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SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999 , Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well , chatting about sport , life and “ anything else that came up . ”

Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .

       Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（頂級賽事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics .

       Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回憶）her time with Gould fie years ago .

       “ I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been god friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”

       “ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp . She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team . It was really interesting . ”

       Next time , things will be more serious . “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals , so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould , ” said Schipper , who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly .

1 What is the passage mainly about ?

A. Stories happening in swimming competitions .

B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .

C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships .

D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers .

2 Gould and Schipper are going to       .         

A. talk about sport and life                       B. go back to elite competition

C. set a qualifying time and win gold               D. take part in the same sports event

3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was       .

A. 15                        B. 17                  C. 22                   D. 30

4 The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to       .

A. the Olympics                                        B. the youth camp      

C. the friendship                                        D. the Australian team

5 What Schipper said showed that she       .

A. was no longer Gould’s friend          B. had learned a lot from Gould

C. was not interested in Gould’s stories    D. would not like to compete against Gould

Answer 1

1.D  2.D  3.A  4.C  5.B