1 . Running for a Dream
I will never forget that November day.It was hotter than normal.This was the
For the first two and a half miles.I felt
Then without warning,my strength began to decrease.Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors,I
I watched as runners rushed by me.
The doctors were there in seconds,but my eyes searched the crowd for him.There was only one person I wanted to
"But we worked so
It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on,marking a
A.dream | B.weather | C.result | D.day |
A.for | B.to | C.across | D.over |
A.coldness | B.astonishment | C.excitement | D.amusement |
A.proud | B.great | C.nervous | D.afraid |
A.programs | B.studies | C.instructions | D.practices |
A.sacrifice | B.potential | C.patience | D.attention |
A.look | B.move | C.start | D.come |
A.should | B.could | C.must | D.need |
A.relief | B.spirit | C.pleasure | D.glory |
A.give | B.feel | C.hold | D.add |
A.Where | B.Because | C.If | D.Although |
A.trust | B.emotion | C.strength | D.confidence |
A.loud | B.foreign | C.soft | D.firm |
A.going | B.running | C.fighting | D.training |
A.refer | B.talk | C.listen | D.agree |
A.frightened | B.disturbed | C.disappointed | D.bored |
A.develop | B.change | C.follow | D.happen |
A.late | B.hard | C.closely | D.quickly |
A.new | B.near | C.rough | D.narrow |
A.wish | B.duty | C.rank | D.race |
Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond's wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that's parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants(参与者)dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from roof top to roof top.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.
Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, “I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”
Another philosophy we've learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself. It is only a state of mind. It is when you trust yourself that you earn energy.
1. Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of ________.
A.its founder, David Belle |
B.the varieties of participants |
C.its risks and tricks |
D.the film, Casino Royale |
A.streets | B.buildings |
C.barriers | D.roofs |
A.It needs special training. |
B.It is a good but boring sport. |
C.It challenges human abilities. |
D.It is a team sport. |
A.they should run to extremes |
B.they may choose to escape |
C.they can ask for help |
D.they must learn to survive |
A.Sports and extremes. |
B.Excitement and freedom. |
C.Determination and freedom. |
D.Dreams and success. |
3 . Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University of Pelotas, suggests that nearly a third of adults,31%, are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity. But only recently has enough good data been collected from enough places to carry out the sort of analysis Dr Hallal and his colleagues have engaged in.
There are common themes in different places. Unsurprisingly, people in rich countries are less active than those in poor ones, and old people are less active than young ones. Less obviously, women tend to exercise less than men-34% are inactive, compared with 28% of men. But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, exercise more than their male countrymen.
Malta wins the race for the most slothful country, with 72%of adults getting too little exercise,and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind,with 69%.In Bangladesh,just 5%of adults fail to exercise enough. Surprisingly,six in ten Americans are active enough according to Dr Hallal's study,compared with fewer than four in ten British men.
These high rates of inactivity are worrying. Human beings seem to have evolved(进化)to benefit from exercise while deliberately avoiding it whenever they can. In a state of nature it would be impossible to live a life that did not provide enough of it. Actually lack of enough activity these days has nearly the same effect on lifespan(寿命)as smoking.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A.The decline of the rates of exercise is newly discovered. |
B.The study suggests 31%of female adults get too little exercise. |
C.The enough good data has been collected from only one country. |
D.The industrial revolution has changed the way people live to some degree. |
A.have little time to exercise |
B.hate to get regular exercise |
C.take more exercise to lose weight |
D.exercise more than men in their country |
A.powerful | B.rich |
C.lazy | D.unpopular |
A.Worldwide Lack of Enough Exercise |
B.A New Health Discovery |
C.Evolvement of Human Beings |
D.Benefits of Taking Exercise |
Those who have apassionfor climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
1. What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?
A.Soccer and golf. | B.Skiing and skating. |
C.Cycling and hockey. | D.Mountaineering. |
A.strong emotion | B.good way |
C.better feeling | D.enough affection |
A.it has man-made rules |
B.it is too dangerous for climbers |
C.it is free for climbers to use their own methods |
D.it can’t bring people joy or leisure |
A.mountaineering has no appeal for people |
B.physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers |
C.a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty |
D.it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps |
A.Sports in winter | B.Team work in climbing |
C.Mountaineering | D.The quality for mountaineering |