It’s 2022 now. Daniel Mancina, 35, broke the record for the skateboard(滑板), according to Guinness World Records.

Mancina grew up in Michigan. When he was a young boy, he would snowboard during the winter seasons. One day, he read a magazine and knew that skateboarding could help improve his snowboarding skills. Then he decided to spend more time on the skateboard. At the beginning, he knew nothing about skateboarding and couldn’t play it so well. It wasn’t until he moved to a different neighbourhood during his middle school years and met a group of skaters that Mancina began to truly love skating.

However, at just thirteen years old, doctors told Mancina that he had an eye problem. In just a year and a half, he lost vision in his left eye. Mancina stopped skateboarding. A few years later, he picked up the board again and filmed a video of himself skateboarding with the help of a cane(手杖). The video was shared by the Tony Hawk Foundation, now known as The Skatepark Project. It made Mancina decide to return to the sport although he is now completely blind.

“Being a blind skater, I have to take my time to feel obstacles(障碍物) and have a good understanding of them before I start skating,” said Mancina. “I rely on my white cane the most. I use it to know my environment and to find obstacles while skating.”

Daniel Mancina hopes to perform at the Paralympics in 2028. His future plans include breaking his own record and building a skate park. Once it’s built, he will introduce blind kids to the world of skating.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A Blind skateboarder helps blind kids experience the world of skating.

B Blind skateboarder makes his way into the record books.

C Skating helps keep the blind skateboarder travelling the world.

D Talents are believed to be very important for the 35-year-old skater.

解析：选B。B主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了盲人滑板滑手创造世界记录的故事。故选B。

2.Why did Mancina start skateboarding?

A To break the record.

B To spend winter seasons.

C To make some new friends.

D To improve his snowboarding skills.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第二段“One day, he read a magazine and knew that skateboarding could help improve his snowboarding skills. Then he decided to spend more time on the skateboard.”可知，当他得知滑滑板对提高滑雪技巧有帮助时，他决定开始滑滑板。故选D。

3.Which is not included in Mancina’s future plans?

A Teaching blind kids to skate.

B Breaking his own record.

C Treating his eye disease.

D Taking parting in the Paralympics.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据最后一段的“perform at the Paralympics in 2028”“breaking his own record”和“introduce blind kids to the world of skating”可知，他未来想参加残奥会，打破自己的记录，帮助失明或有视力障碍的孩子们体验滑板，文章并未提到他要治疗他的眼疾。故选C。

4.What do the underlined words “rely on” mean?

A Depend on.

B Sit on.

C Play with.

D Shoot at.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“I use it to know my environment and to find obstacles while skating”可知，作为一名盲人滑手，在开始滑板运动之前，他必须花时间去找到障碍在哪儿，他用他的白手杖来熟悉环境并且发现障碍。因此，他很依赖（depend on）白手杖。故选A。

5.When did Mancina know he had an eye problem?

A In 2000.

B In 2002.

C In 2004.

D In 2006.

解析：选A。A数字计算题。根据第一段的“Daniel Mancina, 35, broke the record”和第二段的“at just thirteen years old”可知，他今年35岁，因此他出生于1987年，当他13岁的时候，是2000年。故选A。