The biggest winner of The Gymnastics World Championships

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拜爾斯在職業生涯中總共獲得25枚獎牌，其中19枚是金牌，是世界錦標賽上獲得獎牌最多的體操運動員。

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Any doubt that Simone Biles is one of the greatest athletes of all time was laid to rest at the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart,Germany.The 22-yearold dominated the competition,which took place from October 4 to October 13,2019,winning gold in five of her six events.Biles gained a total of 25 medals,19 of which are gold,now exceed（超過）Belarus gymnast Vitaly Scherbo's 23 medals, making Biles the most decorated gymnast at the World Championships.

Biles' winning streak began on Tuesday,October 8,when she helped the American women's gymnastics team take home their fifth consecutive（連續不斷的）world championship title.And on October 10,the young gymnast performed better than 23 competitors in four disciplines to become the first and only woman to win five all-around world titles.

The amazing gymnast continued to dominate in the individual events.On Saturday,October 12,Biles won the vault by more than half a point averaging 15.399 for her two attempts.On October 13,she outpaced fellow US gymnast Sunisa Lee by a full point in the floor routine,and her balance beam score of 15.066 was sixtenths of a point ahead of silver medalist Liu Tingting of China.The only event Biles didn't get a medal in was the uneven bars where she placed fifth.

Biles'wins are even more unbelievable because of her increasinglyintricateroutines.Her double-twist somersault（空翻）on the balance beam during the 2019 US Championships in August was so difficult that the Women's Technical Committee of the InternationalGymnastics Federation （FIG）didn't give the athlete the extra credit it deserved.The committee argued that doing so would encourage inexperienced gymnasts to attempt it,leading to serious injuries.

When asked how she continues to perform

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1.What can we know about Simone Biles from the text?

A.She got seriously injured at the Championships.

B.She is the youngest successful female gymnast.

C.She is trying to win five all-around world titles.

D.She got 20 medals in all before October 8,2019.

2.What event did Biles fail at the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships?

A.The vault.

B.The uneven bars.

C.The floor routine.

D.The balance beam.

3.What does the underlined word “intricate”

in paragraph 4 mean?

A.Regular.

B.Popular.

C.Skillful.

D.Complicated.such unprecedented（空前的）levels,Biles said,“I really don't know how I do it sometimes.Sometimes I wonder how I do it.I feel like it's just not like me.I wish I could have an out-ofbody experience to witness it because sometimes I think I'm going crazy.”

4.What does Simone Biles think about her own skill levels?

A.She is quite proud of them.

B.She is confident about them.

C.She can hardly believe them.

D.She is uncertain about them.

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Her double-twist somersault on the balance beam during the 2019 US Championships in August was so difficult that the Women's Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation（FIG）didn't give the athlete the extra credit it deserved.在8 月舉行的2019 年美國體操錦標賽上，她在平衡木上翻了兩個筋斗，難度太大，以至于國際體操聯合會女子技術委員會沒有給她應得的額外榮譽。

該句為主從復合句，句中so...that...引導結果狀語從句，定語從句it deserved 修飾the extra credit。

藝術體操

藝術體操又稱“韻律體操”，是一項新型的女子競技體育項目，起源于歐洲。19世紀末出現有音樂伴奏的各種身體動作。20世紀初，瑞士日內瓦音樂學院教師雅克·達爾克羅茲創編的韻律體操，將身體練習與音樂結合起來，并從最初的徒手發展為使用輕器械的形式。1962年被國際體操聯合會確定為比賽項目。1963年起舉辦世界藝術體操錦標賽，包括團體賽、個人全能賽和個人單項賽。