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WHO WE ARE

China Daily and its Discover Beautiful China platform (dbc.chinaservicesinfo.com), China Daily Website and China Daily App are calling for submissions (提交) of photos and videos from now until 30 December 2022.

Organizations and individuals, both in China and around the world, are welcome to share with us works describing the beautiful country of China.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Photos or short videos with four major themes:

•Sceneries of China

•Cityscapes in China

•Customs unique to China

•Cultural heritage of China

Languages in either English or Chinese are preferred.

WHAT YOU CAN GET

Among prizes/awards to be given to the individual winners, we offer a top prize of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,496). Some of the best works have a chance to be featured on the China Daily Website, dbc.chinaservicesinfo.com, and China Daily App (with 37 million users).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1. Photos

No more than 10 photos, 5 MB at most for each; with a caption (说明文字) of up to 200 words; format (格式) in JPG or PNG

2. Videos

Format: MP4 or MOV

Size: 1 GB at most, less than 4 minutes

Caption: 200-500 English or Chinese words to give a brief introduction

HOW TO SUBMIT

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1. What’s the purpose of the above event?

A．To share some tips.	B．To collect some works.
C．To introduce some photos.	D．To recommend some videos.

2. Which of the following is welcome?

A．A 6MB photo.	B．A 2GB video.
C．A PNG photo.	D．A 5-minute video.

3. What must you do to take part in the event?

A．Focus on Chinese sceneries.	B．Join an organization in China.
C．Use captions in the Chinese language.	D．Submit your work(s) by 30 December 2022.

3 . The first time I realized that I had a love for sports competitions was during the Field Day in elementary school. Small for my age, and more of a bookworm than a sports enthusiast, I had suffered that special humiliation of being picked last for various gym teams. The Field Day, which focused on individual skills, was different. In the Softball Throw event, I got my first taste of sporting victory. Credit goes to the example of my first coach, my father. He lifted weights every morning at home. He bought us all baseball gloves and hats, and in the warm months, we spent hours playing catch. Come fall, our backyard football games began with passing practice.

Once I got to sixth grade and switched to private school, our entire student body was assigned to either the Red or the White team. Throughout the year, we competed against each other in various games and exercises for points. I eventually became president of The Committee of Games, accelerating (加速) my competitive fever. However, in girls’ sports games at my school, I was no star. I also played on the field hockey team and the basketball team. School sports did not bleed into the weekends, as they do today, but at home, playing tennis, skating, skiing and biking were simply normal things we did. During break time, magazines were also quite popular for us teens. These regularly featured articles on physical exercise. Somehow, my college roommate and I took up the habit of completing Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) exercises every day, a practice that continued into my marriage, when we had no spare funds to use to join a gym.

So, though it shocks some of our friends, that early foundation evolved in adulthood into a sports and fitness focus, considered essential even on vacation. I still love reading and the arts, too. As far as I’m concerned, life is the richest with my feet in both worlds.

1. What does the underlined word “humiliation” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．responsibility

B．panic

C．shame

D．desire

2. What did the author owe her victory in the Softball Throw event to?

A．Her advanced sports outfits.	B．Her confidence in her sports ability.
C．The sports talent inherited from her father.	D．The example and training offered by her father.

3. What happened after the author stepped into adulthood?

A．She generally exercised on weekends.	B．She joined Royal Canadian Air Force.
C．She preferred reading to exercising.	D．She maintained her love for sports.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?

A．To describe how her father built her interest in sports.

B．To recall her childhood memories about sports.

C．To express her passion for sports and fitness.

D．To emphasize the benefits of physical exercise.

4 . The Winter Olympic Games are not just an opportunity for athletes to win medals and honour for their countries. Every four years, the Games also offer audiences a chance to get to know more about winter sports from around the world. The Winter Olympics may not have the large crowds and huge stars of its summer sibling, but they share the same Olympic spirit.

Skiing

One of the most popular sports of the Winter Olympic Games is skiing. Skiers compete in the downhill and slalom(回转赛), and in the short and long cross-country ski races. Skiing was originally a sport played only in cold northern countries, but now athletes from all over the world compete in this sport, even those from countries without any snow!

Skating

Skaters compete with each other in speed races or in figure-skating events. The figure-skaters are generally considered to be the stars of the Winter Olympic Games. These ice princes and princesses are so graceful that it’s easy to forget that they are actually highly skilled athletes.

The skeleton

The skeleton is one of the strangest-name d sports of the Olympics. The skeleton is named after the shape of the metal sleds used in the 1890s, when the sport first started. The skeleton is a downhill sled race, usually on ice. This sport looks a little like the luge(无舵雪橇), where a person sits on the back of the sled with his or her feet forward, but the skeleton is a lot more exciting and dangerous than that. In the skeleton, a person lies on his or her stomach on the sled, with his or her head pointing downhill!

1. What is the sibling of the Winter Olympics?

A．Skiing.	B．Skating.
C．The skeleton.	D．The Summer Olympics.

2. What can we learn about Skiing?

A．It can involve speed and graceful figures.

B．It is the most dangerous sport of the Olympics.

C．It first started only in cold northern countries.

D．It was originally played in the 1890s and usually on ice.

3. How does the writer describe figure-skaters?

A．They compete in the downhill and slalom.

B．They are both graceful and highly skilled.

C．They sit on the sled with their feet forward.

D．They lie on the stomach with heads downward.

6 . The grandmother from Shanghai has become a minor celebrity in recent months as her newfound and unlikely love for working out made national headlines.

According to Chen Jifang’s trainer, who helped to manage the Douyin account, she _________ more than 400, 000 followers within just a few months.

“The main group that I wanted to _________ was people at ages of 30 to 50,” says Chen. “I think they will be _________ to work out in the gym after seeing that a granny like me can. The _________ I want to convey (传达) is that it is never too late to pursue good _________.”

For Chen, her passion for _________ was born out of a need instead of a _________ to become famous. According to Chen, her health had been poor since she was a child. After becoming a gym goer in December 2018, Chen lost 14 kilos (30 pounds) in three months and many of her physical conditions are_________.

Chen, who has a grandson aged 14, recalled the _________ looks she got the first time she walked through the gym door.

“They found it very __________. They don’t usually see people at such an old age who __________ their health so much,” she says.

“If your muscles are __________ and powerful, they will protect your bones if you fall. The elderly are most afraid of __________,” she said.

She __________, “At our age, it is not how much money you have, who you are, or how good your children are that matters. You just want a __________ record as short as possible.”

1.

A．admired

B．attracted

C．hired

D．scared

2.

A．tell

B．owe

C．encourage

D．amuse

3.

A．motivated

B．reported

C．anticipated

D．allowed

4.

A．impression

B．message

C．secret

D．news

5.

A．work

B．luck

C．education

D．health

6.

A．exercise

B．media

C．life

D．attention

7.

A．judgement

B．restriction

C．desire

D．task

8.

A．following

B．increasing

C．delaying

D．improving

9.

A．astonished

B．excited

C．frightened

D．annoyed

10.

A．natural

B．strange

C．vital

D．unbearable

11.

A．break from

B．depend on

C．suffer from

D．care about

12.

A．suitable

B．weak

C．strong

D．hard

13.

A．bleeding

B．falling

C．arguing

D．walking

14.

A．replied

B．announced

C．added

D．interrupted

15.

A．medical

B．sport

C．grade

D．travel

8 . 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你校英国交换生Jim在给你的邮件中提到他想报名参加主题为“魅力中国”(Charming China)的网络短视频大赛，向你征求创意，请你给Jim回信，内容包括：
1.推荐最值得拍摄的内容；
2.说明推荐理由；
3.表达祝福。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.参考词汇：a short video contest 短视频比赛；martial arts 武术；calligraphy 书法；paper-cutting 剪纸；traditional festivals 传统节日
Dear Jim,
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Yours, Li Hua

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about Kingswell Sports club?

A．It is a tennis club.

B．It is a golf club.

C．It is a football club.

2. Where can people relax after exercise?

A．In a restaurant.

B．In a bar.

C．At a swimming pool.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Teacher and student.

B．Boss and secretary.

C．The club worker and customer.

10 . It is hard to say I was a runner years ago. The longest I had ever run was 5 km. What’s more, I didn’t like running. No matter how hard I tried, every so often I would fasten my old shoes, walk out of the house with heavy steps, get less than a mile in and wonder why I was bothering, especially when there are many more satisfying ways of exercising.

Before last summer, I had never taken part in any kind of race at all. But at the end of July, I completed a triathlon(三项全能)after two weeks’ training. At the end of it came the run—which ended up more like a walk. Then I realized something about it attracted me. The extremely painful fun of doing something I hated and was unprepared for turned out to be an excitement. The difficulty felt like something to test my abilities.

When an invitation of the Berlin Marathon dropped onto my desk a few weeks after the triathlon, it felt like a change of fate. After the triathlon, I didn’t say I should start running at once. Was it because I hate running? In fact, in course of running I enjoyed the joy of exceeding my limits. I felt necessary to find out again where those limits might lie. So I said yes.

Training for a marathon often takes at least 20 weeks or more. The training plan becomes something to stop me worrying when the race seems too frightening. This worry feels impossible to avoid, but there is something equally sure about the training plan: if I follow it, then I have done everything I can; if I do everything I can, then I won’t regret what comes at the end.

1. What aspect of the triathlon drew the writer?

A．The special feeling of facing a challenge.

B．The fun of walking to the finish line.

C．The excitement of winning a race.

D．The two-week painful training.

2. Why did the writer accept the invitation of the Berlin Marathon?

A．He was eager to change his destiny.

B．He wasn’t supposed to stop running.

C．He wanted to realize his full potential.

D．He was keen on taking part in another triathlon.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the writer?

A．Patient and pessimistic.	B．Courageous and determined.
C．Helpful and persistent.	D．Energetic and changeable.

4. What can be learned from the text?

A．A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

B．Challenge ourselves to live without regrets.

C．Life is full of challenges that can’t be avoided.

D．Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind.