1 . Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will be fully taken apart after the event and could be shipped to countries that need it. That’s what the host has said about Stadium 974, a seaside structure with more than 40, 000 seats partially built from steel and recycled shipping containers.
Stadium 974, named after the number of containers used to build it, is the only stadium that Qatar has constructed for the World Cup that isn’t air conditioned. It hosts only evening matches when temperatures are cooler.
“The idea is to avoid building ‘a white elephant’, a stadium that is left unused after the competition ends,” says Fenwick Iribarren Architects, which designed Stadium 974 and two other World Cup stadiums.
Qatar has said the stadium could be repurposed to build a stadium of the same size elsewhere, but it has not detailed where the stadium will go after the tournament or even when it will be taken down.
“Where its components go matters because whether Stadium 974 has a lower CO2 footprint than a permanent one comes down to how many times it is rebuilt, and how far it is transported,” says Karim Elgendy, who previously worked as a climate consultant for the World Cup.
Elgendy estimates that if the stadium is reused only once, its emissions (排放) will be lower than a permanent one as long as it is shipped fewer than 7,000 kilometers away. If it’s repurposed more than once, it can be shipped farther and still be less polluting than a permanent stadium.
“The energy required for taking it apart and shipping the building components will obviously need to be estimated,” Elgendy says. “But it is unlikely to outweigh the emissions produced in the construction of a new stadium.”
1. What can we know about Stadium 974?| A．It can be fully taken apart and rebuilt. |
| B．It hosts all the evening competitions. |
| C．It is completely built from recycled steel. |
| D．It just needs to be air conditioned in the day. |
| A．An extremely huge building. |
| B．A very expensive but useless thing. |
| C．A creatively repurposed shipping container. |
| D．An ugly but environmentally friendly stadium, |
| A．More than 7,500 kilometers. | B．Fewer than 6,000 kilometers. |
| C．Within 7,000 kilometers. | D．Around 14,000 kilometers. |
| A．Culture. | B．Economy. | C．Politics. | D．Environment. |
2 . Flowers We Love Photo Contest
TERM
Flowers We Love Photo Contest is an annual contest that takes place during spring. This year’s Flowers We Love Photo Contest begins on April 15, 2023 and ends on August 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm. The purpose of the contest is to inspire people to pay attention to their surroundings and find out the beauty of life around them.
ELIGIBILITY(资格)
Flowers We Love Photo Contest is open to all amateur and professional photographers. Participants must be between the ages of 18 to 50.
REQUIREMENTS
Follow all requirements carefully to prevent disqualification.
·Required information, including name , address, telephone number, email address, and photo caption (说明文字) must be provided.
·There is no limit on the number of entries per person. Each entry must comply (遵从) with our term and official rule.
·The photographs need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives or photographic prints are acceptable.
·All digital files must be 20 megabytes or smaller, must be in JPEG or jpg format.
·Photographs must have been taken within two years before the date of entry.
JUDGING
Photo Contest entries will be judged based on whether the content is creative and genuine. Judging will be conducted by editors at Artcentron.
1. What’s the purpose of the contest?| A．To help people learn more about flowers. |
| B．To encourage people to discover the beauty of life. |
| C．To improve people’s skills in photography. |
| D．To make people get ready for the coming of spring. |
| A．A 30-year-old photographer. |
| B．A 17-year-old student. |
| C．A 55-year-old worker. |
| D．A 60-year-old retired teacher. |
| A．Emailing a 30 megabytes photo. |
| B．Sending 20 photos as entries. |
| C．Using your phone to take pictures. |
| D．Submitting photos taken within one year. |
I was 400 meters from the finish line when my legs stopped working during the State cross-country race. In a moment faster than I could imagine, I watched my dreams crash helplessly to the ground. Lifting my face from the dirt, I looked up and saw my dad’s face.
I was the fastest runner on my team, and I was supposed to make it into the top fifteen. We had been working towards this race for three years. It was everything to me, and it was everything to my dad. He was a runner and was proud of my success in running.
He made it to every race, even flying home early from business trips to see me run. He pushed me. He cheered for me. He believed in me. We pounded miles and miles into our running shoes, marking with every step the path to greatness. It was a dream passed on from one generation to the next.
I’ll never forget that day. It was hotter than normal — too hot, I waited for the gun to fire. This was the day we had waited so long for. I glanced at the crowd; dozens of familiar faces from school came into my view. They had come for me. I saw my dad set his watch, worry and excitement appeared on his face. Adrenaline (肾上腺素) flowed through my body, and the race began.
For the first 2.5 miles, I felt great. I’d never been so ready for something. Determination focused my mind and guided my steps. As in all of my races, I didn’t star out in the front. I loved the feeling of passing people as my endurance (耐力) overtook their premature speed.
Without warning, my strength began to disappear. My lungs fought to take in enough air, and my feet became stuck. I still don’t know what happened in those last few moments. Neck and neck with my greatest competitors, I could see the finish line, but nothing I could do would make my legs hold my weight. They were as weak as cotton.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I watched in pain as runners rushed by me.
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My dad looked at me and said, “You could never disappoint me.”
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4 . The relation between golf and improved mental health is strong enough for golf activists to be used as a form of treatment in a 2022 study. The results indicate that mental health benefits from playing the game.
Golf is a difficult sport, with expert timing, flexibility, speed, technique and balance required as you swing a bat around 80 — 110 mph (miles per hour).
Playing golf enables us to fight anxiety by maintaining your brain in an active problem-solving mode.
Golf is widely recognized as a low-risk sport compared to many other sports.
| A．It is naturally unavoidable that you will hit either poor shots or good. |
| B．You’ve to keep focused, plan moves and perform tricks. |
| C．Golf is an openair sport that is surrounded by nature. |
| D．Playing sports with other people helps improve your social skills. |
| E．Golf is shining a light on social impacts and physical health. |
| F．There’s less stress on the joints (关节) as the swings can be adjusted. |
| G．Vitamin D is equally significant for both mental and physical wellness. |
5 . Over the past years, experts have carried out much research to explore different ways to encourage children’s learning. Especially, there has been a common focus on how physical activity, separated from the learning activities, can improve children’s learning. However, there has been less of a focus aimed at the possibility of integrating (合并) physical activity into the learning activities.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen did the Basketball Mathematics study at five Danish elementary schools, the main purpose of which is to develop a learning activity that integrates basketball and mathematics and examine how it might affect children’s motivation (动机) for mathematics. 756 children from 40 different classes participated in the project, where about half of them—once a week for six weeks—had Basketball Mathematics during gym class, while the other half played basketball without mathematics.
“During classes with Basketball Mathematics, the children had to collect numbers and perform calculations (计算) related to various basketball exercises. An example could be counting how many times they could shoot a goal from three meters away vs at a onemeter distance, and adding up the numbers. Both the math and basketball elements could be adapted to suit the children’s levels, as well as being changed for whether it was addition, division or some other operations that needed practicing,” explains Linn Damsgaard, a leading researcher.
The results indicated that children’s motivation for math integrated with basketball was 16% higher compared to classroom math learning. Children also experienced a 14% increase in self-determination compared with classroom teaching. At the same time Basketball Mathematics had their math confidence improved.
“We are planning to do extra research to examine whether the Basketball Mathematics model can strengthen performance in mathematics. Once we have the ultimate results, we hope that they will inspire school teachers and headmasters to give priority to more physical activity and movement in such subjects. Eventually, we hope to succeed in putting these tools into school system and daily education,” says Associate Professor Jacob Wienecke.
1. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To explain the reason for the study. | B．To present the advantage of the study. |
| C．To introduce a way to raise math grades. | D．To carry out a review of former research. |
| A．Kids were divided into 40 groups. |
| B．It adjusted activities for different kids. |
| C．It required kids to do math after playing basketball. |
| D．Not all kids played basketball. |
| A．More motivation for exercise. | B．Better performance and confidence in math. |
| C．A gain in desire to learn math. | D．A decline in determination to learn. |
| A．Create more opportunities for physical exercise. |
| B．Inspire students’ math confidence. |
| C．Notice the benefits of physical exercise. |
| D．Build physical activity into teaching. |
1. 向她表示祝贺；
2. 肯定她的表现；
3. 请她在颁奖典礼上介绍汉语学习的经验。
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2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear Jenny,
I feel greatly honored to inform you of the good news on behalf of the Organizing Committee.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
7 . Basketball, baseball and soccer are classic sports that people will always enjoy. And yet we keep changing popular games like these in new ways to keep them fresh.
Underwater hockey
This game is played in swimming pools with two teams of six players. Each player wears flippers (蛙鞋) and uses a stick to hit a puck (圆盘). Each team earns points by hitting the puck into its underwater goal. Other team members must be ready to take the puck when a team member goes up for air. That makes underwater hockey a true team sport.
Cycleball
Another fun game to watch, cycleball is like indoor soccer on wheels but with only two male players for each team. Each player rides a special bike designed for the game. Like soccer, a team must put the ball in a goal. However, there is a catch. The ball can only be touched with the bikes’ wheels or the players’ heads. This game requires a lot of practice to learn the skills needed.
Chessboxing
A sport can also be revised by mixing it with another game. In chessboxing, two players compete with each other on the chess board and in the ring. First, their minds are tested in a game of chess. Then they use their strength in a round of boxing. They repeat this for 11 rounds. The winner beats the loser in chess, knocks him out while boxing or gets more boxing points.
Bossaball
This exciting sport is part volleyball and part soccer. But unlike both of those sports, players jump up and down throughout the game. That’s because it’s played on an inflatable (可充气的) volleyball court with a trampoline on either side of the net. One player bounce on the trampoline while up to four others stand around it. A team can touch the ball six times before sending it back across the net. Each player may touch the ball once with arms or twice with other body parts.
Though these sports may not be common, give them a look or even a try.
1. What can we learn about Cycleball according to the text?| A．Cycleball has nothing in common with soccer. |
| B．Male or female players cooperate with each other to earn scores. |
| C．The players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or feet. |
| D．Cycleball is designed for disabled players as they have to ride special bikes. |
| A．10. | B．8. | C．6. | D．4. |
| A．Underwater hockey. | B．Cycleball. |
| C．Chessboxing. | D．Bossaball. |
8 . Marcus is a handsome and athletic kid. He plays tennis and
Marcus has known Conrad since primary school. They’ve always been
Finally, the doctors found a new
To Conrad’s delight, he gets a chance to join the cross country team. Conrad doesn’t win, not once, but Marcus is there,
| A．gives up | B．competes in | C．hears of | D．breaks through |
| A．able | B．lucky | C．eager | D．calm |
| A．bears | B．counts | C．forgets | D．escapes |
| A．accept | B．enjoy | C．lose | D．miss |
| A．strangers | B．enemies | C．friends | D．teachers |
| A．surprise | B．sadness | C．impatience | D．tiredness |
| A．promises | B．asks | C．drives | D．forces |
| A．long | B．noisy | C．boring | D．interesting |
| A．treatment | B．excuse | C．period | D．topic |
| A．goal | B．style | C．speed | D．skill |
| A．suitable | B．serious | C．small | D．comfortable |
| A．strength | B．show | C．shape | D．advantage |
| A．relaxing | B．beneficial | C．painful | D．meaningful |
| A．queuing | B．arguing | C．running | D．cheering |
| A．excitedly | B．curiously | C．anxiously | D．actively |
9 . As her father guided her
This is a girl who loves the
But this was the first time Tina had been anywhere near a pool since the otherwise
Now she was going to try something she’d never
Tina’s father, Dennis Fisher, slipped into the pool and helped Occupational Therapist Kaitlin Macdonald
“A lot of times, we’ll see movement
For Tina, it felt great to just be back in the pool. She wrapped her arms around her father and briefly lay her head on his chest. Then she turned to Macdonald and indicated she was ready to swim the
“OK,” Macdonald said, “Here we go.”
1.| A．boat | B．surfing board | C．wheelchair | D．bicycle |
| A．deep | B．last | C．shallow | D．under |
| A．taste | B．act | C．feel | D．movement |
| A．passing on | B．working on | C．looking on | D．counting on |
| A．special | B．lasting | C．ordinary | D．memorable |
| A．up | B．around | C．above | D．down |
| A．seen | B．attempted | C．accomplished | D．demanded |
| A．catch | B．hold | C．throw | D．lower |
| A．back | B．aside | C．over | D．beneath |
| A．fixed | B．opened | C．rolled | D．closed |
| A．no more than | B．much more than | C．no less than | D．not less than |
| A．reflecting | B．responding | C．resisting | D．returning |
| A．frequently | B．first | C．lately | D．last |
| A．so | B．and | C．for | D．but |
| A．height | B．size | C．depth | D．length |
China has named 24,126 primary, and middle schools across the country specialist football schools
China aims to have 50,000 schools specializing in youth football by
In the past four years, local education departments have trained about 40,000 football teachers, 8,000 of
