Many people thought 41-year-old Dara Torres couldn't complete in another Olympic games, but at the 2008 Olympic Games, she showed what persistence and experience can do for an athlete.

As a five-time Olympian and the oldest American 36 ever, Dara got three silver medals in   Beijing. Her victory was  37considering she had retired(退役) a second time after the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Not content with her past achievements, she would prove that  38  is only a number. At the Beijing Games, Dara raced against competitors more than 20 years 39 than her while competing in the 50 meter freestyle, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 freestyle relay, eventually  40  silver medals in all the three events.

Dara has 41  that she is far from a(n)  42  athlete since her first international race in 1981, While 43 the University of Florida, she earned a number of the NCAA All-American swimming awards. As the first US swimmer to  44  in four Olympic Games, Dara set three World records and won nine Olympic  45 , including four golds. Despite a seven-year break from  46  swimming, in the Sydney Olympic Games alone, Dara won two golds and two silvers, after  47  Dara decided to retire and start a  48 , but she dove right back into swimming. In the 2006 Masters Nationals, she amazingly 49 a new world record, just three weeks after her daughter’s 50. In August 2007, Dara won 51  National title and broke her own seven-year American Record in the 50 Freestyle. In July 2008, Dara  52  broke her record at the Olympic trials(選拔) in Omaha, where she  53  her spot on the Olympic team to compete in Beijing.

54  swimming, Dara is famous as a TV commentator(評(píng)論員) and a print model. She is the first athlete to  55  in the sports program in 1994. She is a feature reporter for Good Morning America, working on-air for ESPN and Fox News Channel.  

36. A. coach

B. swimmer

C. player

D. professional

37. A. outstanding

B. attractive

C. worthwhile

D. rewarding

38. A. fame

B. quality

C. age

D. success

39. A. senior

B. elder

C. junior

D. younger

40. A. achieving

B. winning

C. acquiring

D. accepting

41. A. predicted

B. exhibited

C. proven

D. represented

42. A. normal

B. usual

C. simple

D. average

43. A. attending

B. representing

C. graduating

D. studying

44. A.make

B. compete

C. engage

D. involve

45. A. awards

B. honors

C. medals

D. prizes 

46. A. fierce

B. tough

C. extreme

D. competitive

47. A. which

B. this

C. that

D. what

48. A. company

B. career

C. family

D. marriage

49. A. broke

B. set

C. kept

D. made

50. A. return

B. graduation

C. death

D. birth

51. A. more

B. other

C. another

D. extra

52. A. once again

B. for once

C. in turn

D. in a row

53. A. ensured

B. seized

C. secured

D. grasped 

54. A. Except for

B. Other than

C. But for

D. Apart from

55. A. survive

B. appear

C. broadcast

D. host

第五次參加奧運(yùn)會(huì)的美國游泳健將戴拉?托雷斯是2008北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)的最受矚目的奧運(yùn)巨星之一。41歲的戴拉?托雷斯在參加悉尼奧運(yùn)會(huì)之后，就從美國游泳隊(duì)退役。在復(fù)出后，她多次打破自己保持的游泳記錄，并獲得了參加北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)的資格。在2008年的北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)上，她與年輕的隊(duì)友們合作，在4×100接力賽和400米自由接力賽中收獲了兩枚銀牌。在個(gè)人50米自由泳賽中以0.01秒之差又獲一枚銀牌。在戴拉?托雷斯看來，年齡僅僅是一個(gè)數(shù)字而已，參加奧運(yùn)會(huì)就能從中享受無窮的樂趣。

36. B. 下文多次談到她參加游泳比賽，因此她是年齡最大的游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員（swimmer）。

37. A. outstanding“突出的; 杰出的，為人矚目的”。41歲的戴拉?托雷斯在2008年的北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)獲得三枚銀牌的事跡為世人所關(guān)注。

38. C. 雖然她已經(jīng)41歲，但是她的競(jìng)技狀態(tài)絕佳，頻頻打破自己保持的世界記錄，因此對(duì)她來說，年齡僅僅是一個(gè)數(shù)字而已。

39. D. 她要與比自己年輕20多歲的運(yùn)動(dòng)員進(jìn)行比賽。

40. B. winning 表示“獲得（金牌），贏得（比賽）”。

41. C. 戴拉用自己的比賽成績(jī)證明了她絕非等閑之輩。prove“證明，證實(shí)”。

42. D. average與common和ordinary同義，表示“一般的，平凡的”。

43. A. While attending the University of Florida指在她上佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)期間。attend表示“上（學(xué)），開（會(huì)）”。

44. B. compete in“參加”與take part in, participate in同義。

45. C. medals“獎(jiǎng)牌”，下句的golds（金牌）為暗示。

46. D. competitive“競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的”。

47. A. after which 引導(dǎo)一個(gè)定語從句，which代替上句話的內(nèi)容。

48. C. 下文中談到她生孩子，因此這里是她退役后成了家。

49. B. set a new world record“創(chuàng)造新的世界記錄”。

50. D. 句意為：在女兒出生后三周，她就開始參加比賽并且出人意料地創(chuàng)造新的世界記錄。根據(jù)常情，女人剛剛產(chǎn)孩子后身體比較虛弱。因此她的突出成績(jī)顯得令人吃驚。

51. C. another表示“又一個(gè)，另一個(gè)”與 one more同義。

52. A. once again“又一次，再一次”。

53. C. secure“獲得，得到，弄到手”。

54. D. Apart from“除……之外（還有）”表示附加，下文顯然是講述戴拉?托雷斯在體育比賽之外的其它工作。

55. B. appear“出現(xiàn)”，指她出現(xiàn)在電臺(tái)的體育節(jié)目中擔(dān)任評(píng)論員。

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