Eileen Gu caught the attention of Olympic fans for her good performance during the 2022 Winter Olympics. She won three medals for China in skiing.

　　Gu,18, was born to a Chinese mother and an American father in the U.S. She first had an idea of competing for China ahead of the 2015World Cup, and went into more detail on the“difficult decision”in 2019. She has lived in San Francisco for over ten years. The girl, however,has always been proud that she has Chinese roots(根). She speaks Chinese well and calls herself a “Beijing girl”.

　　“I want to encourage Chinese skiers the same way my American role models inspired me,”she wrote."I've always said my goal is to globally spread the sport I love to kids, especially girls. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help inspire millions of young people where my mom was born, during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games,"said the girl, who plans on attending Stanford University in fall.

　　Gu is one of many athletes at the Winter Olympics competing for countries in which they were not born. Skier Gus Kenworthy,30.took silver for Team USA in the Sochi 2014 Games and also competed in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics;this year,he competed for his native United Kingdom. Salt Lake City snowboarder Louie Vito, 33, chose to compete for Italy. And like Gu, skater Zhu Yi chose to compete for China in the Beijing Games. The 19-year-old girl was born in California.

　　1.According to the first two paragraphs, Gu____.

　　A.won three gold medals for China

　　B. lived in Beijing for over ten years

　　C. competed for China in the 2015World Cup

　　D. made a hard decision to compete for China

　　2.What did Gu mainly explain in the third paragraph?

　　A. Why she skis.

　　B. When she started skiing.

　　C. What she plans to do in fall.

　　D. What achievements she had made.

　　3.Which country did Gus Kenworthy compete for in 2018?

　　A. Italy. B. China. C. The USA. D. The UK.

　　4.What do Gu and Zhu Yi have in common?

　　A. They were born in America.

　　B. They are called“Beijing girls".

　　C. They competed in the same event.

　　D. They started skiing from an early age.

　　5.In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?

　　A. Sports. B. Culture.C.Education D. Health.
 

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