中考英语复习-七年级短文阅读8.docx

中考英语复习-七年级短文阅读81.Students Love for Winter SportsWith their hometown hosting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, more and more students in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, are falling in love with winter sports. Yu Hangfeng is one of them.Yu studies at Xuanhua No. 2 Middle School. It is also where Zhangjiakou Youth Winter Olympic Sports School is. Yu got interested in skiing when he was a little kid. He thought it would be cool to ski fast downhill. In 2017, Yu had the chance to make his childhood dream come true. That year, he went into Zhangjiakou Youth Winter Olympic Sports School. However, it was not easy for Yu to learn to ski. “It was very hard in the beginning. I had to try again and again after falling,” the 17-year-old said. But he never gave up.After years of training, Yu can now ski very well. Last winter, he got his national athlete certification. “My dream now is to become an athlete on the national team,” he said.Yus experience is typical for many students in Zhangjiakou. Liu Jingjing, a teacher at the sports school, said that lots of students like Yu come to the school every year, and some of them show great talent and they may even become winter sports stars.2.A Large ViolinVenice is a beautiful city in the northeast of Italy. It has a rich history of art and music. Recently, a large violin took a trip down the citys Grand Canal. It has a special name, Noahs Violin. It is about 12 meters long and made out of about 12 different kinds of wood.One Saturday morning, Noahs Violin began its one-hour journey from City Hall. During the trip, four musicians stood on the violin and played a live concert of classical music. For hundreds of years, Venice has been famous for handmade crafts. However, last year local businesses had a difficult time because of COVID-19. Many workers lost their jobs. In order to bring hope to the city, artist Livio De Marchi came up with the idea for the unusual violin. He spent months with local workers to make the violin. They also needed to make sure it could travel safely on the water.When Noahs Violin finally finished its first trip, everyone cheered. One musician said it was the most moving experience of her life. People hoped the large violin would travel the world as a message of hope.3.More Than a MedalMaria Andrejczyk, a sports star from Poland, did something great. She helped save a young boys life with her Olympic silver medal.Andrejczyk won the medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. But only a few days later, she decided to sell her medal for $125,000 to help an 8-month-old boy. The boy was badly ill. He needed to travel from Poland to the USA to get surgery. But his parents were short of money, so they asked for help online.Andrejczyk didnt know the boy. But when she read his story, she wanted to give a hand to the poor family. “I was very happy to get the medal. But now, it can be of great value to others. The medal can save lives,” Andrejczyk said. “The true value of the medal is always in my heart.”A Polish company, Zabka, bought the medal, but they decided to let Andrejczyk keep it. They paid for the boys surgery in her name. “Andrejczyk is a beautiful woman,” Zabka wrote online. “We hope the medal will stay with her.”4.Who Is J.K. Rowling?You know who J.K. Rowling is, right? She is a writer, and she is famous for her Harry Potter books.Rowling was born near Bristol, England, in 1965. She grew up in Gloucestershire, also in England, and Chepstow in Wales. Today she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.Rowling had the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 while on a train from Manchester to London. Over the next five years, she began to map out all seven books of the series. Her first Harry Potter book came out in 1997.Rowlings first name is Joanne. The “K” in her name comes from Kathleen, her grandmothers name. She used “J.K.” because her publisher thought boys would not read a book if they knew its writer was a woman.Under the pen name “Robert Galbraith”, Rowling wrote a number of books for adults. The books are about a man called Cormoran Strike. Why did Rowling use a mans name as her pen name? She said she hoped people wouldnt compare the Strike books with her other writings.