China’s freeski athlete Gu Ailing won her second gold of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a single Games. The 18-year-old superstar topped the podium(领奖台) in the halfpipe(U型场地技巧) final at Zhangjiakou’s Genting Snow Park, adding to her gold in the big air event last week and silver in slopestyle on Tuesday.

Gu, who says halfpipe is her strongest event, dominated from the start. Again and again, she sped up the wall of the halfpipe and launched herself skyward, spinning and twisting gracefully to loud cheers from fans in the stands.

Already firmly in the lead, she did better in the second run with an impressive score of 95.25. She was already assured of the gold by the time she set off on a third run victory lap. 

Gu gave her coach a big hug at the top of the slope, came down the halfpipe once again and finished the ride with easy jumps, posing and celebrating her victory in midair.

“I’ve never taken a victory lap before in my entire life, so I felt like, ‘You know what, last event at the Olympics it feels like I finally deserve it’. I’m really happy,” Gu told reporters after her win, according to the Olympic site. “It has been two straight weeks of the most intense highs and lows I’ve ever experienced in my life. It has changed my life forever,” she said.

China’s Gu Ailing made Winter Olympics history on Friday by winning her third freeski medal. She also wore a panda hat as she received her Bing Dwen Dwen mascot on the podium, causing a stir among her fans on Chinese social media.

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1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?

A Gu overcame all kinds of difficulties and finally won.

B Zhangjiakou’s Genting Snow Park brought good luck to Gu.

C Gu made Olympic history as a freestyle skier in the world.

D Gu leads China’s ice and snow sports to the world’s front position.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段的“China’s freeski athlete Gu Ailing won her second gold of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a single Games.”可知，中国自由式滑雪运动员谷爱凌在北京冬奥会上获得了第二枚金牌，成为第一位在单届奥运会上获得三枚奖牌的自由式滑雪运动员，即她创造了奥运赛会历史，故选C。

2.Which of the following events is the most confident of success to Gu?

A The big air.

B The slopestyle.

C The halfpipe.

D Not mentioned.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段的“Gu, who says halfpipe is her strongest event, dominated from the start.”可知U型场地技巧是谷爱凌最强的项目，她从一开始就占据了主导地位。故选C。

3.What did Gu do in the third run of the halfpipe?

A She just finished the game at will.

B She finished the ride together with her coach.

C She didn’t give her competitors any chance to win.

D She showed the best performance in the competition.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第四段可知，谷爱凌在坡顶给了教练一个大大的拥抱，再次下了U型场地，轻松地完成了滑行，在半空中摆出姿势庆祝她的胜利。由此推断她当时在第三轮比赛中很轻松地完成了比赛，故选A。

4.What did the Winter Olympics probably impress Gu with?

A The full circle moment.

B The most honorable time.

C The battle of life and death.

D The process of self transformation.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第五段“It has been two straight weeks of the most intense highs and lows I’ve ever experienced in my life. It has changed my life forever”可知，谷爱凌认为这两周是她一生中经历最强烈的高潮和低谷的两周，它永远改变了她的人生。由此推断冬奥会对于谷爱凌而言是一次人生的自我蜕变，故选D。