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Eric Moussambani, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, won brief international fame at Sydney’s 2000 Ol...
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Eric Moussambani, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, won brief international fame at Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games for an extremely unlikely victory.
Twelve months before the Olympics, Moussambani had never gone outside of his home country, an extremely poor tiny African nation. Having_________his admission into the Olympic Games, Moussambani set about teaching himself to _________. The only pool that was_________belonged to a local hotel, and they _________ him to use it between 5 and 6 am, three times a week. Before Sydney he had never set eyes on an Olympic _________, let alone practiced in one. Moussambani had no_________, no lanes(泳道), and no way of tracking his efforts. Worse still, he didn’t know he had been entered in to the 100m race, not the 50m he had_________.
When the day came, events got _________. Of the three competitors in the first round, Moussambani was the_________competitor who was not removed from the game for starting early. He now had to do it alone, against the ________, fighting for a chance to be in the final. __________it seemed that he’s not going to finish it in the second half of the race, he ________completed it with a time of 1'5". It was the slowest time in Olympic history, __________a personal best.
International media __________him ‘Eric the eel’ and a real model of the Olympic __________that it’s not the winning, but the taking part that __________. When he was__________after the race, Moussambani said, “At first I got worried that I couldn’t ____________. Thinking of the dear people__________me, I kept on and it happened.”
Moussambani never gives up. He is now the head coach of the national team and thanks to his__________, the country has built two 40m pools.
1.A.missed B.required C.gained D.refused
2.A.run B.swim C.jump D.sail
3.A.useless B.worthless C.movable D.available
4.A.begged B.allowed C.caused D.employed
5.A.medal B.pool C.village D.flag
6.A.coach B.classmates C.family D.fans
7.A.experienced B.forgotten C.survived D.expected
8.A.bigger B.clearer C.stranger D.fewer
9.A.only B.next C.other D.second
10.A.wind B.competitors C.clock D.judges
11.A.Until B.When C.Since D.Although
12.A.finally B.gradually C.usually D.suddenly
13.A.so B.and C.or D.but
14.A.told B.called C.offered D.showed
15.A.duty B.glory C.dream D.spirit
16.A.depends B.matters C.happens D.helps
17.A.interviewed B.recognized C.invited D.found
18.A.make it B.give up C.catch it D.turn up
19.A.beyond B.before C.behind D.below
20.A.confidence B.honesty C.efforts D.qualities
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