2 . 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。

A rural basketball league in China attracted well close to 100 million live views across the country in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

The Village Basketball Association,     1    (base) in Guizhou Province, is better known as “CunBA”, Cun being the word for “village” in Chinese. The grassroots league was established in 2016 but has recently attracted     2     whole new generation of basketball fans nationwide. Amateur basketball players representing their villages compete not     3     cash prizes; instead, the winning team take home live ducks, rice and traditional Miao-style silver headdresses.

The Cun BA drums up a special kind of emotion and     4    (excite) among spectators (观众). However, none of the 20, 000 spectators     5     made their way to the year’s final game had to pay for their tickets, and they were welcome     6    (enjoy) the game in creative ways.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the sport has a long history in the region     7     (date) back to 1930s. Annual games     8    (hold) during the region’s Miao ethnic harvest festival in the     9    (five) month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The CunBA, during the 2022/2023 season, had a total of 176 participating teams from the     10    (variety) farming villages in the region, hosting nearly 5, 000 grassroots games.

3 . A new study has found that smiling at London bus drivers increases happiness. However, on the Number 24 bus to Hampstead Heath, Londoners are sceptical. “Bus drivers,” says Liz Hands, a passenger, “are generally annoying.”

It might seem improbable that a report on London’s buses could change behaviour. But it has happened before. London’s buses have an underappreciated role in the history of medical science. In the 1940s, a single study of London’s transport workers transformed epidemiology (流行病学), medicine and the way we live now. Every time you go on a run, check your step-count, or take the stairs instead of the lift, you are following a path pioneered by the feet of the workers on London’s buses.

In the late 1940s, doctors were worried. Britain, like many rich countries, was suffering from an “epidemic” of heart disease and no one knew why. Various hypotheses, such as stress, were suggested; but one thing that was not exercising researchers was exercise. The idea that health and exercise were linked “wasn’t the accepted fact that we know today”, says Nick Wareham, a professor of epidemiology at Cambridge University. Some even felt that “too much physical activity was a bad thing for your health”. Miners and farmers who did physical exercise also suffered from various diseases and died young.

At this time a young doctor called Jerry Morris started to suspect that the increasing deaths from heart disease might be linked to occupation. He began studying the medical records of 31,000 London transport workers. His findings were breathtaking: conductors, who spent their time running up and down stairs, had an approximately 30% lower possibility of disease than drivers, who sat down all day. Exercise was keeping people alive.

Morris’s research was eventually published in 1953, just three years after a study by Richard Doll proving the link between smoking and lung cancer. Morris’s work had consequences both big and small. Morris now also took up exercise, handing his jacket to his daughter and just running. “People thought I was bananas.” Slowly, the rest of the world took off its jacket and followed.

1. Why does the author mention the new study in the first paragraph?

A．To clarify a concept.	B．To introduce the topic.
C．To present the argument.	D．To provide an example.

2. What does the underlined part “exercising researchers” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Encouraging researchers to work out.	B．Helping with researchers’ inquiry.
C．Hold back researchers’ progress.	D．Drawing researchers’ attention.

3. How did Morris conduct his study on the transport employees?

A．By carrying out survey.	B．By observing their routines.
C．By doing medical examinations.	D．By analyzing the medical data.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Smiling and Its Effects on London Bus Drivers.

B．The Evolution of London’s Transportation System.

C．How London Bus Drivers Led the world to exercise.

D．What Londoners Think about Studies on Bus Drivers.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does the woman feel about the dance competition?

A．Excited.

B．Nervous.

C．Confident.

2. What is the woman looking forward to most?

A．Dancing in front of many people.

B．Watching good dancers on stage.

C．Making some good new friends.

5 . 假设你是校英文报编辑李华，为让学生全面了解杭州亚运会（Hangzhou Asian Games），你报将开设相关专栏，向全校同学征稿。请你用英语写一则征稿启事。
内容包括：1.栏目名称；2.征文要求(内容、词数)；
投稿邮箱：asiangames@123.com
注意：1.词数为80词左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Contributions Wanted
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The English Newspaper

8 . Years ago, I could not stick to exercising until I bought a CD called I Enjoy Exercise. I listened to it every day. I bought the CD because I wanted to run in a race and hopefully win!

I had assured my 10-year-old son Todd that I would run in a race with him. Unfortunately, however, when that race came, his left leg was hurt in a car accident. Without him running with me, although I took part in that race, I didn’t do quite well in it.

While Todd couldn’t run together with me because of his injury (受伤), he never forgot the promise I made for him. He was always asking me whether I would keep my promise when he recovered in the future. So I decided I was going to train and go all out to win the next race. What I needed was motivation (动力). It happened that one of my friends mentioned the CD which he liked very much, saying that he got a lot from the music in it when feeling down. So I bought it and listened to it while exercising every day.

What happened to my thinking was amazing as I listened to it daily. I started to think about the repeated words on the CD — “I enjoy exercise”. Instead of dreading exercise, I was thinking, “I enjoy exercise.”

I found out how important words are that we play in our minds every day. I went from a person who seldom exercised to someone who started to exercise daily. Just think how our lives will improve if we reflect on the uplifting words of the famous works. I have found the positive messages have greatly inspired me and then changed my life.

How did I do in that race, you might be thinking? I actually became the champion in my age group.

1. Why did the author take part in the race by herself?

A．She would like to win the race.

B．She had a good talent for running.

C．Her son got injured in a car accident.

D．Her son was unwilling to run with her.

2. How did the author get the motivation for training?

A．By recalling some inspiring stories.

B．By listening to the CD while running.

C．By getting timely help from her friend.

D．By forcing herself into keeping running.

3. What does the underlined word “dreading” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Fearing.	B．Improving.
C．Preferring.	D．Taking.

4. What message does the author intend to deliver to us?

A．It’s important to avoid injury while running.

B．The uplifting words make a difference to us.

C．Parents should get along well with children.

D．We can build up our bodies by regular exercise.

10 . 假定你是李华，报名参加学校“Be Sporty, Be Healthy”为主题的演讲比赛。请你写一份英文演讲稿。内容包括：
1.问题：因学业紧张，疏于活动；
2.建议：要合理安排，正常锻炼。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右，文章标题和首尾句已给出，不计入总词数;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Be Sporty, Be Healthy

Hello, everyone!

I feel honored to be here to talk to you on exercise.

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