81.Gu Ailing is a talented freeskier (自由滑雪選手) and one of the top medal hopefuls in Beijing 2022.She established herself in just two years of international competition,winning her first World Cup event in 2019.Later she (1)
(win) golds at the Winter Youth Olympic Games as well as the World Championships. "For me personally,my goal is to win Olympic gold.That to me is just representative of excellence in sport," Gu said in(2)
interview. Gu was born in the US,where she started on the snow at the age of 3.Her father is American and her mother is Chinese.She got Chinese citizenship (國籍) when she was 15,hoping to attract more Chinese young people to take part (3)
ice and snow sports.She is also a model and Stanford student.She hopes to use sports as "a bridge" (4)
China and the US. Wu Dajing,27,is a leader as well as a superstar of China's short-track speed skating team.He was winner of the men's 500 m at the 2018 Winter Games as well as the current (現(xiàn)今的) world-record holder (保持者) in the(5)
[?'vent].Compared to most Asian skaters (6)
are swift (敏捷的) and medium-height,Wu is famous for his explosive (爆發(fā)的) power and unusual height (He stands 182 cm,tall for a short racer),noted Beijing Daily. Born in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province,Wu became (7)
['?ntr?st?d] in winter sports when he was 10.Later he has (8)
(make) his way with his self-discipline (自律).He got up at 4 am every day to practice.He said he (9)
['nev?(r)] eats meat or has carbonated (碳酸的) drinks, (10)
_he loves cola very much. Both of them got gold medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics.Let's look forward to more great performances in the future!
82.How long does it take to build a new house?It usually(1)t
about six months or more.But each year,thousands of people work together to build new homes (2)i
just four months!Who does this wonderful work?Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is a group that builds homes for families in(3)n
.It has branches (分部) in different states around the US. This group works all over the world,too.Volunteers help build the homes.They are unpaid workers who do all the work for(4)f
.Volunteers can be builders and painters.They can be teachers or bankers.Some are students.Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300.000 houses.More than 1.5 million people (5)l
in these houses. Building a home is hard work.Volunteers learn (6)h
to put up walls.They use many materials and tools.These selfless (無私的) volunteers work with the families that will live in the houses.Everyone works together to make the families' dreams come(7)t
. Suruchi Srikanth has worked with Habitat for Humanity for four years.She(8)b
volunteering in high school.She has built many homes with(9)o
volunteers.She takes her responsibilities (責(zé)任) seriously.Volunteers know(10)i
they don't help,homes may not get built.They are good citizens who care about other people.