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 (三周跳). 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.
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解析：文章大意：本文介绍了一位奥运名人：被称之为“冰上精灵”——日本滑冰运动员荒川静香。
【小题1】C 形容词辨析。A. plex 复杂；B. bright聪明的；C. simple简单的；D. stupid笨的。这里指当时她的目的很简单，能够穿着漂亮的外衣表演。
【小题2】A 动词辨析。A. developed发展；B. became成为；C. interested感兴趣；D. realized意识到。这里指她对滑冰就产生浓厚的兴趣
【小题3】D 动词辨析。A. occupy占领；B. spend度过；C. refer提及；D. devote奉献。这里考查短语devote ... to ...致力于，献身于.....。荒川静香将自己所有的空余时间都献给了滑冰训练。
【小题4】B 形容词辨析。A. ready准备；B. able能够C. willing情愿；D. used过去。这里考查短语be able to能够。八岁的时候，她已经能够完成三周跳。
【小题5】B 上下文连串。根据下文多次提到“日本”，故选B。年轻的静香开始在日本全国锦标赛上展露头角，并且五次夺得全国冠军，包括三次少年组和两次成年组。
【小题6】D 动词辨析。A. attended出席；B. prepared准备；C. entered进入；D. participated参加。1998年的长野，荒川静香开始走入奥运会的赛场
【小题7】A 名词辨析。A. hopes希望；B. ambition抱负；C. chances机会；D. help帮助。尽管年仅16岁，但日本上下都对她寄予厚望。
【小题8】C 副词辨析。A. Ever曾经；B. Already已经；C. Even甚至；D. Still仍然。甚至日本天皇和皇太后亲临比赛现场观看她的比赛。
【小题9】B 形容词辨析。A. middle中间的；B. final最终的；C. general总体的；D. beginning起初。但最终她只名列第十三位。
【小题10】D 连词辨析。A. after在……之后；B. before在……之前；C. ago以前；D. later后来。 四年后，她没有出席盐湖城的奥运会。
【小题11】D 动词辨析。A. contained 包含；B.win赢得；C. held举行；D. included包括。在当年的全国锦标赛上，她只名列第二，没能获得出赛资格。
【小题12】A 短语固定搭配。固定短语in spite of尽管。尽管如此，荒川静香还是在其他的比赛中取得了不错的成绩。
【小题13】C 代词辨析。in other championships在其它比赛中。这里指荒川静香还是在其他的比赛中取得了不错的成绩。
【小题14】B 名词辨析。A. character角色；B. figure 人物；C. creature生物；D. portrait肖像。在2004年的多特蒙德，她第一次成为世界冠军。
【小题15】B 动词辨析。A. ruined毁掉；B. ended结束；C. left留下；D. fired开除。2005年她遭受了几乎结束她滑冰生涯的打击。
【小题16】A 短语固定搭配。这里考查短语take part in参加。但2006年，她仍然参加了都灵冬季奥运会。
【小题17】D 动词辨析。A. resulted结果；B. caused引起；C. accessed进入；D. produced生产。这里指新的教练和节目编排带来了一个全新的充满活力的荒川静香。
【小题18】C 介词辨析。这里for表示“对……来说”。这样的短节目对日本滑冰选手来说是一个挑战。
【小题19】B 短语固定搭配。这里考查短语be acpanied by伴奏。伴随着普契尼的小提琴幻想曲（Fantasy for Violin），她完成了长节目的表演。
【小题20】A 名词辨析。A. score得分；B. level水平；C. point点；D. top顶部。她获得191.34分,成功夺得金牌。