题目内容：

At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was      :wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she     a passion for skating, and she decided to     all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already      to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from      won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.

In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa      for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high      for her.       the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the       rankings. Four years     , she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not    in the Japanese Olympic team. In     of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in    championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world    skating champion.

In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost      her career, Shizuka Arakawa took      in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had     a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge      the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme.      by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a       of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.

1.A. complex      B. bright                 C. simple              D. stupid

2.A. developed   B. became               C. interested    D. realized

3.A. occupy        B. spend                 C. refer        D. devote

4.A. ready                    B. able           C. willing      D. used

5.A. China                    B. Japan                   C. America          D. Russia

6.A. attended             B. prepared C. entered         D. participated

7.A. hopes        B. ambition     C. chances           D. help

8.A. Ever             B. Already              C. Even            D. Still

9.A. middle                  B. final                     C. general           D. beginning

10.A. after                    B. before                 C. ago                 D. later

11.A. contained          B.win        C. held                 D. included

12.A. spite                   B. charge                C. honor               D. possession

13.A. others                 B. another              C. other               D. else

14.A. character           B. figure    C. creature       D. portrait

15.A. ruined              B. ended             C. left             D. fired

16.A. part                    B. pride                  C. control          D. turns

17.A. resulted              B. caused              C. accessed        D. produced

18.A. at                         B. towards               C. for                 D. upon

19.A. Danced     B. Accompanied C. Followed            D. Played

20.A. score                  B. level             C. point               D. top