1. At what age did Simon enter his first under-eighteen competition?
A.Five. | B.Eleven. | C.Thirteen. |
A.To travel around the country. |
B.To reflect on his past experiences. |
C.To make the most of his teenage life. |
A.Earn good grades. |
B.Make more friends. |
C.Get picked for his country. |
2 . Teenagers have long been told that being active and taking part in various sports is good for their health. But new research suggests that too much sport for teenagers could negatively affect their well-being just as much as too little sport.
Researchers from Switzerland say their study suggests that 14 hours of physical activity a week is best for promoting good health in teenagers. However, they found that more than 14 hours appears to be detrimental to their health. To reach their findings, the researchers surveyed more than 1,245 teenagers aged between 16 and 20 from Switzerland.
All participants were required to answer questions on height and weight, sports practice, sports injuries and well-being. Their well-being was assessed(评估) using the World Health Organization (WHO) Well-Being Index,and the average well-being score for all participants was 17.
The researchers divided sports participation into low (0—3.5 hours a week), average (3.6— 10.5 hours), high (10.6— 17.5 hours), and very high (more than 17.5 hours).The researchers found that participants in the low and very high activity groups were more than twice as likely to have well-being scores below 13, compared with participants in the average group. The researchers found that the highest well-being scores were gotten by participants who carried cut around 14 hours of physical activity a week, but exercising beyond 14 hours resulted in lower well-being scores.
Commenting on their findings, the researchers say physical activity has been connected with positive emotional well-being, reduced sadness, anxiety and stress disorders, and improved self-respect in teenagers.
The researchers suggest that their study stresses the importance for physicians caring for teenagers to check their level of sports practice and ask them about their well-being. Teenagers probably need a supportive and closer follow-up of their health and well-being. The findings can provide information for guideline groups who produce recommendations on sports practice for teenagers.
1. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Useless. | B.Important. | C.Reasonable. | D.Harmful. |
A.To much sport is less healthy than what is traditionally believed. |
B.Both low and high sports participation help teenagers improve confidence. |
C.Very high activity groups tend to get higher well-being scores. |
D.Low spirit participation is proved to be the cause of obesity. |
A.A research paper. | B.A health magazine. |
C.A business report. | D.A fitness diary. |
A.Measures to improve teenagers’ well-being. |
B.Concerns of physicians about teenagers' well-being. |
C.Importance of physical activities on teenagers'well-being. |
D.Relationship between sports participation and teenagers' well-being. |
3 . Most people in their eighties would consider themselves lucky not to have health problems, but this is not the case with Toshisuke Kanazawa. The 82-year-old Japanese bodybuilder is not only in perfect physical condition, but also looks better than a lot of men a quarter his age.
Kanazawa is a living example that you’re never too old to hit the gym and achieve the body you’ve always dreamed of. A champion bodybuilder in his youth, Kanazawa stopped exercising completely after he retired(退休) at age 34, drinking, smoking and eating whatever he liked. It wasn’t until he turned 50 that he wanted to regain the perfect body of his younger years.
Kanazawa’s wife felt sick frequently, and the former bodybuilder remembered that she had never been happier than when he won the national championship. So, to please her, he decided to return to the gym and completely change his diet.
His workout schedule had to change according to his age. In his youth, he would spend up to six hours training in the gym every day, and his body would recover within two days after a particularly intensive workout, but that was not the case anymore. He cut the daily gym time to three hours and started giving his body one week to recover after exercising every muscle group.
Kanazawa’s efforts paid off. In 2016, at the age of 80, Kanazawa defeated many opponents and placed sixth in the world in a match for bodybuilders over 65, and won the admiration of the crowd.
Sport keeps this elderly man healthy, as he has not suffered so much as a cold since he started bodybuilding again at age 50.
“I want to be a super old man in the bodybuilder community,” Kanazawa said, “If I have a goal, I can continue moving forward. I have to work much harder.”
1. What can we learn about Kanazawa from paragraph 2?A.He started bodybuilding at the age of 34. |
B.He seldom exercised when he was young. |
C.He had serious health problems in his youth. |
D.He developed an unhealthy lifestyle after he retired. |
A.To make a living | B.To help change his diet. |
C.To cheer up his wife. | D.To recover from illness. |
A.He went on a diet. |
B.He turned to the doctor for advice. |
C.He combined relaxation with exercise. |
D.He spent up to six hours training every day. |
A.Bodybuilding: No Age Limit |
B.Champion: The Result of Workout |
C.Understanding: A Secret to Happiness |
D.Exercise: The Best Medicine for Illnesses |
4 . Yoga has been around for roughly 5, 000 years but it is more popular today than ever. An estimated 300 million people play yoga worldwide. Experts say its accessibility and the fact that you can practice it anywhere are big reasons why.
Yoga can improve your posture and balance, strengthen bones and muscles and keep your back and joints healthy.
Many people adopt yoga as a form of exercise.
A.Different poses offer different benefits. |
B.The detailed advantages are as follows. |
C.Actually, yoga is a way of life at its roots. |
D.This exercise is said to strengthen your body. |
E.Yoga seems unlikely to send you to the hospital. |
F.A lot of studies have been carried out about yoga. |
G.The aim of this pose is to settle your mind and body. |
Jasmine Jones is a small, quiet, brainy fifth-grader at Frederick Douglass Elementary School. Most classmates think she’s smart and cool. But an athlete? Nobody saw that coming.
Jasmine has always been the shortest among her friends, but her height never seemed a problem till she wanted to try out for the girls’ basketball team. She knew that being short was a disadvantage, but Jasmine enjoyed a challenge.
She also had a secret weapon. Her tough-but-sweet aunt Kinika, had been a pretty good college basketball player.
“Hey, auntie,” Jasmine texted Kinika one September afternoon, “any chance you can help me become a better b-ball player?”
“Yes! How about Skyland Park tomorrow at 4?” Kinika texted back.
The next afternoon, Kinika worked with Jasmine on the fundamentals — dribbling (运球), bringing the ball down court, playing defense. She also laid down some advice, “Practice is important. The harder you work, the more you will have to show for it.” Kinika said, “But the biggest thing about basketball, Jas, is to play together. It’s a team sport.”
Jasmine listened. After school, three times per week, Kinika met her at the park for practice.
In late September, the Douglass Dragons’ basketball teams conducted tryouts. During the tryout, she focused on the court, hit a few three-point shots, and impressed Coach Simone with her willingness to pass the ball. When the Dragon Girls team list was posted the next day, Jasmine’s name was on it, along with Maria, Whitney, Rachel Soon came the regular season.
The Dragon Girls lost their first three games by lopsided (悬殊的) scores, leading Jasmine to ask her aunt for some extra help. The day after the third game, Kinika stopped by to watch the team practice. With Coach Simone’s permission, Kinika worked with the players in an hour-long session, helping Maria improve her outside shots, encouraging Rachel to pass more, and showing Whitney a better way to set up before free throws. As for Jasmine, her real value was her speed, so Kinika focused on teaching her how to get to the basket quickly.
“Your aunt is the best!” The girls told Jasmine afterwards. Jasmine felt she really belonged on the team.
要求:1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The fourth game of the season was against the McMeen Elementary Coyotes.
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With just 10 seconds left, the McMeen Elementary Coyotes took the lead by one point.
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Two years ago, Song Fei’s muscle pain was getting worse, despite years of gym exercise. A month after
China’s taijiquan has become
This integration of traditional wisdom into modern lifestyles
7 . 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. |
A.Encouraging researchers to work out. | B.Helping with researchers’ inquiry. |
C.Hold back researchers’ progress. | D.Drawing researchers’ attention. |
A.By carrying out survey. | B.By observing their routines. |
C.By doing medical examinations. | D.By analyzing the medical data. |
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. |
8 . My mother turned ninety. I knew I needed to find a senior
I called a nearby center, “Do you have aerobics (有氧运动) classes
When I came into the room, a woman
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A.leisure | B.fitness | C.community | D.learning |
A.change | B.remember | C.wait | D.enjoy |
A.exercise | B.aim | C.challenge | D.plan |
A.attached | B.familiar | C.suitable | D.important |
A.comforted | B.invited | C.promised | D.welcomed |
A.sure | B.disappointed | C.anxious | D.hopeful |
A.make up for | B.look down on | C.get down to | D.keep up with |
A.greeted | B.recognized | C.helped | D.introduced |
A.relax | B.pull | C.work | D.use |
A.acceptance | B.agreement | C.understanding | D.conclusion |
A.Luckily | B.Suddenly | C.Naturally | D.Surprisingly |
A.problem | B.contribution | C.standard | D.focus |
A.lonely | B.absent | C.unhappy | D.tired |
A.fail | B.manage | C.try | D.continue |
A.backgrounds | B.connections | C.skills | D.duties |
1. 写信目的;
2. 情况介绍:设备(equipment)多样、教练专业、营业时间;
3. 约定一起锻炼。
注意:1. 写作词数应为80左右;2. 可适当增加细节,使行文连贯。
Dear Simon,
How are you doing?
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Yours,
Li Hua
10 . Marathon is one of the most difficult races in track and field, at a little over 42 kilometers. To be a world-class marathoner, you must run that distance in two and a half hours. But for some, completing a marathon race is a lifelong dream.
Jacqueline’s dream of being a world-class runner began when she was a child in Kenya. She soon realized she had the talent and the willpower to compete. She also knew she would have to train full-time, which meant not being able to work to help support her family. But she was confident that she could bring home prize money.
Jacqueline traveled to China to compete in the Zheng-Kai marathon knowing she had a good shot at winning the race, but more importantly, the $10,000 prize that went with it. She was leading the women’s division when a male runner arrived at the water station. The man had trouble drinking water because a birth defect (缺陷) had left him without hands, and he struggled to drink from a plastic bottle. But any assistance from fans or race officials would result in his disqualification. Jacqueline noticed the man and immediately knew that he needed help. She grabbed a water bottle and helped him get the water his body needed to complete the race.
Runner after runner passed Jacqueline. Her hopes of winning were getting lost in numerous runners ahead of her. With only 4 kilometers left in the race, and certain that the male runner would now finish, Jacqueline picked up her pace and finally finished second.
That day, Jacqueline missed out on first place, but she finished something more important: humanity. She returned home with the smaller prize of second place, but to her family, she brought home something much more valuable to home: the right example.
1. What can we know about Jacqueline from paragraph 2?A.Her goal was to win a championship. | B.Her family opposed her going for a run. |
C.She was born with little sports gift. | D.She had to train full-time to achieve her dream. |
A.No assistance was allowed. | B.He was disabled. |
C.He had no access to the water station. | D.He competed with other runners for water. |
A.She won second place at last. | B.She was disqualified for going against rules. |
C.She was criticised by her family. | D.She fell behind several runners and gave up. |
A.Cautious. | B.Approving. | C.Indifferent. | D.Disappointed |