1. (2021八上·台州开学考) 阅读短文，回答问题

Do you know the girl in the picture? She is Katie Ledecky. She was born on March 17, 1997 in the USA. She is 24 years old, but she has won 5 Olympic gold medals (奥运金牌) in the sport of swimming. How did she do all of this at such a young age? "The secret,” Katie says, "is that there isn't secret but practice!”

For one thing, she started young. Katie followed her brother into the sport of swimming when she was just six years old. Around that same time, she even met Michael Phelps, a great Olympic swimmer. For another, Katie loves swimming and she tries her best. Here is one common day of Katie:

● Getting up at 4：00 in the morning.

● Swim practice from 5：00 to 7：00 in the morning.

● Out of pool training from 11：00 to 12：00 (3 days a week).

● Swim practice from 2：30 to 6：00 in the afternoon.

Maybe this is Katie's secret.

1. （1） Katie Ledecky is from __________.

   A . England B . America C . Canada D . Russia
3. （2） What does the underlined word "secret” mean in Chinese?

   A . 方式. B . 标准. C . 秘诀. D . 天赋.
5. （3） From the passage we can learn that Katie Ledecky is __________.

   A . clever B . funny C . friendly D . hard­working
7. （4） From the passage we can know that           .

   A . Michael Phelps was the first one to teach her how to swim. B . She started swimming when she was 10 years old. C . She spends 3. 5 hours swimming in the afternoon. D . She spends four days training in the swimming pool every week.