1 . Thousands of runners did up their running shoes and poured out from the starting line while crowds cheered along the course. Marathons in China are picking up the pace again.
According to the Chinese Athletics Association, a total of 133 marathons across the country have been registered for the first six months of the year. On March 26, more than 300,000 runners took part in 26 marathon events nationwide, reported China Daily.
Teenagers have also taken part in marathons. Xu Qian, a 15-year-old teenager from Suqian, Jiangsu, loves running. He got first place in the 5-kilometer Happy Run of the Jingdong Suqian Marathon held on April 2.
For Xu, the race meant months of training and preparation. He ran about 30 to 40 kilometers in local stadiums each week ahead of the run. “Compared with the 800-meter run at school which is more about speed, a marathon tests a runner’s endurance (耐力) and psychological quality,” he told Teens. When he felt tired during the race, he told himself not to give up. “In long-distance running, the only opponent you have to beat is yourself,” Xu added.
Apart from one’s willpower, kindness from the audience also plays a big part in helping runners get to the finishing line. Li Zhouzi from Shanxi took part in a 3-kilometer Kid Run of the Berlin Marathon in Germany in 2019 when she was 10. The support from the people cheering along the course really encouraged her.
“When things were hard, people from across the world cheered me on. Even if it was just the words ‘keep it up’, it meant a lot to me and I was inspired to keep going to the end,” Li told Teens.
She believes that running a marathon is about staying focused on the final goal, not the suffering along the way. “Likewise, our life is also a marathon,” Li said.
1. How is marathon in China according to the text?| A．Strange. | B．Outdated. | C．Popular. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Runners’ psychological quality determines their speed. |
| B．Marathon has positive influence on his body and mind. |
| C．Speed is the only way to beat opponents during the race. |
| D．Unlike long-distance running, the 800-meter run tests runners’ endurance. |
| A．It gave her confidence in life. |
| B．It didn’t make a big difference. |
| C．It made her depressed. |
| D．It gave her strength to race to the end. |
| A．Their life goals. |
| B．Their competition age group. |
| C．Their way of being encouraged. |
| D．Their character of being fearless of difficulties. |
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Dear Tom,
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I would be very pleased to see you have a stronger body.
Yours,
Li Hua
3 . Just Cycle And Fold Away
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1. What can people do with a Roger Black Folding Bike?| A．Cycle in the mountains. | B．Work out at home. |
| C．Hang their clothes. | D．Get a discount. |
| A．Easy storage. | B．Reasonable price. |
| C．Comfortable seats. | D．Excellent quality. |
| A．A textbook. | B．A scientific report. |
| C．A magazine. | D．An academic article. |
Saturday afternoon at the Main Media Center, six front-line workers of the Hangzhou Asian Games
The spotlight may not shine as
At the conference, Asiad Daily’s very own Shi Futian, a sports reporter and new media personality at English-language newspaper China Daily, shared the inspiration
Lyu Shuyi, a security staff member at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, has been responsible
5 . When Nigeria’s first-ever female taekwondo (跆拳道) Olympian Princess Dudu was fighting on the Olympic mat sat Athens 2004, five-year-old Elizabeth Anyanacho was enjoying one of her favourite movies at her home in Abuja.
She knows that the Olympics are not a joke, and she dreams of being a role model to other women. At 16, Anyanacho wanted to try out a sport. She began training with the track and field team at a local stadium in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.
During one of her training courses, she was spotted by Chika Chukwumerije who was at the stadium to identify up-and-coming talent to train for taekwondo. “In 2015, I went to the stadium to find tall boys and girls. Her body structure fits the body of a taekwondo athlete. She had never done sport in her life,” said Chukwumerije, now the technical director at Nigerian Taekwondo. Chukwumerije, a three-time Olympian figured Anyanacho’s long legs would give her an edge over opponents (对手) when she is kicking from a distance.
“I was happy to give it a try,” said Anyanacho. “I was excited when I discovered taekwondo.” Anyanacho spent more time training and improving her skills. She was outstanding on the mat. In her first competition in 2017 held in neighbouring Ghana, she won gold. The national under-67kg champion has competed in 13 tournaments (联赛), winning eight of them and finishing twice in second and three times in third place. All these events formed part of the road that led her to Tokyo.
“Taekwondo has given me confidence, exposed me to different cultures and I have made friends from all over the world. I would not have had all these opportunities if it weren’t for taekwondo,” said Anyanacho. In addition to her Olympic goals, she hopes her rise can inspire more women.
1. What is Anyanacho’s dream?| A．To make more money. | B．To inspire more athletes. |
| C．To become a famous athlete. | D．To set an example for other women. |
| A．Long legs. | B．Perfect figures. | C．Good personalities. | D．Strong arms. |
| A．She benefited a lot from taekwondo. |
| B．She was good at making friends. |
| C．She used to lack responsibility. |
| D．She lost a lot of opportunities. |
| A．Creative and confident. | B．Humorous and clever. |
| C．Talented and inspiring. | D．Determined and brave. |
6 . My son loves hockey (曲棍球). As his supportive fan, I watched him paying in all the matches across half of USA this year, and I’ve learned that losing maybe best for kids.
In his third season in 2022, my son’s team never lost more than three straight games. There was happiness, boasting, celebration, pizza. In short, it was a typically good youth hockey season. He improved as a player, but did not much change as a person.
However, what happened the next year added its story to the legends of sporting inability. Not only weak but prettily bad, this team lost 40 of their first 50 games, most of the defeats coming in the course of two losing streaks (倒霉的时刻). For a time, I worried that these streaks would kill my child’s love of the game.
But that’s not what happened. As bad as it got, the losing was clarifying. It kept out the kids who were in it less for the game than the glory, leaving just the die-hards behind. What started as a list of 17 of the team was cut down to 12. It was especially instructive for the kids. It taught him a great truth of the world: For everyone good, there is someone better.
What more, the kids were learning the game in a way that only losing can teach. Each player got to play everywhere, to learn and appreciate the role of every position on the ice. They kept an eye on the payers from the other team too, studying and applying the tricks of success. In an effort to break the streak, they went back to basics, accepted the intelligence of the hockey ancients: If playing like a team, they can defeat a collection of all-stars; If doing small and unimportant tasks well, they can get the goal.
This new team had personalities and could never be listed, no matter the score. They had learned the most important lesson: You can lose without being beaten. They squeaked into the state game, then made it all the way to the final, where the winner was decided in overtime (超时赛). When they lost that game and went into the handshake line, it was not as runners-up but as a team that had been made into winners in the only way that will stick — by losing.
1. What does the author think about his son’s team in the third season in 2022?| A．The team succeeded as a result of good luck. |
| B．The team had an extremely impressive performance. |
| C．The team didn’t live up to the author’s expectations. |
| D．The team behaved rather badly in three straight games. |
| A．The losing improved their teamwork. |
| B．The losing made them better understand hockey. |
| C．The losing helped them learn a great truth of the world. |
| D．The losing kept true players instead of those for the glory. |
| A．They became the winner finally. |
| B．They didn’t start their training as beginners. |
| C．They have personalities that can be counted. |
| D．They applied themselves to improving their skill. |
| A．Falls seven times, stand up eight. |
| B．The hardest fight is to fight oneself. |
| C．God helps those who help themselves. |
| D．Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. |
Chloe Ho Pui-pui,
During the first few days of the event, it was hot and some people
8 . Tennis great Billie Jean King is a great athlete and a pioneer in sport and she won four singles titles at the US Open between 1967 and 1974. Now, the same tennis officials with whom she often competed with have paid her a special honor. US Open organizers named their venue (会场) the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at the beginning of this year’s championship. The decision came as a surprise to the star.
Billie Jean King had her first tennis lesson at the age of 11, and became interested in it. Six years later she made herself known winning the first of 20 titles at Wimbledon in the doubles championship. King went on to become the first female athlete to earn $100,000 in a year. But her greatest achievements may have been off the game. She devoted herself to fighting for equal status (地位) for women and women in sports that went far away from tennis.
A unique chance arrived and it proved a perfect way for King to further change the place of women in sports in 1973. She was challenged to play a man-tennis great Bobby Riggs. The men organizing the event expected it would provide great fun and the event was reported by sportscaster (体育评论员) Howard Cosell. But King found he focused on her appearance, never mentioning her athletic achievements. King saw it as a crossroad in her fighting for women’s equality in sports. She did win, further opening chances for girls in sports.
But some young female athletes now don’t take these chances seriously. When asked what they knew about Billie King, they looked puzzled. “They’ve got many chances to play and it’s a good thing. However, we still have a long way to go for girls and women in sports and that’s what I want-- I want the dream to be equal” She said.
1. Billie Jean King fought with tennis officials for ______.| A．better pay for herself | B．more chances to compete |
| C．the equality (平等) for women in sports | D．a special honor from them |
| A．her competition with Bobby Riggs in 1973 |
| B．being the first athlete to get a yearly income of $100,000 |
| C．the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
| D．her victory in the doubles championship |
| A．To attract more audience for the interests of the organizer. |
| B．To increase Billie King’s fame in the sports field. |
| C．To make the sport tennis popular: |
| D．To further open chances for women in sports. |
| A．has always been respected and honored in sports from the start |
| B．thinks that the status women have got in sports is high enough |
| C．is disappointed at not being recognized by young female athletes |
| D．thinks inequality between men and women in sports still exists |
| A．beautiful female athletes were not quite common |
| B．women athletes were looked down upon at that time |
| C．Billy King remained unknown at that time |
| D．he didn’t know much about Billie King. |
Games close with fond memories
The 31st FISU World University Games concluded on Tuesday night in Chengdu, Sichuan province,
The closing ceremony
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During the closing ceremony, the FISU flag was handed to a
1. Where is Jane going to do exercise?
| A．In her house. | B．In the gym. | C．In the stadium. |
| A．After supper. | B．In the afternoon. | C．During the early part of the day. |
| A．To lose weight. | B．To take part in a race. | C．To keep healthy. |
