1 . Following its recent success in hosting the 19th Asian Games, Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, celebrated the opening of a related grand sporting event, the 4th Asian Para Games, with an emotohally engaging opening ceremony on Sunday night.
The ceremony, themed “Hearts Meet, Dreams Shine”, was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. also known as the “Big Lotus”.
While the opening ceremony on Sept 23 of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou showcased to the world the host city’s rich cultural heritage, picturesque scenery and technological prowess (造诣), the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games focused more on the softer side of Hangzhou and its people.
The ceremony featured the osmanthus (桂花), the city flower of Hangzhou, as the key element to convey the “sunny, harmonious, persevering and sharing” spirit of the Para Games.
Following an opening show featuring a first-person narration by a partially sighted young girl who welcomed guests from a long distance while the osmanthus is in full blossom, spectators cheered as Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang declared the opening of the sporting gala.
Twenty-two massive bunches of golden osmanthus, which represent the 22 sports featured in the event, served as the centerpiece of the ceremony.
With the help of technology, the bouquets took on different configurations —sometimes as water, sometimes as arched bridges —before eventually turning into a giant crown hung in the air, welcoming the athletes as they entered the stadium.
Majid Rashed, the president of the Asian Paralympic Committee, expressed appreciation for the Chinese host’s thorough organization. “The huge efforts of the Chinese government and the organizing committee in making these Games a success, is helping us to get closer to achieving our vision of creating an inclusive Asia through sport,” said Rashed, who thanked the organizing committee for its “tireless efforts, which will make these the best ever Asian Para Games, I’m sure”.
In the next six days, the Para Games will see 3,100 athletes from 44 countries and regions compete in 564 medal events in 22 sports.
1. What is special about the opening ceremony of Asian Para Games?| A．The host city’s inner spirit. |
| B．The host city’s pretty scenery. |
| C．The host city’s abundant cultural tradition. |
| D．The host city’s advanced skills of technology. |
| A．forms | B．styles | C．equipment | D．modes |
| A．The host city is ill-prepared. |
| B．Success of the event is just down to Hang Zhou. |
| C．The host city gains only minimal recognition for its efforts. |
| D．What the host city does contributes a lot to an inclusive Asia. |
| A．The grand opening ceremony was held at HangZhou involved with advanced technology. |
| B．sports taking center stage during holiday inspired by HangZhou Asian Games. |
| C．The 19th Asian Games and the 4th Asian Para Games were a huge success. |
| D．The 4th Asian Para Games are fully prepared and win wide recognition. |
1. 参赛经历；
2. 个人感悟。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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1.你喜欢的运动项目及原因；
2.何时喜欢上这项运动，现在参加该运动的情况如何；
3.询问对方的体育爱好。
注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Harry,
How is it going?
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Li Hua
1. 常见的校园冲突及原因；
2. 如何化解校园冲突；
3. 你的呼吁。
注意：字数100词左右
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1. Why is the man surprised?
| A．Leo won first place in a competition. |
| B．Leo is very good at sports. |
| C．Leo is only interested in studying. |
| A．To the playground. | B．To the teacher’s office. | C．To the classroom. |
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter,
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Yours.
Lihua
7 . The human body is designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely give us the chance to move around. As we know, we sit while we’re eating, we sit in the car and we sit while we’re watching TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.
New research shows that sitting less than three hours a day might extend your life by two years. Peter Katzmarzyk, a scientist at the University of Louisiana in the southern United States, says that sitting is ubiquitous in our lives, meaning it is something we do all the time, everywhere.
However, Mr. Katzmarzyk says even that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. He also says you may exercise often. “We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important. We have 60 years of research showing us that.”
Mr. Katzmarzyk and his colleagues are part of a new generation of researchers studying how sitting all day affects length of life. “Studies that have assessed the relationship between sitting and mortality (死亡率) or television viewing and mortality are very rare. There have only been a few of studies, actually five or six now, in the last four or five years.” They found that cutting television time to less than two hours a day could add one-point four years to life.
Luckily, change is already coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they are working. Another new design is called the “treadmill desk”. A treadmill is an exercise machine that lets you walk in one place. Even some U.S. schools are beginning to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving, that’s one of the strategies that many companies are using now.
Mr. Katzmarzyk also says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives.
1. The underlined word “ubiquitous” may mean ______.| A．dangerous | B．embarrassing | C．comfortable | D．common |
| A．Exercise is important, but so is not sitting. |
| B．Watching TV is bad, but can broaden one’s horizons. |
| C．Sitting too long may help increase one’s life. |
| D．Stopping watching TV is a necessary but hard task. |
| A．It’s totally ignored by many experts. | B．It’s a relatively new area of study. |
| C．It’s a study that begins too late. | D．It’s a hot subject studied by experts. |
| A．To give workers more comfort. | B．To improve workers’ work efficiency. |
| C．To offer workers the chance to exercise. | D．To let workers seek pleasure while working. |
| A．Wonderful. | B．Boring. | C．Just so-so. |
9 . You always found me on a basketball court or with a ball in my hand. It taught me many things about life. It also taught me that success requires hard work.
I played the sport up until one day my plans were cut short. I had my knee broken, unfortunately, terminating my career as a player. Giving up basketball was one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life.
I did not want to lose that part of my life forever. I decided to realize my dream of basketball from a different angle; I signed up to coach a seventh grade basketball team. I’m not going to lie, at first I was a bit apprehensive. After all, I was only a senior girl in high school coaching a seventh grade basketball team.
My basketball team consisted of seven seventh grade girls and we practiced twice a week for one hour. It was not a lot of time, which often made it difficult to make progress in skill development. However, my skills were able to develop, but not in basketball. As a coach, I am supposed to be the one teaching them. But the girls that I coached did not realize that while they were learning, so was I. My players taught me many things like patience and confidence, and above all, a better understanding of myself as a person. They taught me how to be a good role model, and how to hold myself accountable for my choices. They taught me how to heighten my love for the game, and heighten my love for seven girls I didn’t know I could grow so close to. Thank you for helping me grow as an individual and as a coach.
1. What broke the author’s dream of being a basketball player?| A．Shortage of time. | B．A serious injury. | C．Lack of hard work. | D．A terrible illness. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Consistent. | C．Considerate. | D．Communicative. |
| A．Making choices. | B．Basketball skills. | C．Confidence building. | D．Self recognition. |
| A．She has parted with the girls. | B．She will go for further education. |
| C．She has stepped out of her shadow. | D．She makes a living by training the girls. |
1. When did the man get the tickets?
| A．On Monday. | B．On Friday. | C．On Sunday. |
| A．Excited. | B．Sad. | C．Pressured. |
| A．Spain. | B．Russia. | C．Switzerland. |
