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   After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletes and viewers have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability.        one of the greatest Paralympians is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson. Born with spine bifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralyzed from the waist down, Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. At first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.       Indeed, Tanni's athletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.       In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympics Games in Soul. She bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.       Tanni's enduring(持續的) success has been part motivation, part preparation. "The training I do that enable me to be a good sprinter (短跑運動員) enable me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I went to race …I am still competing at a very high level, but as I get order things get harder and I went to retire before I fall apart."       Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympics World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.       In spite of ups and downs, she never takes her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in a series(系列) of Paralympics-a top lever athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.       What advice does she have for young athletes? "Work hard at your studies, and then train, train again."

28. When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?

A. In 1984.        B. In 1988.        C. In 2007.       D. In 1992

29. The underlined word "that'' in the 5th paragraph refers to _____.

A. The expectation from her family          B. being a good sprinter  C. training almost every day                D. part motivation and part preparation

30. What's the right order of the events related to Tanni?      a. She works as a coach.      b. She took up athletics.      c. She won four gold medals in Barcelona.      d. She competed in her first Paralympics Games.      e. She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.

A. b, d, c, e, a         B. e, d, b, c, a        C. a, d, c, e, b        D. b, d, a, e, c

31. What can we learn from Tanni's success?

A. Union is strength  B. No pains, no gains

C. Well begun is half done  D. Never too late to learn 

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