Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred and Debbie Phelps, the youngest of three children, Michael Phelps and his sisters grew up in the neighbourhood of Rodger Forge. His father, Fred, a former all-rounded athlete, was a state trooper and his mother Debbie was a middle-school principal. When Phelps's parents divorced in 1994, he and his siblings lived with their mother, with whom Michael grew very close. Even at the age of 7, Phelps was still a little scared to put his head under water, so his instructors allowed him to float around on his back. Not surprisingly, despite the fact that later he is very good at butterfly swimming, the first stroke he mastered was not the easily-practised breaststroke but the backstroke.
At the age of 15, Phelps became the youngest American male swimmer to compete at an Olympic Games in 68 years. While he didn't win any medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he would soon become a major force in competitive swimming.
In the spring of 2001, Phelps set the world record in the 200-meter butterfly, becoming the youngest male swimmer in history at the age of 15 years and 9 months. At the 2001 World Championships in Japan, he then broke his own record with a time of 1:54:58, earning his first international medal. In 2002, Phelps continued to establish several records including the 100- meter butterfly and the 200-meter individual medley. The following year, at the same event, he broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:09.09.
After the London Olympics in 2012, Phelps announced he was retiring from his sport. However, at the 2016 Olympic Games, he came out of retirement and returned to professional competition. This was also the event in which he won one silver and five gold medals, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history, as well as the first swimmer to win four consecutive golds in the same event, the 200 meter individual medley.
Phelps's father used to be a comprehensive________
A. principal
B. trooper
C. athlete
D. instructor
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án đúng: C
Giải thích: Dựa vào thông tin: “His father, Fred, a former all-rounded athlete, was a state trooper and his mother Debbie was a middle-school principal”.
Dịch: Cha của anh, ông Fred, một cựu vận động viên toàn diện, là một quân nhân nhà nước và mẹ anh là bà Debbie một hiệu trưởng trường trung học.
His prophecies .
There will be a sharp in the urban population of Africa and Asia between now and 2050.
The first wave of urban____________took place in more developed countries, especially in Europe and North America.
All of the following are true about the period after he resigned from the royal court EXCEPT that .
The reason why he took the official government examination at a late age was that .
Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that needs correction.
Wind energy can be used to pump water or generate electricity, but requires extensive areal coverage to producing enough energy needed for running the whole factory.
Print off this document for me right now, I'll need it in a few minutes." said the boss to his secretary.
