1 . When winter came to Washington and the streets froze over, Henderson could finally teach his favorite sport hockey(冰球). One day in 1978, Henderson______there were too many kids to just keep playing in the street. He felt it was______, so he walked to the Fort Dupont Ice Arena and______ice time. As more kids came, he

kept buying ice time and,______, skates and sticks, too.

What______as a dad, son and neighborhood kids playing turned into the Fort Dupont Cannons, the oldest minority hockey______in North America. It______close to 50 players ages 8 to 18 each year for free; Henderson's original equipment bank has been filled through donations over the years. Participants are required to meet______standards.. Henderson______report cards for participants every academic quarter. If a player has a______grade, Henderson sends them to a classroom to do their homework.

To Henderson, his club was always about more than learning a new______or having fun. The team______its travel for tournaments to visit museums and sometimes colleges,______players from mostly lower- income families to new places. “Hockey has so many interesting______,” Henderson said. “It's a sport where you can use your______,your strength and your understanding. You can______how well you know your teammates without speaking. You have seconds to do what you have to do each time. so it______your attention nonstop.”

More than four decades later, Henderson is still______by the sport and his hockey club, mending and ordering equipment, checking report cards and so on.

Because of his______, Henderson was nominated(提名) as one of three finalists for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award, recognizing a figure who has______influenced his or her community, culture or society through hockey.

1.

A．declared

B．predicted

C．realized

D．hoped

2.

A．complex

B．satisfactory

C．dangerous

D．easy

3.

A．rented

B．enjoyed

C．forgot

D．delayed

4.

A．suddenly

B．eventually

C．luckily

D．strangely

5.

A．remained

B．returned

C．increased

D．began

6.

A．game

B．hall

C．club

D．medal

7.

A．controls

B．hires

C．treats

D．serves

8.

A．moral

B．academic

C．healthy

D．living

9.

A．checks

B．designs

C．buys

D．sends

10.

A．perfect

B．final

C．failing

D．specific

11.

A．sport

B．language

C．concept

D．book

12.

A．leaves

B．uses

C．changes

D．wastes

13.

A．adding

B．welcoming

C．exposing

D．accompanying

14.

A．characteristics

B．players

C．stories

D．styles

15.

A．patience

B．voice

C．kindness

D．speed

16.

A．report

B．show

C．promise

D．pretend

17.

A．limits

B．follows

C．escapes

D．holds

18.

A．protected

B．consumed

C．measured

D．puzzled

19.

A．contributions

B．equipment

C．strength

D．community

20.

A．impossibly

B．immediately

C．equally

D．positively

2 . Many people like to participate in running events.    1     Besides, people can also meet other people who share the common interest of running while participating in them. Actually there are a number of running events.

The most common type of running events is races.    2     For example, marathons and ultra-marathons are very long and challenging runs. A shorter race such as a 5K or 10K can be a good place to start.

    3     Sponsors (赞助商) who donated money to the runners have the satisfaction of helping a charity as well as helping their friends participate in a race. These events are scheduled every year in the same location or city, or by the same group or charity. It is a good way to raise money for a cause as well as to encourage physical fitness.

Of course, there are other events in addition to races.    4     During these events different schools will come to one location, and students will compete against each other in individual events. These might include distance runs or sprints (短跑), for example, among many others.

In addition to the running events sponsored by schools or charities, many people simply choose to create their own. It is common for people enjoying running to form a running group that meets regularly. There are many benefits of attending these running gatherings.    5    

A．They can be a great way to have fun.

B．People can benefit a lot from running.

C．Schools frequently have running meets or “field days”.

D．Some types of running events involve running long distances.

E．Many running events aim to raise money for certain charities.

F．One of them is that it is safer to run with a group rather than alone.

G．There are many kinds of races to suit different running ability levels.

3 . There are many ways to travel within a city. We can walk, cycle, or take a bus. But no matter which way we travel, we have to stick to the route(线路) the city planners laid down for us.

Parkour practitioners (跑酷爱好者), however, see the city in a completely different way. To them, there are no fixed routes. There are no walls and no stairs—since they jump, climb, roll and crawl to move across, through, over and under anything that they find in their path. The city is their playground.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has noticed that this activity is drawing more and more people to it—there are 100,000 people taking part in parkour today in the UK alone, according to the Guardian—and how it is helpful for people to be much stronger: It trains coordination and balance. So the organization is thinking about recognizing parkour as a new sport and adding it to the Olympics by 2024.

But parkour practitioners themselves don’t seem to be happy with the idea. They see parkour as “a lifestyle”, wrote the website NextSportStar. “It’s a competition against the conditions rather than just a sport.”

Indeed, many do parkour just to “escape the daily routine and experience the city in different ways”, wrote reporter Oli Mould on The Conversation. They see parkour as a way to express themselves through relaxing moves and creative routes while freeing themselves from the pressure.

It’s great that the FIG wants to develop new sport and stay close to a new cultural form. But it would be greater if they knew that not everything in life is a competition.

1. How do the parkour practitioners do parkour?

A．They move on as they wish.	B．They plan the way themselves.
C．They run faster than others.	D．They stick to certain routes.

2. Why does the FIG want to add parkour to the Olympics?

A．It’s a special way of life.	B．It draws their attention.
C．It’s good for people to keep healthy.	D．It needs some rules and instructions.

3. What is the author’s idea on parkour?

A．It is more formal than other sports.	B．It helps people to be creative.
C．It’s worth adding to the sporting event.	D．It calls on people to work as a team.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A new sports competition	B．Parkour practitioners
C．Training in a different way	D．Making the city their own

4 . Last weekend in Washington, D.C. 30 young researchers from across the nation were preparing for a competition. In a sense, all were winners already. After all, each had to beat out hundreds of others for the chance to arrive in the final. But only one competitor would take home the top prize: an educational award worth $25,000. Finally, Alaina Gassler, 14, won the top prize.

Alaina was one of the 30 finalists from 13 states who competed in the ninth yearly Broadcom MASTERS competition. Alaina and the other finalists had to be in sixth, seventh or eighth grade to attend the competition. What’s more, their research had to be judged within the top 10 percent of all projects. As usual, those projects all fell within the fields of science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Fifteen of the finalists took home major awards. For the first time this year, 60g% of the finalists were women.

Alaina developed a system whose goal is to improve driving safety. “Congratulations to Alaina, whose project has the possibility of reducing the number of traffic accidents,” said Maya Ajmera, president of Science and the Public, the organization that created the competition.

Alaina goes to school in West Grove, Pennsylvania. “I didn’t think I’d win an award this big.” she said. For her project, Alaina developed a system that could reduce blind spots for drivers. Such areas can hide objects or other cars from a driver’s view, and thus easily lead to accidents.

Alaina’s system depends on a camera fixed on the front part of the passenger-side window. It can monitor (监视) things a driver can’t see. The camera records a video of what it’s seeing and at the same time sends it to a projector (投影仪) fixed over the driver’s head. That projector plays the video on a screen, which is fixed on the passenger-side roof support. In this way, the blind spots are decreased.

1. What do we know about the competition?

A．It encourages teamwork.	B．It is meant for college students.
C．It encourages theory exploration.	D．It is a fierce national competition.

2. What is special about this year’s competition?

A．More winners stand out.	B．More girls perform better.
C．All of the projects are more useful.	D．Half of the competitors are awarded.

3. How does Alaina Gassler feel about her prize?

A．Surprised.

B．Satisfied.

C．Encouraged.

D．Puzzled.

4. What plays the biggest role in Alaina Gassler’s system?

A．The projector.

B．The monitor.

C．The camera.

D．The screen.

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。

Everyone knows that regular exercise is good for the body. But exercise is also one of the most effective     1    (way) to improve your mental health. Regular exercise can have a profoundly positive influence     2     depression, anxiety, and more. It also relieves stress,     3    (help) you sleep better, and makes you feel happy. Research indicates that no matter how old you are or how fit you are, you can learn to use exercise as a     4     (power) tool to feel better.

Sure, exercise can improve your physical health, improve your waistline,     5     even add years to your life. So people who exercise     6    ( regular)) tend to do so because it gives them an enormous sense of well-being. They feel more energetic throughout the day, sleep     7     (well) at night, have sharper memories, and feel more relaxed and positive about     8    (they) and their lives. And it's also powerful medicine for many common mental health challenges.

Wondering just how active you need to be to get a mental health boost? It's probably not as much as you think. You don't need     9    (devote) hours out of your busy day, train at the gym, or run mile. You can gain all     10     physical and mental health benefits of exercise with 30-minute of moderate exercise five times a week. Two 15-minute or even three 10-minute exercise sessions can also work just as well.

6 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Curling(冰壶)is a winter sport played on ice. Therefore, it’s most popular in northern countries like Canada. Curling is played in the USA by about 15,000 people.    1    Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread, and in the 1700s curling clubs formed. Then Scottish soldiers brought it to North America.

    2    Men, women, and children often compete on the same team, if they can slide a forty-pound stone down the ice! Both teams slide their stones toward the same goal. After all 16 stones have been cast, the team whose stone has slid closest to the goal gets one point.

    3    The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.    4    Water helps the stone slide, but it can also change the stone’s path.

In curling, a broom is part of each player’s equipment. A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.    5    That may explain why the international Olympic Committee decided to make curling an Olympic sport in 1998.

A．Players compete on the court.

B．Then the play begins in the other direction.

C．Curling is played by teams of four people.

D．In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.

E．The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.

F．The melting of the ice makes things tough for the curlers.

G．Curling probably began in Scotland in the 1500s or earlier.

7 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nowadays, have sports is becoming more and more popular. As we know, a person who keeps on taking exercise regular will keep fit and live happy life.

My favourite sport is playing basketball. After school I usually spent half an hour on it, that not only builds up my body but also makes me refreshed. Playing basketball help me relax after a period of tired study and improves my study efficiency. Because playing basketball needs cooperation, so I have learned the spirit of teamwork. It is also a good way for me to make new friend. In a word, playing basketball enriches my life and makes me more confidence.

Come on! Let’s do sports together and enjoy a healthy life.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A loyal Liverpool Football Club fan is always making sure to cheer on his beloved team whenever they play and thanks    1     a letter from his loving older brother, the team was recently able to return the favor.

Ian, a Liverpool City native,     2    hoped his hometown soccer team would do something special for his brother David,     3    (write) a letter to the club about David’s condition. Since David was starved of oxygen as an infant, he developed differently than other kids. Though David struggled    4    (academic), his enduring loyalty to Liverpool FC never left him, and he is well known in the community as being a great kid and a passionate fan.

David is a season ticket holder who       5    (try) to go and see Liverpool play as many times as he can. He could never have expected that one of the     6    (great )members of the team would go to see him while he was at work.

Liverpool FC defender Virgil Van Dijk,     7    (consider)to be the best defender and one of the best players in the world, visited David’s place of work to give him the surprise of a lifetime:     8     trip to Liverpool FC’s training ground to meet the team.

NOT only that, Van Dijk presented David with    9    (ticket )for all the rest of the game to make sure they had his support from the stands for every one of the 25    10    remain) games this season.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

Twenty teammates dig the paddles into the water and then pull back in a quick,     1     (power) motion (动作). A drummer (鼓手) keeps time for     2    (they) from the front of the boat while another person controls and directs from the back. Together, these 22 people race a boat     3    (decorate) with the head and tail of a dragon. It is a scene     4     has been part of the Dragon Boat Festival in China for thousands of years. But over the last 40 years, this scene     5    (become) common on lakes and rivers around the globe.

The world outside Asia was formally introduced to dragon boating in 1976. That year the Hong Kong Tourist Association had a plan     6    (attract) tourists. Their first step was inviting a Japanese team to compete in the first Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races. The media (新闻媒体) sent pictures around the world,     7    (increase) international interest in the sport. Their next step was sending dragon boats to     8    (city) in North America and Europe.     9     their plan helped tourism or not, it did give rise to dragon boat clubs in many countries. When the International Dragon Boat Federation was founded in 1991, dragon boating had truly become     10     international sport.

10 . Staying fit while indoors

During this special time, it’s a good idea to do some indoor exercises. Exercising has many benefits.    1    , when you start feeling and looking just as you desire. Here are some great ideas to get you started!

Run in place

Start by kicking your feet behind you as you run. Then, bring your knees up as high as possible when you feel like you’ve warmed up. Start by running in place for five minutes.

    2    .

Work on mountain climbers.

Start by getting into a standard push-up (俯卧撑) position.    3    , keeping your arms in place. Replace your left leg and bring your right knee to your chest. Continue to alternate legs. Repeat this three times for 30 seconds each set.

    4    

Begin by getting into a plank (平板支撑) position. Then, bend your elbows and lower yourself toward the floor but do not touch the floor. If this is too difficult, bend your knees as you do the push-ups. Start by doing a set of 10, and work your way up to three or four sets.

Tone your legs with squats (深蹲)

To do a squat, stand with your feet hip-width (与臀部同宽) apart. Then bend your legs. Bring your bottom as low as you can. Stand back up and repeat the motion. Work your way up to doing three sets of 20.    5    .

A．Try planks (平板支撑) for full body toning (身体紧实)

B．If you want an added challenge, hold weights while you squat.

C．Do push-ups to tone your upper body

D．Then bring your left knee to your chest

E．If that is too difficult, lower yourself onto your elbows

F．The hard work will pay off big time

G．Then, try to run in place for ten minutes