This time there was no showboating for the cameras — or dark and long nights of the soul. Instead, on a heart-warming afternoon at the Genting Snow Park, the Winter Olympics witnessed the greatest story in its history.
For 16 years Lindsey Jacobellis has been known as the snowboarder who was miles clear of the Turin 2006 Olympics board cross final — until she fell on the last jump while showing off by taking a celebratory grab (抓取) of her board. It was an act that turned gold into silver, and led to her spending years trying to process what had happened. Yet somehow, in her fifth Olympics, the woman sprang a considerable shock by finally winning a gold medal at the age of 36.
For good measure, her gold in the snowboard cross was also her nation’s first of these Games. As Jacobellis motored towards the finish in the final, she could hear the French boarder Chloé Trespeuch closing. But this time she wasn’t going to let gold slip away. Afterwards she acknowledged that without that mistake in 2006 she may never have won gold in Beijing. “ Probably not, and I probably would have quit the sport at that point because I wasn’t really having fun with it. There was so much pressure on me to be the golden girl. I’d won so many races going into it and it’s a lot for a young athlete to have on their plate, ” she said.
But this day was mostly about Jacobellis, a five-time snowboard cross world champion, who finally secured the first prize. Afterwards she said that when she got to the start line of the final, she felt unusually calm. She said, “ They can keep talking about it all they want. Because it really shaped me into the person that I am. It kept me hungry and really helped me to keep fighting in the sport. ”
【小题1】What does the author mainly want to convey in Paragraph 1?| A．There were dark and long nights in the winter of Beijing. |
| B．There was a champion born in the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| C．There was a heart-warming story happening in the boating race. |
| D．There was the greatest photo taken in the competition in 2022. |
| A．She fell on her last jump as grabbing her board to celebrate. |
| B．She had a mental disorder during her board cross competition. |
| C．She had her leg broken while training before the competition. |
| D．She was forbidden to join in the competition for some reason. |
| A．Warm-hearted. | B．Strong-minded. |
| C．Well-educated. | D．Born-gifted. |
| A．To stress the power of social media. | B．To mark an experience of an athlete. |
| C．To show the importance of not giving up. | D．To share the greatest joy with others. |
