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LiNa jumps two places in WTArankings(排位)
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| China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday despite (尽管) losing the Rome WTA final last Sunday to Russian Maria Sharapova, Yahoo reported. Li will begin her French Open title defence next week in Paris. It was the first win ever at a Grand Slam event for someone representing China. |
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LiuXiang back toworld top
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| With a world fastest time of the season so far, Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang showed the world that he is back to the world top level. Running into 13 seconds on a wet track. In spite of running on a wet track, the 28-year-old Liu claimed (宣称) an overwhelming victory against three American first-class hurdlers at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai last Saturday. The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds to claim title of men's 110m hurdle event, and the result bettered (胜过) the previous season best of 13.03s set by America's Aries Merritt two weeks ago. David Oliver of the United States finished second in 13.13s whi le another American Jason Richardson, newly crowned world champion in Dague last year, settled third in 13.16s. Merritt was fourth in 13.26s. |
| 1. The passage aboveis about _________. |
| A. a story B. an advertisement C. sports news D. a poem |
| 2. Li Na was _______ in the latest WTA rankings despite losing the Rome WTA final. |
| A. second B. ninth C. seventh D. sixth |
| 3. There are _______ players at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai mentioned in this passage. |
| A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 |
| 4. Liu Xiang was first in ________ at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai. |
| A. 12.97s B. 13.03s C. 13.13s D. 13.26s |
| 5. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage? |
| A. Merritt was fourth in 13.26s at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai. B. Li Na lost the Rome WTA final by 1:2 last Sunday. C. The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds. D. China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in the latest WTA rankings. |