Michael Phelps and his U.S. teammates crowned the greatest single Olympic performance on 17th August, 2008 with a win in the 4×100 – meter medley relay.

The victory gave Phelps his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, the most golds ever won by an athlete at one Games. With gold No. 8, Phelps earned a singular place in the Olympic record books.

“There is no comparison in the swimming world for what Michael has done,” said Gregg Troy, coach of U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who finished third to Phelps in two races here in Beijing but also won gold alongside him in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. It’s hard to find comparisons even in the sports world overall. Phelps is solidly in the company of seemingly invincible superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.

“I think years and years down the road we’ll realize more and more how amazing he is and how special he really is.” U. S. teammate Natalie Coughlin said. The 23-year-old from Baltimore capped a brilliant meet at the Water Cube. He set a world record in every event aside from the 100 butterfly which he narrowly won on Saturday, completing a program of 17 races in nine days.

Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals and 16 total medals. He holds the record for most medals won by a man, surpassing Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, who won 15 from 1972 -1980, Soviet female gymnast Larysa Latynina holds the record with l8.

At the 2004 Athens Games, Phelps won six gold medals and two bronze. He has already said he’ll swim in the 2012 London Games. Phelps’ victories in Beijing include: 200–meter freestyle, 200 and 400 individual medleys, 100 and 200 butterfly, 4×200 free relay, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 free relay.

66. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Phelps wins 4×100 -meter medley relay         B. Phelps writes Games gold history

C. Phelps plans to attend 2012 London Games      D. Phelps finishes his competitions

67. Why are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?

A. To emphasize Phelps’ unique position in swimming.

B. To indicate Phelps’ great efforts to his championship.

C. To attract the world’s attention to the young Phelps.

D. To memorize the two heroes’ contributions to the world.

68. The world records Phelps has set do not include        .

A. 200-meter freestyle                      B. 200 individual medleys

C. 200-meter butterfly                      D. 100-meter butterfly

69. Which of the following is true of Phelps?

A. Phelps has won 18 Olympic gold medals till now.

B. Phelps has got the most gold medals in Beijing Olympic.

C. Phelps defeated Nikolai Andrianov in Beijing.

D. Phelps won 8 gold medals at the Athens Games.

70. It can be inferred from the text that        .

A. Phelps is a swimming genius by nature

B. Phelps succeeded in Athens at the age of 18

C. Phelps has won the most golds all by himself

D. Phelps will have a brilliant future in the 2012 London

66. B  主旨大意題。從文章第二段可知，菲爾普斯在北京舉行的奧運(yùn)會上共奪得八枚金牌，創(chuàng)下了在一屆奧運(yùn)會上個(gè)人奪金數(shù)第一的佳績，可見，B項(xiàng)最能概括文章主題。

67. A  推理判斷題。從第三段最后一句Phelps is solidly in the company of seemingly invincible superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.可推斷出，列舉這兩個(gè)泳壇名將是為了強(qiáng)調(diào)菲爾普斯在游泳項(xiàng)目上所處的獨(dú)一無二的位置。

68. D  細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從第四段內(nèi)容可知，100米蝶泳的記錄是美國的另一位運(yùn)動員Natalie Coughlin創(chuàng)下的。

69. B  辨別正誤題。從第二段第一句可知，正確描述為B。

70. D  推理判斷題。首先可采用排除法，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)與文章內(nèi)容不符。通過菲爾普斯在兩屆奧運(yùn)會上的出色表現(xiàn)，我們有理由相信，在倫敦奧運(yùn)會上他將再創(chuàng)輝煌。

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