1 . After the Gold
Congratulations! You’ve won the gold medal! Stand still while the photo flashes (闪光灯) pop and TV journalists ask how it feels. Thousands of new followers on social media, meanwhile, are waiting for what you have to say.
Then, prepare for a different kind of downhill.
Diann Roffe knows the experience well. The American Alpine ski racer (高山滑雪运动员) won a gold medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics after winning a silver at the 1992 Albertville Games. She immediately announced her retirement. She was 26, an age when most people have just begun a career.
Joining society at 26 can be tough. A professional athlete’s life is remarkably self-centered. You wake up taking your heart rate. You think of your own workout goals. You write down what you eat. After years of self-focus, if everything works out just right, you win. Most people will never experience a high that high. But there’s a downside.
“It was like being taken up to the highest mountain peak to see the view, and then being brought down, never to be there again,” said Roffe. In the first years after her win, Roffe thought, “Here I am struggling with the masses to make ends meet and get school done, seeking that extraordinary feeling again.”
Roffe’s friend, speed skater Cathy Turner, was the darling after she won a gold at the 1992 Albertville Games. “I woke up every day with a long to-do list,” she recalled her early days after retirement. “It was like, ‘What speech am I giving? What company am I going to address?’ I was Cathy the skater, the Olympian. Then I was Cathy the motivational speaker.”
Turner found it difficult to make a transition out of the sport. She returned to compete at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where she won another gold. She retired again, turned her attention to computers, but soon found herself with marital (婚姻的) troubles. Turner escaped her troubles the only way she knew — she trained for the 1998 Games, where she didn’t win a medal.
If their stories illustrate how difficult post-gold years can be, Roffe and Turner also show why winning athletes often eventually succeed.
“Think of what these people develop!” said California sports psychologist Doug Gardner. “Perseverance. Tenacity in dealing with failure. These skills are very useful in other aspects of life.”
Turner combined her perseverance with her love of computer technology. She finally became a valued database (数据库) manager at a company in New York state. Roffe, 23 years after her retirement, runs a successful business which makes locker (储物柜) systems for team locker rooms, resorts and gyms.
1. Which of the following statements about Diann Roffe is true?| A．She won her first Olympic gold medal in 1992. |
| B．She was invited to address many big companies after her retirement. |
| C．She has taken part in the Olympic Games three times in all. |
| D．She has become a successful businesswoman. |
| A．Athletes will have many sleepless nights as TV journalists pour in. |
| B．Athletes will have a hard time deciding what to say to new followers on social media. |
| C．Athletes will find it challenging to relive such great feelings in daily life. |
| D．Athletes earn small salaries and most of them will find it hard to make ends meet after retirement. |
| A．they focus remarkably well on themselves |
| B．most of them are very strong and healthy |
| C．they tend to keep trying despite difficulties |
| D．they know how to motivate others |
| A．American Alpine ski racers won many gold medals |
| B．she felt she had finally made a transition out of her sport |
| C．the U.S.A. team used the products of her company |
| D．her husband and kids accompanied her to the races |
2 . In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some hold an optimistic attitude. They value it highly,believing that it is a natural result of social progress and prosperity(繁荣) and that anyone who wants to he outstanding has to keep up with the pace. Others think otherwise. They say that competition is bad,that it sets one person against another and that it leads to the unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who hold the belief that their self-worth depends on how well they perform at tennis and other skills. For them,playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit（追求) of success,the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However ,while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed,others have an opposite opinion. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players,they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. They have no choice. Teaching these young people,I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying,they always have an excuse： “I may have lost,but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try. “ What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they really try and lose,that will mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly,this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self-respect relies on how well one performs compared with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(消除) can we discover a new meaning of competition.
1. What does this passage mainly talk about?| A．Competition helps to set up self-respect. |
| B．Opinions about competition are different among people. |
| C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development. |
| D．Failure is a necessary experience in competition. |
| A．those who try their best to win |
| B．those who value competition most highly |
| C．those who are against competition most strongly |
| D．those who rely on others most for success |
| A．One's worth lies in his performance compared with others. |
| B．One's success in competition needs great efforts. |
| C．One's achievement is determined by his particular skills. |
| D．One's success is based on how hard he has tried. |
| A．Every effort should be paid back. |
| B．Competition should be encouraged. |
| C．Winning should be a life-and-death matter. |
| D．Fear of failure should be removed in competition. |
时间：2019年6月20日。
地点：市体育场。
要求：1. 任何人均可参加；
2. 面对竞争对手要友好。
规则：1. 当场公布比赛结果；
2. 无论是否获胜，均有礼品；
3. 冠军奖金为1000美元。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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That’s all. Thank you!
Harley Street
April 5, 2019
4 . I first played tennis when I was 5 years old. I went to my local community center to
When I was ten years old,I
When I was in the 6th grade, I
I'm so
| A．attend | B．build | C．celebrate | D．visit |
| A．relaxing | B．different | C．tough | D．funny |
| A．research | B．effort | C．energy | D．observation |
| A．specifically | B．correctly | C．carefully | D．bravely |
| A．camp | B．school | C．college | D．home |
| A．duties | B．sports | C．experiments | D．hobbies |
| A．pretended | B．agreed | C．guaranteed | D．decided |
| A．succeeded | B．imagined | C．practiced | D．listened |
| A．pictures | B．lessons | C．tracks | D．messages |
| A．team | B．club | C．organization | D．competition |
| A．performed | B．mixed | C．launched | D．played |
| A．because | B．and | C．but | D．so |
| A．faster | B．higher | C．richer | D．better |
| A．attention | B．quality | C．idea | D．thought |
| A．sad | B．sorry | C．glad | D．tired |
| A．even | B．never | C．ever | D．still |
| A．remembered | B．achieved | C．learned | D．understood |
| A．healthy | B．busy | C．free | D．calm |
| A．allow | B．permit | C．order | D．encourage |
| A．benefit | B．comfort | C．satisfy | D．establish |
5 . History has been made at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, as men competed in synchronized swimming(花样游泳) for the first time .
There was nothing in the world that could prevent July 26, 2015 from being the best day in Bill May’s life. The 36-year-old American synchronized swimmer became the first male world champion in mixed synchronized swimming.
“It’s something that I have dreamed of my entire life,” said May. His partner Christina Jones believed “this is the future of synchronized swimming”.
Synchronized swimming has been an Olympic sport since 1984, but only as an event for women. Nevertheless, men kept training in the hope that a chance might come for them to compete at the top international level, at the Olympics or the World Championships.
“Men’s choreography(舞蹈编排) is different from women’s. It is a completely different style. In a mixed duet(混双项目) the man should personify strength and power The woman, on the contrary, beauty and grace,” Russian male synchronized swimmer Alexander Maltsev said.
However, some people still believe that synchronized swimming should be a sport purely for women. Although men are stronger, they are less flexible so it is harder to get the necessary extension in: the legs. Buoyancy(浮力) is also an issue. The sport is very difficult for men in general, because men don’t actually float like women.
As times have changed, women now can compete in every category of sport at the Olympics, but there still remain two that are closed off to men-synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics(艺术体操).
Some see FINA’s change as a sign that the International Olympic Committee(IOC)may also be ready to include mixed duets soon. Nevertheless, the IOC says that it will only consider adopting male synchronized swimming after a formal request from FINA and no such request has ever been made.
It may take many years for the IOC to open the door to male synchronized swimming but if and when it does, one thing is certain. “If synchronized swimming went to the Olympics, I would definitely be there to compete,” said Bill May, “even if I am 85. ”
1. According to the passage, Bill May dreamt of _______.| A．being the first male champion swimmer at the Olympic Games |
| B．being a professional synchronized swimmer and defeating other competitors |
| C．having a partner who could help him win the championship at the top international- level |
| D．competing in a world championship of synchronized swimming as a male athlete |
| A．they never gave up training |
| B．they kept appealing to the Olympic committee |
| C．they made synchronized swimming known to more people |
| D．they tried to gain support from the female swimmers |
①flexibility ②judgement ③floatability ④strength
| A．①② | B．①③ |
| C．②③ | D．③④ |
| A．FINA hasn’t made the formal request |
| B．Male synchronized swimmers are not fully prepared |
| C．Female synchronized swimmers are strongly against it |
| D．Rhythmic gymnastics hasn’t been adopted |
6 . Playing tennis regularly could help keep people off death, but football, rugby and running may not help people to live longer, a study suggests.
A study followed more than 80,000 people for an average of nine years to find out if certain sports protected them against early death. It found that people who played racket sports regularly were the least likely to die over the study period, reducing their individual risk by 47 percent compared with people who did no exercise. Swimmers also reduced their chance of death by 28 percent, aerobics (有氧运动) fans by 27 percent and cyclists by 15 percent. Yet running appeared to have no impact at all on dying early, and neither did playing football or rugby.
Scientists say the difference may lie in the social aspect which goes alongside sports like tennis and squash (壁球), which often involve clubs and organized activities outside of the game. It means that people often have larger social net-works and tend to keep up activities into later life, both of which are proven to be good for health.
In contrast, people who play team sports often do not move onto a new sport once their teams break up for family, or injury reasons. They become watchers rather than participants in their chosen activity.
The researchers found that playing racket sports was associated with a 56 percent lower risk from heart death. Similarly, swimmers lowered their heart disease or stroke risk by 41 percent, and people who took part in activities like aerobics, dance or gymnastics lowered their risk by 36 percent. But again running, football and rugby had no significant impact on heart deaths.
However, other experts argue that this study must not be misinterpreted as showing that running and football do not protect against heart disease. In this study both runners and footballers had a lower rate of death from heart disease.
1. Which sport has hardly any impact on protecting people against early death?| A．Cycling. | B．Swimming. |
| C．Rugby. | D．Tennis. |
| A．Playing basketball with their friends occasionally. |
| B．Watching football games every day. |
| C．Taking up gymnastics and joining a club. |
| D．Doing running in the park every day. |
| A．Social networks. | B．Staying at home. |
| C．Physical examinations. | D．Setting up families. |
| A．Thousands of people participated in a 9-year research. |
| B．Study finds playing tennis helps people live longer. |
| C．It is wrong to say running has no impact on heart disease. |
| D．There are differences between racket sports and team games. |
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8 . There’s nothing magical about the number 10,000. In fact, the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day for health goes back many years to a marketing campaign started in Japan for the sale of a pedometer (计步器). And, in the years that followed, it was accepted in the US as a goal to build up good health. It’s often the default setting (默认设置) on fitness trackers, but what’s it really based on?
“The original basis of the number was not scientifically determined,” says researcher I-Min Lee of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was curious to know how many steps you need to take a day to maintain good health and live a long life, so she and her workmates designed a study that included about 17,000 older women. Their average age was 72. The women all agreed to wear devices to track their steps as they went about their day-to-day activities.
It turns out that women who took about 4,000 steps per day got an increase in longevity (长寿), compared with women who took fewer steps. In fact, women who took 4,400 steps per day, on average, were about 40 percent less likely to die during the follow-up period of about four years compared with women who took 2,700 steps. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Another surprise: The benefits of walking maxed out at about 7,500 steps. In other words, women who walked more than 7,500 steps per day saw no additional increase in longevity.
Janz, who released the new national exercise recommendations last November, says the message that comes from this study was encouraging. “I think it’s really good news for women who may not be particularly active.” says Janz. “All they have to do is walk. To me, this study suggests there are more benefits to light activities than we were previously thinking there might be.”
1. How did the idea of walking 10,000 steps a day come into being?| A．It was made up by a group of elderly ladies. |
| B．It was indeed the result of a scientific research. |
| C．It actually came from a business advertisement. |
| D．It was based on a test by both Japan and the US. |
| A．2,700 steps. | B．4,400 steps. |
| C．10,000 steps. | D．17,000 steps. |
| A．Light activities benefit people most. |
| B．The study is not as satisfying as expected. |
| C．Women should be more active than before. |
| D．The result of the study is a little surprising. |
| A．Health. | B．Culture. |
| C．History. | D．Tourism. |
9 . We’ve all been there: Just when you’re getting used to your new workout routine, suddenly your knee is killing you.
You’re always sore (酸疼).
The best thing about noticing these symptoms (症状)?
| A．You’re constantly tired or emotional. |
| B．Yes, you’ve over-worked yourself into an injury. |
| C．Fortunately, recovery is simple — just take it easy for a few days! |
| D．That’s one of the best ways to judge your readiness to exercise. |
| E．Sure, a bit of muscle soreness after some workout is totally normal. |
| F．It’s much easier to relax and check heart rate than it is to recover from an injury. |
| G．Doing the same activity over and over without proper recovery is going to cause injury. |
10 . Staying fit while indoors
During this special time, it’s a good idea to do some indoor exercises. Exercising has many benefits.
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.
Work on mountain climbers.
Start by getting into a standard push-up (俯卧撑) position.
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.
| 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 |
