I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time．Finally he made his turn to start back．It was pitiful．He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out．But in those few awful strokes，the crowd had changed．

　　No longer were they laughing，but beginning to cheer．Some even began to stand and shout “Come on，you can do it!” and he did．

　　A clear minute past the average swimmer，this young man finally finished his race．The crowd went wild．You would have thought that he had won the gold，and he should have．Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history，this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors．

　　Just a short year ago，he had never even swum，let alone race．His country had been invited to Sydney．’s courage

　　C．they wanted to show their sympathy

　　D．they meant to please the young man

　　3．According to the passage，“it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means

　　．

　　A．it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself

　　B．it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills

　　C．it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors

　　D．it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals

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