1. What does Ann say about her performance in the World Championships?
| A．She did better than she had expected. |
| B．She regretted not preparing well enough. |
| C．She was disappointed to win a silver medal. |
| A．Once a week. | B．Every day. | C．Six days a week. |
| A．She avoids close contact with them. |
| B．She likes to communicate with them. |
| C．She has made good friends with them. |
| A．Flying kites. | B．Reading. | C．Skiing. |
1. 举行英文诗歌大赛的目的
2. 参加比赛的好处
3. 期待大家的踊跃参与
注意: 1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear my fellow students,
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Student Union
Jumping Over Boundaries
When I was in elementary school, we had an annual sports day. Girls could do many things like hopscotch, jump rope, tetherball, and dodgeball, except high jumping. Only boys could do high jumping.
That’s what I wanted to do — high jumping. So I went to the coach.
“Girls don’t do high jumping,” the coach said. “Girls have all these other things they can do.” He excitedly described how much fun it would be.
I’d been high jumping in the backyard with my five brothers for years. Although I am a girl, I did high jumping pretty well. My brothers could rarely beat me. Whenever my back crossed the bar, that feeling is extremely wonderful. I went home and told my mother what the coach had said. My mother, a small, thin woman only four feet eleven inches tall, said, “I think we should go visit him.”
“Visit who?” I asked confusedly.
“The headmaster.”
“Visit the headmaster?” I was terrified. Would I get in trouble? Would my mother and I be crossing boundaries we shouldn’t cross?
My mom and I went to Mr. White’s office. “Linda wants to do the high jump,” my mother said.
“Mrs. Martinez, you don’t understand. This is the tradition of our Annual Sports Day,” he said.
“But Mr. White, I don’t know where it says that girls cannot do this.”
The headmaster couldn’t find any rules that said girls couldn’t do the high jump. “I have to think about this,” he said at last.
When we got home, my mom told me something I would always remember: this wasn’t just about me. “Maybe other girls want to do this, too,” she said.
My mother waited a week, but still didn’t get the headmaster’s reply. So she walked over to the school again. “Mr. White, please. I ask you this not for me and not for Linda, but let’s just see how it works.” In the end, Mr. White agreed.
I stood on the field of the high jumping competition.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________To my surprise, some of the cheers I got were from boys!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . When I first began running in high school on the track team, it made sense to carefully clock every mile and push myself to race for personal bests. But as I changed from running for sport to running for amusement as an adult, I found that tracking my workouts often just ended with frustration. And it wasn’t until my watch battery died several years ago that I first experienced the sense of calm that came with running for the pure joy of it. I never replaced the watch battery, and that might not be a bad thing for my fitness goals.
This is the idea of unplugged (不插电的) running, which is gaining steam in the fitness community. And recent research has shown that getting rid of your running watch, especially if it’s a smartwatch or fitness tracker, could actually improve your workout — or at least your enjoyment of running.
“People used to have an interest in their sport and get enjoyment out of the sport, but now that’s switching to the data,” said Eoin Whelan, a senior lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway. “They will compare themselves to people who are better than them, who are running faster or running longer. And in the end we know that makes them feel bad. ”
Whelan also noted that people who are very dependent on smart watches or fitness trackers are more likely to skip their workouts if the batteries on their tracking devices are dead.
In addition, there is evidence that running watch-free is beneficial for more than just the casual jogger. Some professionals also have had success with leaving their watches at home. Welsh runner Steve Jones famously set a world record at the 1984 Chicago Marathon without wearing a watch. More recently, Olympic marathoner Trevor Hofbauer made headlines for winning the 2019 Canadian Marathon Championships without a watch.
“If you have too much information being fed to you in real time, it can kind of get in your head,” Hofbauer said. “For me, the simpler, the better.”
1. What happened to the author when his running watch didn’t work?| A．He lost the desire to keep running every day. |
| B．He experienced running as a really fun activity. |
| C．He was at a loss how to replace the watch battery. |
| D．He had great difficulty achieving his fitness goals. |
| A．They can enrich the wearers’ social life. |
| B．The data provided by them is unreliable. |
| C．The way people use them is proper. |
| D．They can lead to harmful consequences. |
| A．To show the popularity of running watch-free. |
| B．To encourage people to become professional runners. |
| C．To prove the positive effects of running watch-free. |
| D．To present professionals’ views on running watch-free. |
| A．It’s time to take off your running watch. |
| B．Unplugged running actually has two sides. |
| C．Comparing with others should be avoided. |
| D．Racing for personal bests requires simplicity. |
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2. 表示感谢。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已为你写好。
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
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To enrich students’ school life, an excited competition was held on last Saturday on the school playground. Ten boys and ten girls selected by each class lined beside the rope and grasped it, eager waiting for the start. With the whistle blowing, the participants tried their best to pull the rope, while those standing by cheered desperately for him. Eventually, every students of the class won the competition was awarded a delicate notebook.
The competition was highly thought by students. Not only did it build up their bodies, but also strengthen their teamwork. Plus, the competition received positive response from parents and teachers, what made a hit in the circle of WeChat.
7 . In my latest novel, Aphrodite’s Tears, I wanted to draw on this ancient Greek tradition of sponge (海绵) diving; and explore the traditions surrounding the way of life. My fictional island of Helios, therefore, has a long association with sponge diving, and the heroine Oriel, a newcomer to the island and a diver herself, is keen to learn all about it.
Damian, the leader of the island, explains to Oriel that in his father’s generation, sponge diving was one of the main industries on the island. A sizeable group of islanders would leave each May-yet in the autumn, a smaller group would return. “In those days,” Damian explains, “one man in three was either dead or crippled (残疾的) from the caisson disease before they reached marriageable age.” Under Damian’s leadership, other means of earning a living are being developed-such as olive oil production. But some of the men continue to follow in their ancestors’ footsteps and dive for sponges, and each year there are still two or three deaths.
The emotional impact of these losses on the little island community is apparent to Oriel when she comes across a shrine (祠堂) by the port. There she sees tiny paintings that tell the story of the sponge divers, and before the paintings, so many flowers and gifts. They are laid by the women of the sponge-diving families, as offerings for protection for their men and as thanks for the miracle of their safe return.
Why, Oriel wonders, would these men take the risk? After all, with synthetic (合成的) sponges flooding the market, sponge diving is nowhere near as lucrative as it used to be. “It comes down to tradition,” Damian explains: “To the romantic young, it naturally seems a grand thing to sail away every summer to the shores of Africa and to come back, pockets full of money, hailed a hero... I have seen young boys playing at sponge fishing: swimming underwater, wearing the sponge-fisher’s mask and carrying their spear, pretending to detach sponges from the bottom of the sea. An aura (气息) of heroism surrounds the profession.”
1. What’s appealing to Oriel on Helios Island?| A．The main local industries. |
| B．Her ancestors’ way of life. |
| C．The scenery of Helios Island. |
| D．The tradition of sponge diving. |
| A．Pride. | B．Sad. | C．Frightened. | D．Grateful. |
| A．Dangerous. | B．Profitable. | C．Traditional. | D．Entertaining. |
| A．It brings them much fun. | B．It remains a major industry. |
| C．It shows their courageous spirit. | D．It’s turned into a tourist attraction. |
At the 138th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the
9 . For recreation league athletes, there's nothing worse than when one of your teammates drops out at the last minute. When a recreation league ice hockey（冰上曲棍球）team in Edmonton needed a goalie（守门员）,they got a save from an unlikely hero.
Nelson Rego, who is 100% blind, plays blind ice hockey for the Edmonton “SeeHawks" and accidentally met another goalie, John Hunter, who was inquiring online about a chest protector. Later Hunter got injured, and trying to help his team find a goalie for a league game, he reached out on the Edmonton Goalies Facebook page.
“Nelson calls me, and he starts out with, 'Hey, how's the chest protector going?’" Hunter later shared about the remarkable story. "Then Nelson continues, 'By the way, I'm not sure if this is a good idea but I've learned that you're looking for a goalie substitute for your- league game tonight. What do you think about me playing?’"
The team was “all in”, so Rego got ready for his first-ever sighted league match.
According to the players, they didn't tell the referee until the puck（冰球）drop that their goalie was blind- information with which he didn't really know what to do.
In an interview with CTV Edmonton , Rego explains he keeps himself centered in the goal by measuring the distance between the posts with his stick and his glove. After he uses sound to key into where the puck is and if it's being challenged, all the while he follows verbal instructions from his loving wife Emelinda, in the stands telling the action.
The game was by no means a washout for Rego, because even though Rego's team lost, he hung in there and earned the respect and admiration of the team.
This remarkable night is just one step in Rego's hockey career and he wants to go further. Rego says, "If it's something you want to do, just do it. It's amazing to watch hockey, but it's even better to play it. ”
1. Why did Nelson Rego make a call to John Hunter?| A．To apply to be a goalie substitute. | B．To send him a nice chest protector. |
| C．To invite him to an ice hockey game. | D．To ask him to look for a sighted goalie. |
| A．His wife's devotion to his job. | B．How he plays as a blind goalie. |
| C．His deep love for ice hockey. | D．Why he dropped a puck in a game. |
| A．Gift. | B．Fight. |
| C．Change. | D．Failure. |
| A．Helpful and modest. | B．Polite and generous. |
| C．Ambitious and active. | D．Talented and hardworking. |
10 . All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I
I started my process of
On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. I
In the end, I came up a little short. Thirty feet or so
The next morning, I was ready to take on the
| A．searched | B．found | C．figured | D．realized |
| A．stranger | B．wonder | C．need | D．good |
| A．sorrow | B．excitement | C．surprise | D．delight |
| A．believing | B．denying | C．comforting | D．bettering |
| A．slow | B．fast | C．right | D．normal |
| A．waked | B．moved | C．ached | D．trembled |
| A．Gradually | B．Immediately | C．Fortunately | D．Abruptly |
| A．measured | B．sensed | C．walked | D．stared |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Otherwise |
| A．came out | B．took off | C．paid off | D．fell out |
| A．burning | B．breaking | C．emotion | D．passion |
| A．help | B．water | C．food | D．air |
| A．coach | B．voice | C．mind | D．body |
| A．threw | B．interrupted | C．connected | D．kept |
| A．target | B．dream | C．distance | D．task |
| A．Ignoring | B．Considering | C．Achieving | D．Adding |
| A．month | B．day | C．week | D．second |
| A．game | B．challenge | C．adventure | D．duty |
| A．formed | B．escaped | C．accepted | D．trapped |
| A．informed | B．persuaded | C．forced | D．encouraged |
