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. 小题1: A．complex B．bright C．simple D．stupid 小题2: A．developed B．became C．interested D．realized 小题3: A．occupy B．spend C．refer D．devote 小题4: A．ready B．able C．willing D．used 小题5: A．China B．Japan C．America D．Russia 小题6: A．attended B．prepared C．entered D．participated 小题7: A．hopes B．ambition C．chances D．help 小题8: A．Ever B．Already C．Even D．Still 小题9: A．middle B．final C．general D．beginning 小题10: A．after B．before C．ago D．later 小题11: A．contained B．win C．held D．included 小题12: A．spite B．charge C．honor D．possession 小题13: A．others B．another C．other D．else 小题14: A．character B．figure C．creature D．portrait 小题15: A．ruined B．ended C．left D．fired 小题16: A．part B．pride C．control D．turns 小题17: A．resulted B．caused C．accessed D．produced 小题18: A．at B．towards C．for D．upon 小题19: A．Danced B．Accompanied C．Followed D．Played 小题20: A．score B．level C．point D．top