1 . Benefits of Sports

Doing sports is a physical, mental and social adventure. It’s a great way for children to take a break from studies and release extra energy. It also helps them lead fuller and happier lives as regular sports have proven beneficial to overall well-being.

The physical benefits of doing sports are probably the most obvious. Regardless of your fitness level when you start playing sports, you’ll notice an increase in your overall fitness once you’re involved.     1     Basketball players focus on strength training; football players work on speed while track athletes train through longer runs. The training process helps promote physical fitness and performances in competitions.

    2     Playing sports also contributes to mental health, helping to increase confidence and self-worth. A pat on the back, a high five from a teammate, or a handshake after a match really boosts a child’s confidence. Words of praise and encouragement from the coach, parents and other players raise self-worth.     3     So after a game, it’s a better idea to ask “Did you enjoy the game?” rather than “Did you win?”

Children who participate in sports might also benefit from the social aspect, feeling part of a group, building up responsibility and leadership.     4     Teamwork involves both being dependable as a teammate and learning to rely on your teammates to achieve a positive outcome. Teamwork breeds responsibility and challenges you to be responsible for your actions. Being part of a team gives you an opportunity to be a leader.

Discipline is another social advantage. Most organized sports require a strict training and practice schedule. As a student-athlete, you need to balance studies and athletics.     5    

There is no shortage of reasons to find a sport to get involved in. Are you ready to go? Pick one and get moving!

A．It’s not just your body that benefits from sports.

B．Therefore, playing sports is going to make you more fit.

C．But remember, a child’s self-worth should not be distinguished by victory or loss.

D．If you play group sports, you’ll be part of a team that takes direction from a coach.

E．Nearly every sport requires physical activities and the competitive skills.

F．Among these, learning how to function as part of a team is the most important advantage.

G．Only with strict discipline can you be successful both in the classroom and in the sports field.

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It is known to all that exercise has a range of health benefits. The fact is the     1    (inspire) behind some people’s assumption that if some exercise is good, more is always better. So they tend     2     (exercise) for a long time without stopping. For example, some people run for several hours at a time and some work out for hours at the weekend to make up     3     their lack of exercise during the weekdays.     4    , these may become a serious health risk. Recently, several surveys     5     (make) to know that over 80% of people got injured when doing exercises. Actually, aerobic routines     6     last over 100 minutes have a certain health risk. On the other hand, they should not be     7     (short) than 10 minutes. If you do exercise for only a few minutes, you may not be working out long enough to see any benefits from it. When doing exercise, 30 to 60 minutes     8     (seem) enough for the daily aim. This will prevent you from     9     (get) hurt. Moreover, it will ensure that the exercise you do can     10     (positive) affect your physical health.

4 . Being a parent is already a life-changing experience. However, this 40-year-old dad _____________ an astonishing transformation (变化) after a hike with his kids.

Before Jeremiah Peterson looked like a supermodel, he weighed 290 pounds. He was only _____________ to lose weight after he went on a _____________ with his family in 2017 and became aware how quickly he got _____________ from the activity.

“Instead of remembering all the good _____________ we had made on this trip, all I can remember is this one thing that kept playing in my head over and over again: I found myself running out of breath and having to take _____________ way before my 9-, 7- and 4-year-old kids,” Peterson wrote on Instagram.

The dad from Missoula, Montana then _____________ himself to get into shape.

_____________, he started by giving up drinking and _____________ a ketogenic diet (生酮食法). Every day for five months straight, he would hike for two hours and spend one more hour at the gym.

After 150 days of a strict diet and lots of ______________, Peterson lost 92 pounds. Not only that, he can now run ______________ up the hiking trail that once made him extremely exhausted (疲惫的).

Peterson now uses his story and fitness knowledge to coach and ______________ almost 100,000 social media followers — but he says that his kids are the real ______________ for his success.

“Finding your reason that is ______________ if you want to achieve success in life,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “If you don’t have a strong reason behind your ______________, you are less likely to get the results.”

1.

A．discouraged

B．experienced

C．prevented

D．improved

2.

A．lucky

B．honored

C．determined

D．careful

3.

A．hike

B．diet

C．program

D．project

4.

A．upset

B．hurt

C．rewarded

D．exhausted

5.

A．changes

B．contributions

C．memories

D．preparations

6.

A．turns

B．breaks

C．photos

D．notes

7.

A．set

B．attracted

C．advised

D．wished

8.

A．Besides

B．Instead

C．However

D．Therefore

9.

A．insisting on

B．leading to

C．referring to

D．agreeing on

10.

A．practice

B．consideration

C．exercise

D．attention

11.

A．suddenly

B．non-stop

C．immediately

D．together

12.

A．please

B．compare

C．encourage

D．force

13.

A．purpose

B．reason

C．advantage

D．direction

14.

A．necessary

B．simple

C．personal

D．available

15.

A．achievements

B．imaginations

C．conditions

D．actions

5 . Teenagers’ fitness is now a major concern，and physical exercise is very important. It reduces stress and improves fitness. Exercise makes your body strong，and helps you to keep the right body weight. Sports scientist Dr. Helen Lopez offers the following advice to teenagers：“First，you need to find out your present level of fitness. Then you can design a programme that will help you become healthier.”

Dr. Lopez suggests that there are three levels of fitness that need a change of lifestyle.“Overweight”means that the person gets very little exercise and often has a serious weight problem. “Inactive” means that the person does not join in many physical activities，but is not seriously overweight.“Active”refers to people who take part in sports and other physical activities，but do not have a high fitness level.

According to Dr. Lopez，overweight teenagers should work out to keep healthy.“Ride a bike，play volleyball or basketball for a while，and go for a twenty­minute walk each day. All these will help to burn calories.”Inactive teenagers should do similar activities, but add some bending and stretching exercises, such as push­ups and sit­ups, starting with twenty of each a day.“Inactive people can take a little more exercise than overweight people because their bodies are stronger，”Dr. Lopez said. The same rule applies to active teenagers.

Dr. Lopez suggests one hour a week or more on running and other forms of intensive exercise，together with fifteen minutes a day spent on stretching and bending activities.“These are really important in order to prevent injuries,” Dr. Lopez said. Some weight­training and other body­strengthening exercises could also be planned in the programme in order to increase the person’s strength.

1. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Active people always have a high fitness level.

B．Overweight people always take more exercise.

C．Keeping fit means changing teenagers’ lifestyle.

D．Inactive teenagers are not seriously overweight.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Physical exercise can make the teenagers grow taller.

B．Physical exercise can help teenagers become healthier.

C．Physical exercise can help to burn up calories.

D．Physical exercise can increase teenagers’ strength.

3. In order to prevent injuries you should do some ________．

A．walking exercises	B．streching and bending
C．riding	D．weight­training

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Doing Exercise

B．Teenagers’ Fitness

C．Different Lifestyles

D．Overweight Teenagers

6 . 你校上周四、五举行了体育节。请给学校英语报写一篇报道，报道这次体育节。内容包括：
1. 时间、地点；
2. 体育节的主要活动（开幕式、一分钟表演、比赛项目）及精彩瞬间；
3. 反响和意义。
注意：
1.词数80词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使文章连贯；
参考词汇：开幕式opening ceremony 体育节：sports carnival
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8 . I am very lucky because I enjoy my work very much. I’m a fitness instructor at a gym near where I live. I _________six aerobics(有氧运动) classes a week and also tell my students about ________ and nutrition. As they say, “You are what you ________ .”

To be honest, I worry about the ________ that many people have today. So many people are overweight. Because they eat the ________ foods and they don’t do any exercise. When you work in an office all day, I know it is difficult to find ________ to keep fit, but you only need to do 20 minutes a day!

It’s also very important to have a ________ diet, starting with breakfast in the morning. It’s not a good idea to ________ breakfast although many of us just have a cup of tea or coffee. Eat as much ________ food as possible — lots of fruit and vegetables — and ________ not to eat too much fried food.

One ________ why a lot of people feel less than 100% fit is that they don’t drink enough water. You need to drink two liters(升) a day — and water   ________ water, not tea, coffee or sugary drinks.

Keeping fit is fun. However, a lot of people think it’s boring to go jogging or cycling. They just want to ________ their food. Well, of course, it’s fine to have cakes and ice cream, but not every day! I would say we like what our bodies ________ and if you eat more healthy food, over time, you might find yourself wanting to eat them more than anything else. Try it, I think you’ll be ________!

1.

A．design

B．teach

C．share

D．choose

2.

A．taste

B．cooking

C．health

D．wealth

3.

A．eat

B．wear

C．speak

D．think

4.

A．idea

B．habit

C．diet

D．goal

5.

A．cheap

B．proper

C．delicious

D．wrong

6.

A．space

B．money

C．time

D．courage

7.

A．special

B．poor

C．simple

D．balanced

8.

A．make

B．miss

C．get

D．order

9.

A．fresh

B．dried

C．fast

D．expensive

10.

A．promise

B．beg

C．decide

D．try

11.

A．reason

B．excuse

C．result

D．opinion

12.

A．means

B．includes

C．needs

D．produces

13.

A．enjoy

B．show

C．prepare

D．research

14.

A．settle down to

B．are buried in

C．are made of

D．are used to

15.

A．moved

B．surprised

C．troubled

D．worried

9 . In a small fishing village in Southern Thailand, some boys of Panyee Football Club play football amazingly. They_________, shout, jump and kick like most other football players, but these boys are especially good at_________of the ball because their football field is a raft 筏)in the middle of the sea. Since 2004, the club has_________the Thai Youth Football Championships seven times.

The_________of Panyee FC begins back in 1986. Some of the young boys were watching the World Cup Football Championships on television._________, one of the boys said. “We watch football on TV, but we’ve never played it.” The boys made a_________.

“Our football team starts today. We want to become world_________!” they shouted. But the villagers_________them. “Are you crazy? You don’t have a field! How can you_________?

The boys were__________to make their dream come true. They used__________fishing boats and pieces of wood to make a__________football field. They practised for hours every day, even__________the field was wet. That first year, they__________it to the semi-finals of the__________football competition. They have now played for over twenty-five years and they are one of the best youth football teams in the country.

1.

A．wander

B．smile

C．run

D．yell

2.

A．keeping track

B．taking hold

C．getting ahead

D．keeping control

3.

A．preserved

B．represented

C．covered

D．won

4.

A．luck

B．story

C．fame

D．credit

5.

A．Suddenly

B．Recently

C．Previously

D．Gradually

6.

A．choice

B．comparison

C．decision

D．promise

7.

A．records

B．leaders

C．boys

D．champions

8.

A．looked after

B．laughed at

C．tricked on

D．believed in

9.

A．practise

B．admit

C．perform

D．observe

10.

A．pleased

B．challenged

C．determined

D．experienced

11.

A．heavy

B．brand-new

C．flexible

D．old

12.

A．floating

B．surfing

C．rising

D．hanging

13.

A．why

B．so

C．when

D．because

14.

A．made

B．applied

C．related

D．attached

15.

A．national

B．local

C．international

D．global