2 . It was a classic night. The noisy Mexico City gradually _________. The main stadium of Olympic track and field competition was enveloped in the _________.

After he _________ making the scenes the marathon winners received the trophies (奖品) and marked the victory, Greenspan, the world famous newsreel (新闻影片) producer, found the stadium _________. It was time for him to return to the hotel for a rest. He was about to _________ when he suddenly saw a bandaged man with his right leg stained with _________ run into the stadium. This man ran _________ out of breath, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the runway for a circle and got to the _________, he collapsed on the ground.

Greenspan guessed this was a marathon athlete. Out of _________, he went over to ask why the athlete wanted to run to the goal with such great __________.

The young man called Kowari from Tanzania replied gently, “That my __________ sent me here from more than 20,000 kilometres is __________ to let me stand on the starting line in the competition, but makes me __________ the game. I want to run to the goal, though I have __________ all other runners, but I have a clear goal like them: I will run to the goal. Though the audience won’t __________ me anymore, my motherland is __________ me from behind…”

“Tears welled up in Greenspan’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most __________ scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every corner of the world.

Life should include a dream of reaching the peak, __________ we should understand not everybody has the __________ to do it. The most important is not whether we can reach the peak but whether we have made the greatest __________—to reach the goal in the mind is a success.

5 . I come from a family that loves sports. My father coaches Little League baseball. My mother swims nearly every weekend. My brother is on his high-school basketball team, and I am the best hitter on my middle-school volleyball team. All of us have benefited(受益）from sports. One of the most common ways for kids to take part in sports is to join a team. Joining a sports team should be a school requirement.

Playing sports is good for both the body and mind. Everyone knows that exercise helps people stay fit. For example, swimming helps your heart work better and it also helps build muscle strength(肌肉力量）. In addition, school athletes(运动员） often have a healthy diet. I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and avoid fatty foods because I must stay in great condition.

Being on a team allows students to enjoy a healthier social life. They often make more friends and can be some of the most popular kids in school. Since joining the basketball team, my brother has made friends with a lot of his tea mates and has showed more interest in spending time with them.

Kids who take part in school teams sometimes earn college scholarships(奖学金）. My brother's friend, Justin, played football in high school. His family did not have money to send him to college. However, a college invited him to play on its team. The college is paying for him to go to school. Joining a team turned out to be one of the best decisions he had ever made. Now he studies at a great college and plays on its football team Not every school athlete gets a college scholarship, but joining a school team-makes it possible.

Although some people may not like the idea of forcing students to join a school team, its many benefits such as keeping kids heal thy, new friendships, and possible scholarships cannot be denied(否认）.

Andy is part of an android football team. He is able to run very     1     (quick). He has learned to signal to his    2    (teammate) in computer language. Once a year they are allowed to get together     3     (play) a game of football. Last year, they won     4     (two) place in Seattle Competition. Personally, Andy thinks the team     5     won first place cheated. He thinks his team should encourage the programmer to improve     6     (they) intelligence. In a way, the programmer     7     (be) like a coach and programs players     8     all possible moves. Andy is looking forward to     9     (play) against a human team because he has been programmed to act just like     10     man with the help of his electronic brain.

8 . Why play sports? You might say “to get exercise” and you would be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more.     1     According to the Women's Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that athletics will take up all your study time.     2     Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration, which can give active girls an advantage in the classroom.

Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills.     3     When working with coaches, trainers , and teammates to win games and achieve goals, you're learning how to be successful. Those skills will serve you well at work and in family life.

Sports are good for a girl's health. In addition to being fit and keeping a healthy weight, girls who play sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, girls who exercise are less likely to get breast cancer or osteoporosis(骨质疏松症).

Playing sports improves self-confidence.     4     Why? It builds confidence when you know you can practice, improve, and achieve your goals. Sports are also a feel-good activity because they help girls get in shape, keep a healthy weight, and make new friends.

    5     Playing sports can reduce stress and help you feel a little happier. How? The brain chemicals leased during exercise improve a person's mood. Friends are another mood-lifter. And being in a team creates tight bonds between friends. It's good to know your teammates will support you-both on and off the field!

9 . Tired of your quiet day-to-day life? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport?

You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you’re halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some hilly areas. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s and became an Olympic sport in 1996.

Not challenging enough? Skydivers jump from planes at a height of 1,000 to 4,000 meters. You have to be fit but there’s no age limit with this sport. For example, Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. The minute she came down, she wanted to go up again. She said: “It was so attractive”.

Some adventures have invented base jumping, in which people jump from tall structures, such as buildings or bridges, with a parachute. Many of their jumps aren’t legal, especially in the cities.Dan Witchalls has jumped off The Shard —London’s 310 meter-high building four times.He says, “Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there is no sense of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars, the experience makes it very real.”

It seems there’s no shortage of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart beating wildly. Surfing, diving, rock climbing ...And how about extreme ironing? That is, pressing your clothes on top of a mountain! Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in England by a man who saw a large amount of wrinkled clothes and felt bored when doing the cloth ironing. That man was Phil Shaw. For him, the excitement of this sport comes from looking at the viewers’ faces. Shaw says, “Sometimes they look confused; sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people react to it.”

You’ve probably seen the term extreme sports in magazines, heard about it on the evening news, and seen it     1     (advertise) in sporting goods stores. So, what exactly are extreme sports?

During the 1970s and 1980s, the term “extreme sports”     2     (use) for sports that were often dangerous and could result in injury or even death. Today, however, extreme sports also include     3     (activity) that give a feeling of adventure without     4     (necessary) putting your life in danger. For every extreme sport there is professional equipment that has been   developed     5     (protect) your body and improve your performance.

Extreme sports cover a wide     6     (vary) of activities. Some extreme sports have developed     7     a familiar activity, like mountain biking. Some extreme sports may not be well-known. Bouldering, for example, is a type of rock climbing in     8     no rope is used. It usually takes place in an area with large rocks or in climbing centers.

People have never stopped     9     (develop) new types of extreme activities. These sports are gaining     10     large audience and growing in popularity, especially among young people.