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 lover, 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.

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. I also played on the field hockey team and the basketball team. And at home, playing tennis, skating, skiing and biking were simply normal things we did. During the 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 money to use to join a gym.

So, though it shocks some of our friends, that early foundation continued in adulthood into a sports and fitness focus, considered important 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．Stress.

B．Threat.

C．Shame.

D．Glory.

2. According to the author, what contributes to her victory in the Softball Throw event?

A．Her confidence in her sports skills.	B．The efforts she put into exercising.
C．Her advanced sports gloves and hats.	D．The strong influence of her father.

3. What happened after the author stepped into adulthood?

A．She changed the focus into reading.	B．She stuck to working out.
C．She regularly exercised on weekends.	D．She joined Royal Canadian Air Force.

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

A．To express her love for sports.	B．To show her father’s guidance on sports.
C．To stress the advantages of physical exercise.	D．To share her childhood memories about sports.

4 . 请你写一篇短文向校英文报“Sports and Health”栏目投稿，向同学们推荐一项适合课间开展的运动，内容包括：
1. 介绍这项运动；
2. 说明推荐理由。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答：

Stand Up and Exercise, Everybody!

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5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many parents don’t know how much exercise their children need to do every day to stay     1     (health). The National Health Service guidance states that children     2     are aged from five to eighteen should do one hour of exercise every day, which about seventy percent of adults in the UK never mind. The research of 2,000 adults     3     (find) that only a quarter knew the exercise time recommended for young people.

The Youth Sport Trust leader, Ali Oliver said, “We have seen a drop in young people’s physical activity in recent     4     (year).” It is often     5     (report) that pupils are taken out of PE lessons to prepare for exams.

Meanwhile, figures from Sport England show only 17.5% of children are doing sports continuously. There is also a     6     (differ) among children from various economic (经济) backgrounds, with 39% of those from poor families doing     7     (little) than thirty minutes of exercise a day, compared with 26% from rich families.

This week thousands of people will get together     8     (celebrate) National School Sport Week, with     9    aim of promoting (推进) the importance of exercise and bringing great benefit     10     young people.

6 . People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms. Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.

How do people climb the wall? To climb need special shoes and a harness (保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

Climbing’ attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Climbing is beneficial to one’s mind and body.

B．It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.

C．People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.

D．It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is ________.

A．to tie ropes to your harness	B．to control your fear
C．to move away from the wall	D．to climb straight up

3. What does the underlined word “workout” in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A．Settlement.

B．Exercise.

C．Excitement.

D．Tiredness.

4. Where do you suppose this text comes from?

A．A science book.	B．A research report.
C．A sports magazine.	D．A sports history book.

7 . 假定你是李华，你的爱尔兰笔友 Chris 发邮件说对你们学校刚刚结束的运动会非常感兴趣，想具体了解你们是怎样举行运动会的，请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍运动会过程；
2. 分享个人收获；
3. 希望得到 Chris 的反馈。
注意：词数 80 左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours,

Li Hua

8 . 假定你是李华，最近你参加了你校篮球队与中华中学篮球队的友谊赛。请你写一篇短文向校英语报投稿。内容包括：
1. 比赛的时间和地点；
2. 你的经历和感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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9 . When it comes to being fit and healthy, we’re often reminded to aim to walk 10,000 steps every day. This can make many unhappy because it is a task difficult to achieve, especially when we’re busy with work and other businesses — and yet where did this number actually come from?

The 10,000 steps a day target sens to have come about from a trade name pedometer (计步器) sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan. The device was called “Manpo-kei”, which translates to “10,000 steps meter”. This was a marketing tool for the device and has seemed to have stuck across the world as the daily step target. It’s even included in daily activity targets by popular smart watches,such as Fitbit.

Research has since investigated the 10,000 steps a day target. But while some research has shown health benefits at 10,000 steps, recent research from Harvard Medical School has shown that,on average, around 4,400 steps a day is enough to clearly lower the risk of death in women. This was when compared to only walking around 2,700 steps daily. The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was, before leveling off at around 7,500 steps a day. No additional benefits were seen with more steps. Although it’s uncertain whether similar results would be seen in men, it’s one example of how moving a little bit more daily can improve health and lower risk of death.

Recent research at the University of Texas has also shown that if you’re walking fewer than 5,000 steps a day, your body is less able to metabolize (新陈代谢) fat the following day. A buildup of fat in the body can also increase a person’s likelihood of developing heart disease and diabetes. This is further supported by earlier research which showed people who walked less than 4,000 steps a day could not change this decreased fat metabolism.

If you want to increase how many steps you get daily, or simply want to move more, one easy way includes walking to work if possible, or taking part of an online exercise program if you’re working from home. Meeting with friends for a walk — rather than in a cafe or pub — can also be useful.

1. What does the author think of the 10,000 steps every day?

A．It is hard to achieve for many people.

B．It is likely to go out of style quickly.

C．It is obviously good for women only.

D．It is helpful to slow fat metabolism.

2. What does research from the Harvard Medical School suggest about the target?

A．It matters as much as 7,500 steps a day.

B．The more steps, the lower risk of death.

C．A bit more than the target can improve health.

D．About half that target appears to be enough.

3. What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Absence of earlier research.

B．Recent findings of fat buildup.

C．Problems of less daily walking.

D．Possible causes of physical challenges.

4. Which of the following is one of the suggested ways according to the passage?

A．Working at home.	B．Treating friends in a cafe or pub.
C．Driving to work.	D．Signing up for online exercise programs.

10 . 学生进入高中以后，心理压力越来越大，身体也很虚弱。假设你是学生会主席李华，学校英文社团请你写一封倡议书，主题为“Run for Half an Hour Every Day”。
写作要点：1．提出倡议背景：2．倡议原因：3．提出呼吁。
注意：1．写作词数应为80左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．请按如下格式作答。

Run for Half an Hour Every Day

Dear fellow students.
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The English Club