We all put our hands in the middle, ready for the “TIGERS!” shout. Andrew looked up, his face wrinkled in confusion, and then loosed in relief he said, “Whoa, for a second I forgot there was a girl on this team. I was wondering why there was one hand with painted pink nails!” The guys laughed, and I smiled, once again reminded how cool it was that I was different. “1, 2, 3, TIGERS!” and we were off to the field.
My adventures as the only girl on my all-boys middle school football team were always interesting. Football is known as being predominantly male. But I love football. Ever since I could walk, I would get around the fields. My dad is a huge football fan, and we spend many Saturday afternoons playing football in the yard or watching games. Football is in my blood. So when signups came for the 7th- and 8th-grade team, I signed up. Who says a girl can’t do it?
Back to Grade 7. Though it was strange for the guys to have me there, and a few felt embarrassed when they heard they’d be tackling a girl, they got used to it. The coach treated me like anyone else, and the boys learned to also. I did the drills, I tackled people, and I got tackled. By the time I got home every night, my body literally crumbled into my bed. But it was all worth it. Game days were everyone’s favorite. Football is a team sport of passion, pride and love. The coach would always tell us, “We win as a team: we lose as a team!”
To play well we needed to work as a team. Different as I was being the only girl, it didn’t matter. One person, one girl, is not a big thing. I was a part of the team. The coach got us all together, and we’d once again shout “TIGERS!”
1. What is the author’s purpose in writing Paragraph 1?A.To introduce members of her team. |
B.To stress the distinctiveness of her team. |
C.To show the routine before a football game. |
D.To describe the tension before a football game. |
A.Her love for football. | B.Her father’s encouragement. |
C.Her desire to show off her skills. | D.Her dream to be a football coach. |
A.The author was really excited. |
B.The author was extremely tired. |
C.The author had difficulty falling asleep. |
D.The author kept practicing even before sleep. |
A.The coach. | B.The team leader. |
C.Fighting spirit. | D.Teamwork. |
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【推荐1】A gymnastics balance beam (平衡木) is just 4 inches wide, but whether it sits an inch off the floor or the standard 4 feet, the challenge it causes for excellent gymnasts is the same.
That’s how gymnast Morgan Hurd explains it. “Beam is one of those things that are more mental than anything,” she said. “If you can do it on the floor, you can do it on the beam.” That’s the way she is taking as she trains for the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games in the living room of her Delaware home.
First State Gymnastics has been her training site since fifth grade but it is closed because of the coronavirus ( 新冠病毒) pandemic. Hurd has only one piece of gymnastics equipment: a balance beam that is quite close the ground and is roughly half the standard length of 16 feet, 5 inches. But she has no uneven bars (高低杠) in her house. “The hardest thing will be bars just because that feeling can not be replaced, no matter what you do or how strong you are,” Hurd said.
These days, Hurd’s self-directed training includes two workouts daily, three hours in the morning and another two hours in the afternoon, six days a week. She regularly talks to Slava Glazounov, who has been her coach since fifth grade. Hurd is in charge of her practising, such as the stretches and exercises that keep up her strength.
Equally important to Hurd is staying in touch with her teammates on the U.S. national team.
Sunisa Lee is a close friend, who, in April, shared a video of herself in her yard.
1. According to Morgan Hurd, balance beam .A.is a special kind of mental training |
B.needs to be trained in the living room |
C.is a more mentally challenging sport |
D.is more challenging than uneven bars |
A.keeping sharing videos with friends |
B.keeping in touch with her teammates |
C.keeping taking regular exercise home |
D.keeping communicating with her coach |
A.Self-centered. | B.Self-controlled. | C.Honest. | D.Sensitive. |
【推荐2】Enter DSWF Global Canvas 2022
Global Canvas is an annual children’s art competition run by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF). It’s a fantastic way to encourage creativity and display thought and concern for our planet’s environment and the incredible wildlife that inhabits it. We’re thrilled to announce entries are now open for the DSWF Global Canvas 2022 competition, for which the theme is “Forests of Land and Sea”.
DSWF Global Canvas 2022 is free to enter and open to children aged 16 and under — either as a group or an individual. Entries for group and individual categories will be judged separately and in the following age groups: age 4-7 years, age 8-11 years, and age 12-16 years. A group entry can be any size from 2 children up to an entire school!
Any art technique is welcome. Entrants can create an artwork of any size that they like, as long as their entry is based on the theme and the work is original. DSWF always likes to see recycled materials used wherever possible. Please note that you mustn’t send us your actual artwork, however. You need to send us a photograph and video of it in addition to completing the relevant group or individual entry form. All entries must be received digitally by 11 June 2022.
Entries will be judged on the quality of art, interpretation of the theme, creativity, and for group entries — level of joint work. The decision of the judges will be final. Competition winners will receive vouchers (代金券) for art supplies, digital animal adoptions and certificates.
1. How many age groups will the entries be classified into?A.One. | B.Two. |
C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.Making an artwork using recycled materials. |
B.Creating an artwork with an ancient art form. |
C.Delivering an original physical artwork to DSWF. |
D.Sending a digital photo of a completed work on May 1. |
A.Content. | B.Cooperation. |
C.Creativity. | D.Complexity. |
【推荐3】Hangzhou Asian Games are defined as a great success. For 16 days over 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions across Asia competed over 480 events, broke 13 world records and shared unforgettable moments in Hangzhou. It is worth mentioning that in this 19th edition of Asian Games break-dancing and e-sports made their debuts as official medal sports.
In Asia, e-sport games are more popular than traditional sport, making it the leading region for e-sports and, within Asia, China is undoubtedly the region leader as well as the largest e-sports market in the world, accounting for “34% of global industry income in that category, Asia combined takes 53%”, says Niko Partners in their market research reported by MIT Technology Review.
Within China, e-sports are run like any popular sport and have been for a long time: there are regional clubs, each with its home stadium; competitions featuring different levels of talent make it possible for the industry to evaluate the players (and also for the players to make a living); and in recent years, star players have even been marketed like celebrities, attracting crazy fan groups.
For the first time in history, the Asian Games included e-sports as medal-earning event, with over 20 countries competing in seven e-sport games making it the “highest-stakes mobile game match that’s ever been played” according to MIT Technology Review: “Of all the competitions taking place, e-sports is the only one in which arena(竞技场) tickets were sold on a lottery(抽签) basis because of skyrocketing demand. There were over 5 million lottery buyers for all the e-sports events; each had a 0.5% chance of getting a ticket.”
The reason for such popularity has been identified in the drive of the major Chinese tech companies promoting the rise of mobile gaming in China and making the e-sports more accessible to people who don’t have computers or consoles(游戏机). The popularity of e-sports is particularly intense among young people, for this reason brands like Disney or Nintendo are recruiting companies like Tencent to make their mobile games.
1. Where is this text probably taken from?A.textbook. | B.A travel journal. | C.A science fiction. | D.A sports magazine. |
A.Because e-sports is so popular. | B.Because the venue is not spacious. |
C.Because it can add fun to e-sports. | D.Because it can help promote e-sports. |
A.People’s intense interest in digitalization. |
B.The large young population of the country. |
C.People’s easy access to mobile games. |
D.The government’s promotion of the sport. |
A.The Origin of E-sports |
B.The First Appearance of E-sports in Asian Games |
C.The Development of E-sports |
D.D. The Popularity of E-sports in Asia |
【推荐1】Jack London, one of America’s great writers of adventure stories, was born in California in 1876. During his life, London did many jobs. His broad life experiences would become the background for his writing.
London loved to read. As a teenager, he spent many hours educating himself at the Oakland Public Library. He attended college at the University of California at Berkeley in 1896, but he stayed for only six months. He thought Berkeley was “not lively enough” and wanted to do something more exciting.
London wrote stories about working people and the hard times they had making a living. He knew their problems at first hand. He worked as a sailor, factory worker, and gold rusher, to name but a few of his many jobs.
Like many people of the time, London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever. In 1897, he headed for Alaska. He didn’t find gold, but he discovered something even more valuable. He discovered that people enjoyed listening to the stories he made up. London entertained (使……快乐) the miners with story after story. Later, using his experiences during the Gold Rush, he created many more colorful stories. London decided to live a full, exciting life. Each day, he pushed himself. Once London made up his mind to be a writer, nothing could stop him. His goal was to write at least one thousand words every day. He refused to stop even when he was sick. In eighteen years, the writer published fifty-one books and hundreds of articles. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author of his day. Many people also considered him to be the best writer.
White Fang and The Call of the Wild are his most famous stories and are about surviving in the Alaskan wilderness.
Readers can enjoy Jack London’s talent for telling wonderful stories each time they open one of his novels.
1. What did Jack London think of his college life?A.It was not very easy. | B.It was not very busy. |
C.It was not very interesting. | D.It was not very comfortable. |
A.When he was a teenager. | B.When he was in Alaska. |
C.When he went to college. | D.When he worked as a sailor. |
A.Strong-minded. | B.Big-mouthed. |
C.Well-educated. | D.Sort-hearted. |
A.The Klondike Gold Rush Fever | B.The Background of White Fang |
C.Jack London—A Great Writer | D.Jack London’s Later Life |
【推荐2】At first, Michael Surrell didn’t see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors’ home. He and his wife had just parked the car when they got a call from one of his daughters: “The house next door is on fire!” He went to investigate.
“The baby’s still in!” one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, aged 64, immediately ran inside. “The baby” was 8-year-old Tiara Roberts, the woman’s granddaughter. The thick smoke burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe. The conditions would have been harmful to anyone, but for Surrell, who has a lung disease, they were life-threatening.
After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he ran outside to catch his breath. “Where is Tiara?” he asked desperately.“The second floor.” her aunt shouted back. Taking a deep breath, he went in a second time. Still unable to see, Surrell fell to his knees on the hot wood floor, feeling around for any sign of the girl.
Finally, he got Tiara who wasn’t breathing. He fought through the smoke and ran blindly into the blackness. The next thing he knew, he was at the front door, then outside. Surrell put Tiara down and started CPR. Soon Tiara opened her eyes and took a breath on her own. Their eyes met. Surrell hugged her tight and said, “Uncle’s got you.” Soon after, his throat closed off.
Surrell woke up in the hospital a couple of days later, having suffered severe burns to his windpipe and the upper portion of his lungs. As a result, he took extra medication that helped open his airways. “It’s a small price to pay,” he said. “I’d do it again in no time and won’t give it a second thought.”
1. When did Surrell first know his neighbor’s home was on fire?A.When his daughter phoned him. | B.When he parked his car. |
C.When he heard people calling for help. | D.When he saw the smoke. |
A.Because the smoke was too thick. |
B.Because the smoke burned his eyes. |
C.Because the building would fall apart. |
D.Because Surrell had a lung disease. |
A.enthusiastic | B.brave |
C.energetic | D.aged |
A.A big fire in the neighborhood. |
B.A baby stuck in the burning building. |
C.A man risking his life to save a girl. |
D.An unexpected accident. |
【推荐3】I went into our laboratory feeling depressed. For months, I had been trying to recycle some of our laboratory’s plastic waste into 3D-printed laboratory tools, but it wasn’t going well. My colleagues suggested thinking about how to avoid having so much plastic waste in the first place, which boosted my spirits and led to a series of changes in how we operate in the laboratory.
I raised the idea of creating 3D-printed laboratory tools out of some of our waste, but it was also tricky to get the recycled material into a consistent shape that could be fed into the 3D printer. After months of struggling, I feared that my vision might not live up to my expectations, so it was really a welcome relief when my colleagues were eager to brainstorm other ways to reduce our environmental footprint.
We decided to create a group sticking to pushing for “greener” ways to operate, inviting researchers in other laboratories at our institution as well as our own. Over the following months, we launched a series of initiatives that we feel have made a difference. We introduced new recycling bins to each laboratory, designed ways to reduce our use of plastic items and purchased meters to track the energy consumption of various pieces of laboratory equipment. That helped us create rules for each device, which we outlined on stickers: “Turn me off at the end of the day,” “Never turn me off,” or “Turn me off if empty or not in use.” We also increased the temperature of several low-temperature freezers after realizing some samples didn’t have to be stored so cold.
I’m still disappointed that I was not able to fully realize my 3D-printing vision, and I am committed enough to keep trying. But I’ve also learned that if one approach isn’t working, sometimes it’s best to take a step back and look for other solutions. I’m thankful that with the help of the academic community around me, we were able to do that.
1. Why was the author upset for months?A.His lab tools were outdated. | B.He failed to realize his vision. |
C.His idea was denied by co-workers. | D.He produced too much plastic waste. |
A.To identify the ownership. | B.To decorate the equipment. |
C.To give energy-saving reminders. | D.To offer cost-efficient approaches. |
A.Develop new 3D printers. | B.Seek a greener laboratory. |
C.Quit 3D-printing research. | D.Pursue an academic degree. |
A.One tree cannot make a forest. | B.Actions speak louder than words. |
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. |
【推荐1】Mounting a telescope on the balcony at home, Wang Zhipu, a 16-year-old boy from Fujian Province, observes the skies, takes photos and begins his voyage into space after class. Recently, his efforts were rewarded when he won the title of “Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021” in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual astrophotography contest. His winning entry, entitled Family Photo of the Solar System, shows seven of the eight planets lined up horizontally, with the sun on the left and moon on the right, both pictured larger in size than normal.
“All families are unconventional, so I adored this fresh, gently playful concept around the solar system,” said the competition judge Sue Prichard while talking about Wang’s picture. “A meaningful technically accomplished work from a rising star of astronomical photography.”
It hasn’t been easy taking pictures of outer space. For about half a year, Wang had to calculate the best time to shoot planets when they’re opposite the sun in Earth’s sky to get the brightest images. What’s more, he still needed to wait for clear weather to see better. For example, to capture a clear picture of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, which is often cited as the most difficult of the five brightest planets to see with the naked eye, Wang tried to shoot it three times in the early morning but failed. At sunset, he shot 10, 000 frames of video and selected several thousand better frames to overlay, further refine them and form a more satisfactory picture.
Sometimes Wang would be so absorbed in his observations that he wouldn’t go downstairs to fetch a coat, even in the middle of winter. Other times, he stood for hours under the burning sun to get the perfect shot. To get an ideal shot, he often gets up at dawn, sleeps early to wake up at midnight, and even takes time off from evening classes when necessary.
1. What kind of feeling does Sue Prichard show for Wang’s prizewinning picture?A.Curiosity. | B.Indifference. | C.Appreciation. | D.Anxiety. |
A.Figure out when the planets shine best. |
B.Find out where clear weather can be seen. |
C.Work out how far the planets are from the sun. |
D.Make out when the planets face the earth most directly. |
A.Wang’s passion for outer space. |
B.Wang’s habits of observing stars. |
C.Wang’s addiction to shooting skills. |
D.Wang’s choices of shooting occasions. |
A.Stars Gathering, Teenager Is the Brightest |
B.Medals Shining, Teenagers Gains the Gold |
C.Eyes on the Stars, Teenager Wins Top Photo-prize |
D.Dreams in Heart, Teenager Succeeds in Top Contest |
【推荐2】Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man are still in existence. They show that he was learning Latin, was very interested in the basis of good behavior in society, and was reading English literature.
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics. In fact, his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentlemen, and incomplete. For unlike other young Virginian of that day, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. In terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American President such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had nor to do with everyday practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.
1. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he .A.lacked practice in public speaking |
B.felt his education was not good enough |
C.didn’t like arguing and debating with people |
D.felt that debating was like intellectual training |
A.didn’t really care about going |
B.didn’t know French leaders |
C.couldn’t communicate directly with the French leaders |
D.was too busy to travel |
A.Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life |
B.Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French |
C.Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or Madison |
D.Washington was a model for all Virginian gentlemen |
A.was if great variety, covering many subjects |
B.was probably equal to those of most young gentlemen of this time |
C.may seem poor by modern standards but was goog enough for his time |
D.was rather limited for a president |
【推荐3】The first time I went abroad was when I went to London. It was in the summer holidays about five or six years ago and I went with my friends.
We stayed in London for three days, in a youth hotel not far from the centre.
A.I really enjoyed visiting London |
B.I bought a silver ring for my sister |
C.We were all very excited on the coach |
D.The plane and train were quite expensive |
E.While we were in London we walked a lot |
F.My friends and I had a big room on the top floor |
G.I’ve been back to London several times since then |