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  SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999 , Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well , chatting about sport , life and “ anything else that came up . ”     Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .     Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics .     Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould fie years ago .     “ I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been good friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”     “ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp . She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team . It was really interesting . ”     Next time , things will be more serious . “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals , so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould , ” said Schipper , who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly . 1. What is the passage mainly about ?    A. Stories happening in swimming competitions .    B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .    C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships .    D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers . 2. Gould and Schipper are going to ________ .    A. talk about sport and life                  B. go back to elite competition    C. set a qualifying time and win gold      D. take part in the same sports event 3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was  ________ .    A. 15          B. 17         C. 22        D. 30 4. The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ________ .    A. the Olympics                  B. the youth camp          C. the friendship                   D. the Australian team 5. What Schipper said showed that she  ________ .    A. was no longer Gould’s friend            B. had learned a lot from Gould    C. was not interested in Gould’s stories     D. would not like to compete against Gould 答案：【小题1】D 【小题2】D 【小题3】A 【小题4】C 【小题5】B

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