1 . How to Fall Off a Skateboard Safely

Skateboarding is very popular exercise. Learning how to fall safely in the course of skateboarding will keep you safer and relatively pain-free. In skateboarding, falling is a big part. It’s unavoidable.     1    

Roll to land on your shoulder or back instead. When you fall, roll to land on your shoulder or back instead, tucking (收拢) in your elbows. The roll takes the energy out of the fall. If you can, roll with the fall — land on your shoulder and let the force of the fall play itself out with the roll.     2     Keep your limbs loose to absorb the fall. Stiffening up (变得僵硬) increases the risk of breaking bones.

Learn to run out of tricks. This is where you try something thrilling and the board goes wrong and you catch yourself running.     3     But if you do this right, you’ll get out of a lot of falls!

Wear kneepads on ramps (斜坡). If you are skateboarding on ramps, wearing kneepads can keep you safer from injuries. Teach yourself to always fall to your knees and slide down the ramp.     4     Just run up the side of a ramp, drop to your knees and then slide down. Practice like this for a while to get it in your head.

    5     Your instincts (直觉) when you fall are to throw your hands out. But you shouldn’t do that when there’s concrete below you. You could break your wrists. You can buy wrist guards for skateboarding. These can help if you’re afraid of catching yourself with your hands. But it’s better to learn to overlook and control your instincts so you can fall more carefully.

A．It takes some getting used to.

B．It will hurt a little, but not so bad.

C．You can actually practice this and it is fun too.

D．Learn never to catch yourself with your hands.

E．Employ wrist guards to avoid injury to your wrists.

F．You can avoid serious injury with following practical tips.

G．So you should keep away from this type of exercise as much as possible.

2 . As athletes get stronger and faster, the pace of play continues to increase. The burden of making sure games are played according to the rules and that the officiating (裁判) is accurate is now being taken out of human hands and falling more and more into the lap of technology. It’s called the video replay.

The National Football League is expanding its replay system this upcoming season to include pass interference (传球干扰). Major League Baseball now relies on it for safe-or-out and home run calls. If you’ve been watching the FIFA World Cup, you may have noticed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) played a key role in almost every game. And in the Kentucky Derby, a horse was disqualified for knocking another horse. No one knew why until a video replay confirmed the call and controversy was avoided.

However, many purists—those who want people to follow rules carefully and do things in the traditional way—especially in soccer, argue it’s not the way the game was invented, and that the video replay is tainting the sport. But don’t you want to see the proper application of the rules throughout the games? I know I do. Yes, it can slow the game down, but I feel it is worth it. If technological advancements allow fans watching from home to spot mistakes instantly, those same views need to be available to the officiating crews. Another example occurred in the most recent National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints. When obvious pass interference was committed by the Los Angeles Rams player Nickell Robey-Coleman, with just 109 seconds to play, no flag was raised on the field. It weakened the New Orleans Saints spirits. The Los Angeles Rams won a 26-23 overtime victory. The no-call deeply angered the public. The video replay showed the referees had just missed one of the most apparent pass interference calls.

There are no easy answers regarding replay technology and whether it is a curse (魔咒). But for me, keeping the officiating honest and on task is the right step in limiting controversy.

1. What trend in sports can be observed in paragraph 2?

A．The video replay has been widely used.

B．League games have become competitive.

C．Rules of professional games are becoming stricter.

D．People are showing more interest in sports than before.

2. What does the underlined word “tainting” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Tricking.

B．Promoting.

C．Damaging.

D．Restoring.

3. What might the New Orleans Saints think of the referees in the NFC Championship Game?

A．They relied a lot on the video replay.

B．They cared too much about details.

C．They were definitely stressed out.

D．They were terribly disqualified.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Video replays: high-end technology in sports

B．Is technology like VAR a blessing in sports?

C．Officiating: a duty that requires honesty

D．What do qualified referees really mean?

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

From spirited games of pitch-pot and cuju, the early forerunner of modern soccer, to the intelligent challenges of Chinese chess,     1    (athlete)from various nations and regions have found themselves     2    (attract)by the wonders of Chinese culture at a fair in the Chengdu FISU Games Village in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.

The Chengdu FISU World University Games are in the middle of intense sporting battles, while the FISU Games Village has become     3     melting pot(大熔炉)of cultural encounters.

At the cultural fair, which shows the charm of ancient traditions, participants have the opportunity to try beautiful hanfu, ancient Chinese costume, and enjoy     4     (tradition)Chinese makeup, creating memorable moments through wonderful photos.

    5    (additional), the fair offers a splendid series of Chinese-style products, including tea ware, porcelain and handicrafts, allowing participants     6    (choose)delightful and beautiful souvenirs for     7    (they) loved ones.

The Chengdu FISU Games Village     8    (be)within the campus of Chengdu University. “The cultural exchange activities     9     the village allow young people from around the world to gather and get to know each other,” said Dong Cheng, executive deputy head of the village.

“The activities also strengthen friendship, letting the athletes experience Chinese civilization(文明)     10    culture,” Dong said.

4 . Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can _______ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making exercise a habit.

We’re meant to treat the _______ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it _______ and serviceable.

I have a wild heart history. I have _______ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I signed up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my _______ and my confidence.

The last time I wanted to _______ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is _______ for my body and my soul.

Their _______ was a reminder: keep it up. _______ jogging up and down hills, I’m not out to ________ any races. Recently, as I came up the hill running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”

“You must really ________ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too ________ word. But I love to finish a run. That feels good.

The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it ________ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t ________. I can learn and grow while running.

Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it ________ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.

1.

A．stick

B．add

C．connect

D．compare

2.

A．planet

B．body

C．heart

D．earth

3.

A．healthy

B．popular

C．real

D．comfortable

4.

A．learned

B．refused

C．had

D．dropped

5.

A．power

B．strength

C．patience

D．ability

6.

A．call at

B．rely on

C．give up

D．appeal to

7.

A．basic

B．simple

C．tough

D．good

8.

A．encouragement

B．check

C．value

D．sympathy

9.

A．Seriously

B．Steadily

C．Slowly

D．Independently

10.

A．watch

B．offer

C．choose

D．win

11.

A．afford

B．help

C．love

D．desire

12.

A．rare

B．strong

C．common

D．sensitive

13.

A．unwillingly

B．again

C．eventually

D．first

14.

A．freeze

B．fear

C．hesitate

D．comment

15.

A．safest

B．easiest

C．hardest

D．fullest

5 . Move over soccer, basketball and football, there’s a new competition sweeping Australia. It’s competitive bird calling. Yes, bird calling!

Scores of kids in New South Wales are spending their spare time practicing for the Bournda Bird Olympics, an event that aims at young bird-callers against each other to see who can deliver the clearest, most enthusiastic and most accurate bird call. The principal of the Bournda Environmental Education Centre, Doug Reckord, encourages the kids to listen to bird calls on YouTube to prepare for the event. The children also work on identifying birds by their beaks, claws and calls.

Surprisingly, the Bournda Bird Olympics isn’t Australia’s first competition with competitive bird calling. The first competition took place in Sydney in 1912. It was supported by the Gould League of Bird Lovers, a foundation that encouraged children to bird watch and learn about birds.

Even back then, New South Wales was the country’s bird calling leader. Students from the New South Wales region had access to much more bird sounds than city kids. They won the Dawson Memorial Shield for best bird calling six times between 1953 and 1962. Today, New South Wales is bringing back the bird calls. Led by the Bournda Environmental Education Centre, the Bournda Bird Olympics renewed in 2018. The event now features former bird calling champion, Bruce Chapman, as the “celebrity” judge.

When showtime finally arrives, three judges at the Bournda Bird Olympics rate people taking part on their enthusiasm, accuracy and clearness. The players can earn a maximum of three points in each type. Some 45 children took part in the 2022 event. The most popular bird call to imitate (模仿) was the kookaburra’s unique laugh. But the winner that year came from a girl copying a king parrot. Her call sounded so accurate that a king parrot in the trees actually called back to her.

1. What’s Doug Reckord’s attitude to bird calling?

A．Curious.

B．Positive.

C．Uncaring.

D．Objective.

2. What is Gould League of Bird Lovers?

A．A project.

B．A school club.

C．A game.

D．An organization.

3. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．The basic rules of bird calling.	B．The bright future of bird calling.
C．New South Wales’ participation.	D．New South Wales’ training.

4. Why did a girl’s imitation win the 2022 event?

A．It was true to life.	B．It was the sweetest.
C．It was the most popular.	D．It was full of enthusiasm.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What makes the woman surprised about Steve?

A．His tired look.

B．His being in good shape.

C．His way of dressing.

2. Where did the woman used to exercise?

A．At home.

B．In the gym.

C．In the open.

3. What does Steve offer to the woman?

A．Working out with him.

B．Looking for a trainer.

C．Using his guest passes.

7 . When you can’t fit your entire workout into a busy day, do you think there’s no point in doing anything at all? You should rethink that mindset. Just 11 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic activity per day could lower your risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease(心血管疾病) or premature death, a large new study has found.

Aerobic activities include walking, dancing, running, jogging, cycling and swimming. You can estimate the intensity level of an activity by your heart rate and how hard you’re breathing as you move. Higher levels of physical activity have been associated with lower rates of premature death and chronic disease, according to past research. But how the risk levels for these outcomes are affected by the amount of exercise someone gets has been more difficult to determine. To explore this impact, scientists largely from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom looked at data from 196 studies, amounting to more than 30 million adult participants who were followed for 10 years on average.

The study mainly focused on participants who had done the minimum recommended amount of 150 minutes of exercise per week, or 22 minutes per day. Compared with inactive participants, adults who had done 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity per week had a 31% lower risk of dying from any cause, a 29% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and a 15% lower risk of dying from cancer. The same amount of exercise was linked with a 27% lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease and 12% lower risk when it came to cancer.

“This is a convincing systematic review of existing research,” said CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, who wasn’t involved in the research. “We already knew that there was a strong correlation between increased physical activity and reduced risk for cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature death. This research confirms it, and furthermore states that a smaller amount than the 150 minutes of recommended exercise a week can help.”

1. Why did the scientists from the University of Cambridge do this research?

A．To confirm the past research.

B．To encourage people to do more exercise.

C．To find out how the amount of exercise impact the risk levels.

D．To explore the relationship between daily exercise and risk levels.

2. How did the scientists reach their conclusion?

A．By conducting genetic research.

B．By analyzing data from past research.

C．By comparing different groups of participants.

D．By collecting a mass of data from science website.

3. What can we learn from this study?

A．Inactive participants had higher risk of dying from cancer.

B．People should take exercise for about 22 minutes every day.

C．The scientists suggested people exercise at most 150 minutes per week.

D．Moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity was the best exercise for adults.

4. What is the Dr. Leana Wen’s attitude towards this research?

A．Critical.	B．Indifferent.
C．Sceptical.	D．Positive.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How often did the man run?

A．Twice a week.

B．Four days a week.

C．Every day.

2. Which event is the man good at?

A．Short distance.

B．Middle distance.

C．Long distance.

3. How fast can the man run the event now?

A．In 3 minutes and 47 seconds.

B．Within 4 minutes.

C．In about 6 minutes.

9 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11 and the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.

Phrygian caps(弗里吉亚帽)will be the Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots(吉祥物) in     1    (celebrate) of the French revolution’s spirit,     2     is not only a symbol of revolution, freedom, and struggles, but it’s an icon(标志)seen over     3    (century), from the Notre Dame Cathedral to the Eiffel Tower. More     4    (specific), it’s the red cap famously worn by Marianne, the artistic representative of the free French republic. The Phryges(弗里热) aim to show sport can not only change everything,     5     it deserves to have     6     vital place in our society as well.

The Phrygian caps were favored over animals that mostly     7    (be) the first choice in other Olympics for ages-such as the ‘Bing Dwen Dwen’ panda at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The mascot must represent the French spirit. It’s a kind of belief that carries the values of France and has been built up over time.

The red Phrygian caps come in two versions-the Olympic one and the Paralympic one     8     a blade(镰刀)leg. As happens when a     9    (nation) spirit combines with the Olympic spirit, the mascots are also being packaged into nearly 10, 000 types of products,     10    (range) from toys to clothes, electronics and trunks.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入l个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Twenty eight years after winning     1     silver medal at the world championship for the first time, Team China did it again last week, yet in a more convincing way. Despite the 83-6l loss to the world No. 1 team, Team China’s     2     (determine) earned respect from home and abroad while lifting the whole nation’s spirit     3     National Day. When the players put the silver     4     (medal) around their necks at the medal-awarding ceremony, they might remember a photo on the wall of their training hall in Beijing. It was a photo of the Japanese women’s team     5     (celebrate) its victory. The photo     6     (take)in 2015, when the Japanese team won the FIBA Asia Women’s Championship, beating the Chinese hosts with an advantage of 35 points and the Chinese women’s basketball team was at its     7     (low) point of its history. Eventually it worked. “We could learn more from the problems     8     (find) in the match.” said China’s head coach Zheng Wei after the final on Saturday. She remained clear-minded about the latest achievement     9     expected her team to continue to grow. “We are not good enough in confrontation under high pressure, especially in attacking. After accomplishing one goal, one team needs another. Up to now we     10     (set) up our next goal. I expect our girls to realize it the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.”