| A．Football is her favorite sport. | B．The game has been canceled. |
| C．Her team played very badly. | D．She’s got a cold. |
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THE GAME PLAN With over 4 million registrations across the country,i9 Youth Sports is the nation's largest multi-sport provider focused on high-quality, community-based youth sports programs. We offer youth sports leagues, camps and clinics for kids aged 3 and up in today's most popular sports such as football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball. To achieve our mission of helping kids succeed in life through sports, i9 Youth Sports provides a youth sports experience unlike any other. We are committed to providing age-appropriate instruction, making sports fun for your kids, and convenient for today's busy families. |
| Pee Wees Starting at age 3, the i9 Youth Sports curriculum for our youngest age group is designed to grow with your child teaching skills and game play. For our Pee Wees, we focus on introducing your child to the sport while providing instruction through activities and drills that keep kids learning and having fun. |
| Juniors For our junior age group, we offer programming designed to keep kids learning the fundamentals of the sport and understanding the dynamics of working as a team all while having fun. The curriculum teaches your child that winning and losing are part of the game, but it's how you do it that sets you apart from others. |
| Seniors The number one reason kids play sports is to have fun. It is not surprising then, that the number one reason why they quit is that they stop enjoying it. Our senior curriculum gives our oldest age group opportunities to build on their skills and grow as an athlete who will continue to love the game. |
| A．Whether they win the game. |
| B．Who they choose to work with. |
| C．How they do it during the game. |
| D．Whether they have professional drills |
| A．They don't have enough time. |
| B．They have fun in sports. |
| C．They can't win the games. |
| D．They don't like the sport any more. |
| A．Parents. |
| B．Kids. |
| C．Teachers. |
| D．Athletes. |
1. What is the woman’s attitude toward the man’s idea?
| A．Concerned. | B．Supportive. | C．Opposed. |
| A．One month ago. | B．Five years ago. | C．25 years ago. |
| A．Run regularly. | B．Go on a diet. | C．Check his health condition. |
| A．How to keep healthy. | B．How to start exercising. | C．How to prepare for a game. |
4 . Any time of the day you can commit to exercising is a good time for getting active. However, the best time for exercise is different for each person.
Determine when you have the most energy. Do you struggle to get out of the bed in the morning or do you wake up energized and ready to go? Are you a night owl and never get to bed before midnight? Once you establish what your sleep tendencies are, you will have a better idea of when your body is most ready to exercise.
Consider your daily schedule. When are you the busiest?
Determine your exercise goals. If you are trying to develop a routine, you may want to exercise in the morning. People who exercise in the morning are more consistent.
| A．This will give your body time to relax. |
| B．Do you perform better in the morning or at night? |
| C．You may not feel like exercising after a long day of work. |
| D．When do you tend to schedule your most important tasks? |
| E．Consider your lifestyle and exercise goals to find the right time. |
| F．If you’re not a morning person, do not schedule an early morning workout. |
| G．Anyway, you’d better experiment with both morning and evening workouts. |
5 . What Are the Physical Benefits of Exercise?
Exercise is often thought of as activities that help a person lose weight or prevent weight gain. Having a body that is slimmer and trimmer is certainly one of the physical benefits of exercise, but there are many others.
Exercising can help strengthen the muscles.
Diet pills may help a man shed weight but they will not help him build or strengthen his muscles. The physical benefits of exercise are generally experienced simultaneously.
Working out can make the bones stronger.
Exercise also strengthens bones, which becomes more important the older a person gets. Bones go through a natural process of breaking down the rebuilding.
Many people are concerned with looking older. Slowing and reversing the effects of aging are benefits of physical exercise. Cellulite (皮下脂肪团), for example, can make a young woman appear older than she is.
| A．Many people want to change or improve their bodies. |
| B．Taking regular exercise can reduce the effects of aging. |
| C．As people grow older, however, the rebuilding process slows unless it is stimulated. |
| D．Training also reduces the negative physical effects which a person feels when he ages. |
| E．Exercise has the ability to help a person change his body shape, and make him stronger. |
| F．The appearance of cellulite can be diminished with basic exercises such as walking or jogging. |
| G．These include strengthening the bones, strengthening the muscles, and reducing the effects of aging. |
1.你对体育锻炼重要性的认识；
2.你难忘的一次体育运动经历。
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7 . Even though people have been paralyzed (瘫痪的) playing sports like rugby and football, extreme sports take the whole ordeal (磨难) to the next level. Sports like downhill cycling are very dangerous because one would be going downhill, over rocky or dirt zone, through forests, even at potentially deadly speeds. A slip up could be your downfall.
Nobody who gets into extreme sports goes with the desire to do harm to themselves. With that, athletes train for years and years before they attempt anything extreme. To most people, extreme sports are extreme simply because they take more skill than what an average person has. An athlete with skill and training makes an extreme thing become a daily routine, which does not wipe out the danger, but greatly reduces it.
Even when there is a lot of skill involved, things might not go the athlete’s way, not at all. Luck and circumstances have a lot to do with how things develop, whether above 8,000 meters or in a wood, going downhill. In some places, crossing the street is an extreme sport, considering how wild traffic can get.
Some view parkour, the sports of running, jumping and climbing under, around and through buildings, as an extreme sport, while it is more of a life philosophy, where the athlete does not have to do anything remotely dangerous. Free soloing, which means climbing a rock or ice face without safety gear, is absolutely deadly, where one slip means almost certain death, depending on the height, of course. Skateboarding is relatively safe, but if you constantly find ridiculous places to practice on, like the fence of a bridge, then things can get very complicated. The extreme part depends on the athlete.
To summarize, yes, extreme sports are dangerous, but the danger depends on the athlete, their choice of sport, direction in which they take it, as well as the circumstances. Some things are out of our control, while others we can influence through exercise and healthier risk choices.
1. Why is downhill cycling mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．To call for attention to extreme sports. | B．To introduce the origin of extreme sports. |
| C．To illustrate the danger of extreme sports. | D．To show the complexity of the extreme sports. |
| A．Extreme sports differ from one another. |
| B．Skill matters a lot in maintaining safety. |
| C．Athlete’s luck is a key factor that influences safety. |
| D．Extreme sports are more dangerous than regular sports. |
| A．explain danger depends on the athlete | B．show free soloing is the most dangerous |
| C．compare which one involves the most skill | D．demonstrate how to choose an extreme sport |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Objective. | C．Intolerant. | D．Uninterested. |
| A．Do Extreme Sports Test Your Courage? |
| B．Why Should Extreme Sports Be Banned? |
| C．Why Do We Love Extreme Sports So Much? |
| D．Are Extreme Sports Really That Dangerous? |
1. What are the speakers talking about?
| A．The city marathon. |
| B．The supply distribution. |
| C．The changeable weather. |
| A．Around 8:00. | B．Around 10:00. | C．Around 12:00. |
| A．Windy. | B．Cloudy. | C．Sunny. |
| A．Run a race. | B．Work as a volunteer. | C．Join the law office. |
At Piedmont School, everyone wanted to be on the soccer team. Laura had dreamed of earning glory for the Falcons ever since she had witnessed her older brother scoring the winning goal. On the day she joined the team, she felt like she could fly.
Unfortunately, her joy did not last long. She spent most of the matches on the bench. Walking to the car after the last game, Laura’s mother asked if she was feeling fine. Laura kept quiet and tried to smile at her mother. Having spent yet another game as a reserve, Laura had not even broken a sweat. Laura also joked that she would have baked in the hot sun if she had played. Her mother assured her that she would have another chance to play. She also cheered Laura on. Laura could only shake her head as she climbed into the seat, back hunched and face down.
A few days later, Laura’s mother found she sprawled on the couch, watching music videos on her phone, so she tried asking Laura to watch soccer videos instead. Laura looked at her mother blankly, rolling her eyes. “They won’t help me and I can’t get better by myself,” Laura said.
Sighing, her mother sank down on the couch. “Laura, for every lock, there is a key. We just have to find it. What if I film you practising to help you find ways to improve?”
“But the season’s over, Mum. No more practice, remember?” Laura said. Her mother looked at her resolutely and insisted that the best players keep practising even when the season is over. Laura protested, “But to practise plays, I would need at least one other person to join me! It is difficult to do that alone.”
Laura’s mother patted her and said, “We’ll find that key too, but we have to start somewhere.” While Laura’s mother was searching her wallet for her gold key, she smiled gently at Laura. She gave Laura an assuring nod before passing her the key. “This key is a reminder for you to be strong and not give up. Let’s build something tomorrow.” Laura’s mother said.
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The next day, Laura and her mother built a goal and made a training plan.
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One evening, Dequan, a boy from Laura’s school and some other children saw Laura going about her routine and asked her what she was doing.
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10 . Here is a list of writing competitions.
Wild Nature Poetry Award
Here we have a new contest from Indigo Dreams Publishing. It is for poems of up to 48 lines on the subject of cruel sports, or wildlife in general, or the natural world, or the environment.
Closing: 30th Sept. , 2022
Prizes: £200, £100, £75
Entry Fee: £5. 50% of entry fees will be donated to the League Against Cruel Sports.
W&A Yearbook Short Story Competition
This annual contest from the writers’ handbook Writers’ &Artists’ Yearbook is for stories of up to 2, 000 words aimed at young adults. There is no theme. Take notice that before emailing your entry, you have to register with the website. Your entry will not be valid otherwise.
Closing: 11th Feb. , 2022
Prizes: A place on one of Arvon’s residential writing courses, plus your story published on the website.
Entry Fee: None. Free to enter.
Green Stories Novel Prize
The competition organized by the University of Southampton is held annually. It is about the idea of a more sustainable society. Submit three chapters of your finished novel or work in progress. One of the chapters must be the first. The three together should run to between 4, 000 and 10, 000 words.
Closing: 30th Dec. , 2022
Prizes: £1, 000, £500
Entry Fee:£2
Melita Hume Poetry Prize
This year’s Melita Hume Poetry Prize from Eyewear Publishing is, as usual, for first full-length collections by poets aged 35 or under, residents in the UK or Ireland. To enter, you should submit between 48 and 100 pages.
Closing:3rd Jan. , 2022
Prizes:Publication with a £1, 200 advance.
Entry Fee:£15.
1. What is required to enter for W&A Yearbook Short Story Competition?| A．Registration in advance |
| B．Previous experience |
| C．A fixed theme |
| D．Entry fee |
| A．It is a yearly activity. |
| B．It is about sustainability. |
| C．It has a word limit. |
| D．It has a closing date. |
| A．Wild Nature Poetry Award |
| B．W&A Yearbook Short Story Competition |
| C．Green Stories Novel Prize |
| D．Melita Hume Poetry Prize |
