What's the meaning of "dark horse"? It's someone who wins when no one expects it.

Han Xiaopeng took China's first gold medal on snow. He became an Olympic "dark horse” by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式空中滑雪) in Turin, Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score, Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说) in the Olympics!

“I never thought this would happen, " said the 23-year-old boy. "I feel like I'm in a dream. " It's China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more importantly, Han's gold medal was the country’s first ever in a snow sport. In 2002, China’s Yang Yang won the gold medal for speed skating at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US. Just because Han's win was unexpected doesn't mean that he didn’t work hard.

Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on the snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员) at a circus.In1995, a coach found his talent. The coach, Yang Er'qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old boy to northern China, the boy couldn't swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high diving platform (跳台)and kept on training.

Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Games. In that Olympics he only got 24^th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly behind me, helping me through”, he recalled .

Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing.

   “Never set foot in this house again!” shouted father. “Bang! “The door closed behind me. With tears in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining, causing rather sad feelings. I wandered(游荡) aimlessly.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

But now... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions on me. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I wandered in the streets, without any aim in my mind. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people in the streets. When I finally reached the apartment where I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. All the lights were off except father’s

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never said sorry to me. But after an argument he always came into my room secretly and made sure whether I was asleep.

This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature(天性).

The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love-it's second to none.

   Washington was the first president of the US. He was very smart even when he was still a young boy.

Once a thief (小偷) stole some money from Uncle Post, Washington’s neighbour. The door of the house was not broken, and things in the room were in good order. Washington concludedthat the thief must be one of the villagers.

That evening at the villagers’ meeting, Washington said, "We don’t know who stole the money but God does. God sends his wasp(黄蜂)to tell good from evil(罪恶). Every night the wasp flies among us but few people notice it...” Suddenly Washington cried out, "Look! The wasp has landed on the thief’s hat. It is going to sting (叮)!

Soon everybody began to look for the thief. They noticed a man who was trying hard to drive the" wasp" off his hat. " Now we know who stole the money, Washington said with a smile.

Another time, a neighbour stole Washington's horse. Washington went to the neighbour's farm to get his horse back with a policeman. But the neighbour said that it was his horse.

Suddenly Washington had a good idea. He put both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbour, “If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye the horse is blind.”

The neighbour first told the policeman it was the left eye and then he right eye. But in fact, there was nothing wrong with the horse s eyes. Finally, the policeman said, " You have proved that the horse isn t yours.You must return it to the boy.

   Detective Wolf was waiting at the airport all the morning. He was going to meet Miss Fox. 【小题1】 A few hours ago, someone told the police that a group of thieves would try to steal the diamonds, so the police asked Detective Wolf to make sure Miss Fox and her diamonds would be safe.

Miss Fox arrived at the airport. 【小题2】 While they were talking, Detective Wolf noticed that Miss Fox was left-handed. Half an hour later, they got to the room, two policemen checked it over made sure there wasn’t anyone else in it. Miss Fox said she was tired and wanted to have a shower. 【小题3】 Half an hour later. Miss Fox didn’t get out. 【小题4】Just then he got a call from the airport ---- a woman was found in the toilet on the plane. She said she was Miss Fox reported the criminal was left-handed. 【小题5】 He opened the bag immediately and found there were only stones in it.

   A man sat at an underground station in Washington, D.C.,and started to play the violin. It was _____ cold day in January. He played six Bach(巴赫) pieces _____ about 45 minutes. It was rush hour and _____ people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and the first person, a middle-aged man, noticed there was a _____ playing. He slowed down and stopped for _____ seconds and then hurried up _____ the subway.

After a minute, the violinist _____ his first dollar tip. A young woman threw the money in the box and continued to walk. Then _____ five minutes went by and someone stood against the wall to listen to _____, but the young man looked at his watch and started to walk again. ______,he was late for work.

During the musician's performance, only six people stopped and stayed for a while, twenty gave him the money ______ continued to walk. When he finished ______, no one applauded (鼓掌). No one knew the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world.

This is a(n) ______ story. Joshua Bell playing in the underground station ______ by TheWashington Post as part of a social experiment. One of the conclusions coming from this experiment could be: ______ we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music, how many other things are we missing?

   Do you know who played the role of Superman in the film Superman? He was Christopher Reeve, a(n) ______, and he was famous for his performance in the movie.

Like Superman, Christopher Reeve was afraid of nothing. He was good at flying planes, riding horses and many other activities. But everything ______ in 1995. When riding a horse, he fell and ______ himself badly. The doctors thought it was ______ for him to live long. Reeve even thought of ______ his life to end everything. However, when he thought of his family, he knew he couldn’t. From then on, he began to ______ for his life.

At the end of 1995, he left hospital. Soon after that, he felt he was ______ to face the world again. He wanted to tell people no matter what problems they had, they shouldn't give up. He began to make speeches, and they ______ lots of people with body problems.

He also went back to ______ and made his first film, In the Gloaming. Although he lost control of his body, he still had his ______ and dream. He was, and would always be a Superman!