressure going into the event was large．

       "I feel now as if a huge burden has been lifted, " the Games' highest-earning female athlete-she makes an estimated $8 million a year —said after her near-perfect program where she nailed all of her 11 jumps．

       "I will enjoy this moment and think about things later．I was just thrilled on the podium and I feel so relieved．I had been running toward this dream of the Olympics and was so happy to be here, " she said．

       "Since I have achieved the most important goal in my life．I am going to enjoy this moment for a while and then think about what I am going to do," a smiling Yuna said．

       Japanese rival Mao Asada took silver while Joannic Rochette of Canada grabbed the bronze medal four days after her mother died．

       "I still cannot believe I did what I wanted to do at the Olympics．I have been dreaming about this moment and I cannot believe it is not a dream any more．" said Yuna．

       South Korea was counting on her to grab their first gold medal in figure skating and the first Winter Olympics gold medal outside short track and speed skating．

       "I was just happy to have skated a clean program．It was the first time I skated two clean programs．During the program when I finished all elements I thought 'this is going to be yeah．．．this is it'．"[

1.Kim Yuna felt relaxed because           .

       A．the competition was over

       B．her dream finally came true

       C．she won a large amount of money

       D．she became well-known overnight

2.According to the passage, Kim Yuna____．

       A．had a strong sense of team spirit in the Games

       B．won the first gold medal for South Korea in the Winter Olympics

       C．had expected she would surely win the gold medal

       D．joined in the competition with great pressure from her country

3.The underlined word '"riva” lin Paragraph 6 most probably means"____"．

       A．competitor       B．coach               C．judge               D．hostess

4.It is known from the passage that____．

       A．Kim Yuna is a person of great confidence

       B．Joannie Rochette joined in the games with great sorrow

       C．Kim Yuna is the richest athlete in South Korea

       D．Mao Asada took silver medal by accident

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】略