DBEIJINGMarchl（Reuters）-ChinahaileditsbesteverWinterOlympicsonMon-daycreditingtechnologyforeigncoachesandevenimprovedlanguageskillsforthewinningfivegoldtwosilverandfourbronzemedalsin'Vancouver

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BEIJING  March l （ Reuters）  - China hailed its best ever Winter Olympics on Mon- day crediting technology foreign coaches and even improved language skills for the winning five gold   two silver and four bronze medals in 'Vancouver．
Only eight years after skater Yang Yang （A） won the  country's first Winter gold at Salt Lake City a sweep of the women' s short track speed skating and a first figure skating  title helped China to joint seventh place in the medals table．
"Cold Standard" read the banner headline on the front  page China Daily while the People' s Daily led its sports page with "Vancouver historical breakthrough " ．
"We have made an important breakthrough at these Games" Xiao Tian deputy chef de mission of China' s largest ever Winter Games delegation told the Xinhua news agency．
" Actually the five - gold finish was within my expectation before we set off for the Games but I couldn't say that at that time because I would not want to put any pressure on the ath- letes．Now I can speak out．"
Xiao was quick to retun to the earlier subject of conversation to pessirrustic（悲观）  type   however when discussing the future emphasizing the huge task the Winter Sports adnunistra-   tion faced to close the gap on their Summer counterparts who topped the table at the 2008 Bei- jing Olympics．
"Despite the good results at these Games we still have a long way to go in the develop-ment of China's winter sports " he said．
"It' s impossible for us to reach the same -level as we have done in Summer sports   but we will try to minimize the gap as much as we can．"
Xiao said that progress would come not through a vast expansion of the Winter sports pro- gramme but by using the best coaches wherever they came from and technology．
71．China regarded the Vancouver Winter Olympics as a breakthrough because___________
A．China gained-seventh place in the medals table
B． many people were crazy about the Vancouver．Games
C．'Yang Yang （A） won the country's first Winter gold
D．People's Daily thought it a historical breakthrough
72．Which contribution to China's success is not mentioned in the passage?
A．Technology．B．Foreign coaches．C．Language skills．D．Hardworking．
73．The reason why Xiao Tian didn't speak out the five - gold finish before setting off for the Games is that___________
A．he wanted to give us a big surprise at Vancouver
B．he didn't want to put any stress on the athletes
C．he didn't have an optimistic attitude to the athletes
D． he  thought the five - gold finish was a huge task
74．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The headline of China Daily is "Vancouver historical breakthrough"
B．The results in Winter Olympic8 are as good as those in Summer Olympics:
C．We will try to narrow the gap between the Winter and Summer Sports．
D．It's easy for us to reach the same level as we have done in Summer sports．
75．What' s the main idea of this passage?
A．China hails Winter Games 'breakthrough  at Vancouver．
B．A first figure skating title helped China succeed．
C．Cluna swept the women's short track speed skating．
D．Using the best coaches is important for China Winter Games．

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