2013届中考英语阅读理解专项复习题18.docVIP

有关人物的阅读题 1 Twenty-three-year-old Michael Phelps has become a phenomenon (神话) in swimming. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, he won eight gold medals and broke 7 world records. Nine days, 17 games, morning and night he competed and won. Michael Phelps started to swim at the age of 5. Guess which stroke (动作) he first tried? The backstroke. It’s because he didn’t want to put his face in the water. By the age of 7, he had taken part in a lot of swimming competitions. At 11, he met Bob Bowman who saw the kid’s great talent. How did Phelps become so good? He was born with the body of a swimmer. He s