China'sformervolleyballstarLangPinghasbeeninvitedtocoachtheUSwomen'snationalteamfortheBeijing2008Olympics.ButChina'ssportsmediasaidtheofferwouldbedifficulttoaccept.
LangwhoispresentlycoachingaclubteaminItaly'sprofessionalvolleyballleaguetoldsina.comthatshewasconsideringtheofferbytheUSVolleyballAssociation.
"RightnowI'mstillconsideringtheirofferbutIwillanswerthemsoon”Langsaid."IfIdon'ttakethejobIhavetogivethemenoughtimetofindsomeoneelse."
Lang45，wonOlympicgoldin1984.ShelatercoachedtheChinesewomentosilveratthe1996AtlantaOlympicsandthe1998WorldChampionships.
ShehasalsocoachedatNewMexicoUniversityintheUnitedStateswhereherdaughterwasbornandlives.
ThereactionintheChinesemediatoLang'sjobofferwasswift(快捷的)andstrong.ManysaythatifshetakesthejobitwouldbeadirectchallengetoChina'sgoalofwinningthewomen'svolleyballmedalattheBeijingGames.
"AsanunusualplayerandaspiritualleaderofChinesevolleyballLangPing'sinfluenceoverChinafarexceeds（超越）thatofanordinaryplayer”saystheChinaOlympicCommitteewebsite.
"IfLangstandswiththeopponents（对手）duringwomen'svolleyballmatchesyoucanrestassuredthatthiswillbedifficulttoacceptforthenewChineseplayersdifficultforcoachChenZhonghewhowasonceherassistantanddifficultforallChinesewatchingontelevision”thesitecontinued.（AGENCIESFeb9，2005)
56.AccordingtothispassageLangPingis______atpresent.
A.avolleyballplayerB.aclubcoachC.anunusualplayerD.anassistant
57.Formthetextwecanlearn______.
A.LangPinghasacceptedtheoffer
B.ChenZhonghehasgotintotrouble
C.alloftheChinesemediasupportLangPing
D.LangPingisthinkingtheUSofferover
58.AccordingtothetextifLangPingstandswiththeopponentsduringwomen'svolleyballmatcheswhowillmostprobablyhavetrouble?
A.TheChineseaudience.B.Ourwomen'svolleyballteam.
C.Beijing2008Olympics.D.Chineseformerplayers.
59.Whenreportingthenewstheauthorseemedtobealittle_
