Itwasthesummerof1936．TheOlympicGameswerebeingheldinBerlin．Ihadtrainedsweatedanddisciplinedmyselffor6yearsontherunningbroadjump．AyearbeforeasacollegestudentattheOhioStateI'dsettheworld'srecordof26feet81/4inches．Nearlyeveryoneexpectedmetowin．

Iwasinforasurprise．Whenthetimecameforthebroad-jumptrials(选拔赛)Iwasshockedtoseeatallboyhittingthepit（坑）atalmost26feetonhispracticeleaps．HeturnedouttobeaGermannamedLuzLong．Hehadeasilyqualifiedforthefinalsonhisfirstattempt．

Anervousathleteisanathletewhowillmakemistakes．Ifouled（犯规）twiceonmyqualifyingjumps．WalkingafewyardsfromthepitIkickedatthedirtdisgustedly．SuddenlyIfeltahandonmyshoulder．IturnedtolookintothefriendlyblueeyesofLuzLong．"HiI'mLuzLong．Idon'tthinkwe'vemet．""Gladtomeetyou"Isaid．ThentryingtohidemynervousnessIadded"Howareyou?""I'mfine．Somethingmustbeeatingyou．Youshouldbeabletoqualifywithyoureyesclosed．"Hesaid．

Heseemedtounderstandmynervousnessandtookpainstoreassureme．FinallyseeingthatIhadcalmeddownsomewhathesaid"Whatdoesitmatterifyou'renotthefirstinthetrials?Tomorrowiswhatcounts．"Allthetensionleftmybodyasthetruthofwhathesaidhitme．ConfidentlyIqualifiedwithalmostafoottospare．

Luzbrokehisownrecordandpushedmeontoapeakperformance．TheinstantIlandedfrommyfinaljump—theonewhichsettheOlympicrecordof26feet51/16inches—hewasatmysidecongratulatingme．

1.Theauthorsaid"Iwasinforasurprise"becausehe_____．

A．beatLuzLong B．metagreatcompetitor

C．qualifiedforthefinal D．joinedintheOlympicGames

2.Whatcanwelearnabouttheauthorfromthepassage?

A．HeremainedconfidentintheOlympicGames．

B．Hehadqualifiedforthefinalsonhisfirstattempt．

C．Hebroketheworldrecordoftherunningbroadjump．

D．HehadpreparedforBerlinOlympicsinOhioState．

3.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A．AmemorableexperienceintheOlympics．

B．AreliablemanintheOlympicGames