1 . The first prize usually goes to the swiftest, but sometimes, the first one to cross the finish line isn't the only winner. Nowhere was that more _________ than in a recent race in Shelbyville, Indiana.

With less than half a mile to go, Levi LaGrange from Western Boone High School _________ tripped, twisting his ankle. He signaled to Sheridan High School senior Axel Aleman that he could _________ him, but in that instant, the race became a less important _________ for Aleman. "I saw he was in great pain," Aleman recalled. "As I got closer to him, he was _________ to move…I asked if he was _________ . He said he felt like something broken.”

In an extraordinary act of true sportsmanship, Aleman _________ to leave LaGrange behind. Placing an encouraging hand at his _________ back, Aleman _________ with LaGrange for the remainder of the __________ . The two crossed the finish line and Aleman even ensured LaGrange went first.

LaGrange's mother was __________ by Aleman's thoughtful __________ —especially since the two had never met before. “It takes a lot for an 18-year-old to __________ his spot," she said. “Axel never left Levi's side." Aleman's own mother,   __________ , was not at all surprised by her son's goodwill. “It really speaks to Axel's __________ . He is always concerned about others more than himself," she said.

When you're standing at a crossroad—or running by it—you can choose the path of __________ , or you can go the extra mile for someone __________ . For this teen athlete, the __________ is clear. While we might not always recognize when life hands us a __________ for grace (风度), when it does, in the words of Axel Aleman, “I would just really hope people do the __________ thing.”

1.

A．strange

B．practical

C．true

D．impossible

2.

A．suddenly

B．slowly

C．finally

D．gradually

3.

A．pass

B．defeat

C．accompany

D．assist

4.

A．reward

B．concern

C．recipe

D．dilemma

5.

A．agreeing

B．pretending

C．struggling

D．promising

6.

A．flexible

B．aggressive

C．energetic

D．fine

7.

A．desired

B．forgot

C．planned

D．refused

8.

A．winner's

B．competitor's

C．schoolmate's

D．relative's

9.

A．departed

B．defended

C．remained

D．hesitated

10.

A．race

B．debate

C．accident

D．adventure

11.

A．transformed

B．challenged

C．disappointed

D．impressed

12.

A．training

B．gesture

C．comment

D．donation

13.

A．show off

B．give up

C．figure out

D．count on

14.

A．besides

B．otherwise

C．therefore

D．however

15.

A．character

B．appearance

C．knowledge

D．ambition

16.

A．self-respect

B．self-trust

C．self-interest

D．self-acceptance

17.

A．in peace

B．in order

C．in need

D．in relief

18.

A．choice

B．schedule

C．consequence

D．evidence

19.

A．talent

B．demand

C．privilege

D．chance

20.

A．usual

B．right

C．legal

D．easy

2 . I won the 2012 Boston Marathon. one of the most famous races in the world. Growing up in San Diego. I had never ______ being a runner.   When I was seven, my PE teacher told us to run a______. At the beginning, I was ______. However, the teacher encouraged me to have a try. I______ and got a good place.

Then, I ______ running and won races in high school and college, In 2001, my coach told me I had potential (潜力) to be a marathon runner.That time I believed my coach's words and started ______.

Five years later, I finished third at the 2006 New York marathon. My hard work ______.But when I told people I was a marathon ______, they asked. "Did you run Boston Marathon?" So I set my ______.

I first ran Boston Marathon in 2009 and finished fifth. I got why Boston Marathon was such a big ______. But I didn't give up. Alter training ______ for a long time, I felt I was______. I decided to run Boston Marathon again. Then, the day came. When I was running.I saw the crowds______ the course almost the whole way. I felt I was surrounded by the love for running. ______, I made it. Through the race l learned that we can ______ our goals if we try our best.

1.

A．missed

B．avoided

C．admitted

D．imagined

2.

A．school

B．company

C．mile

D．metre

3.

A．happy

B．proud

C．interested

D．frightened

4.

A．forgot

B．agreed

C．left

D．returned

5.

A．kept

B．remembered

C．stopped

D．suggested

6.

A．studying

B．listening

C．training

D．reading

7.

A．went on

B．paid off

C．made up

D．passed by

8.

A．runner

B．coach

C．judge

D．host

9.

A．record

B．example

C．goal

D．limit

10.

A．mistake

B．challenge

C．surprise

D．problem

11.

A．low

B．hard

C．easily

D．quickly

12.

A．prepared

B．confused

C．injured

D．tired

13.

A．teaching

B．designing

C．changing

D．lining

14.

A．Generally

B．Suddenly

C．Luckily

D．Hopefully

15.

A．introduce

B．describe

C．master

D．achieve

3 . 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。

EDward Gaming (EDG),     1     e-sports club from Jing'an District of Shanghai, east China, won the 2021 League of Legend (LoL) World Championship in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland on November 6.

The annual League of Legends World Championship, commonly     2     (refer) to as “Worlds,” features qualifying professional teams from across the globe    3     (compete) over a prize pool of $2,225,000.

The team from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL)     4     (defeat) another seeded team DWG KIA (DK) from League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) with a     5     (thrill) 3-2 result, bringing an end     6     the season 11 (S11) global finals of League of Legends and taking home     7     (it) third League of Legend championship.

EDG is headquartered in Lingshi Road of Jing'an District,     8     a number of leading e-sports     9     (team) such as Gen.G, LGE, and WB gather together with many e-sports-related companies and corporate headquarters.

In the first half of 2021, the Pearl River Creative Center in which the EDG is located,     10     (select) into the first group of sports industry clusters(集群) in Shanghai.

4 . Syria’s 12-year-old table tennis athlete Hend Zaza will come to China for professional training, China Central Television (CCTV) said in a report on Tuesday. The young athlete just finished her first trip to the Olympic Games after losing a match in Tokyo. On hearing that Syria’s 12-year-old table tennis athlete Hend Zaza wishes to come to China for training, the Chinese Olympic Committee immediately invited her, helping to fulfill her wishes, she will arrive in September.

“I’m looking forward to training abroad. I want to make progress and take the championship one day,” Zaza told CCTV. “I want to reach the same level as the Chinese team does, and I’m looking forward to having the same training as the Chinese team.”

On July 24, the young Zaza lost her match to Chinese-Austrian athlete Liu Jia 4-0. The night before her match, she was a lag bearer of Syria at the opening ceremony. A late night, plus the lingering six-hour jet lag, meant that she barely slept — not great preparation against Liu, who is making her sixth Olympic appearance.

“I was hoping for a winning match and for better play, but it’s a tough opponent so it’s a good lesson for me, especially with the first Olympics,” Zaza said. “I will work on it to get a better result next time, hopefully.”

Still, with her long hair bouncing as she did around the table, Zaza showed ability that impressed her seasoned opponent. “I had to remind myself not to underestimate her,” Liu said. She called Zaza “a great talent” with good rhythm and instincts who simply needed more experience.

In 2011, complaints about high unemployment and corruption led to severe violence inside Syria. As the violence rapidly escalated (升级), the country descended into a civil war that still rages today. Zaza said as long as she can remember she found it difficult to go to school or play outside, let alone train for her chosen sport. At 12 years and 204 days, Zaza became the youngest table tennis player ever to compete in the Olympics.

Zaza has previously told media that Chinese world champion table tennis athlete Ding Ning is her idol and she hoped that she could play with Ding Ning one day. Ding once posted on Weibo in 2020 that she was looking forward to meeting Zaza in China soon.

With a desire for world peace, Zaza said that participating in the Olympics is not her final goal. She hopes that the small white ball in her hands can deliver a message of peace. She also hopes that Syria will stop the war as soon as possible, and every child will be able to chase their dreams freely.

1. Why did the Chinese Olympic Committee invite Zaza to China?

A．To help Zaza accomplish her dream.

B．To improve Chinese team’s pingpong techniques.

C．To show that China is a greater country than hers.

D．To spark her love for pingpong.

2. What led to Zaza’s not that satisfying performance?
a. Lack of confidence       b. Jet lag       c. Not enough sleep       d. Competitive rival (对手)

A．abc

B．acd

C．bcd

D．abcd

3. What kind of person is Zaza?

A．Ambitious but lazy.	B．Dishonest but grateful.
C．Honorable and humorous.	D．Competent and respectable.

4. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Syrian Table Tennis Player Invited to China

B．Zaza’s Wish for Peace

C．Table Tennis Diplomacy (外交)

D．A Harmonious World Connected by Table Tennis

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker talking about?

A．Australian Rules Football.

B．American Football team.

C．Rugby Football.

2. How many players does a Rugby Football have?

A．11.

B．15.

C．18.

3. Which team attracts the most followers?

A．Collingwood.

B．Melbourne.

C．Essendon.

6 . Want to enjoy some extreme sports(极限运动)? Here are a small number of the extreme sport clubs across universities in the UK.

Octopush(水中曲棍球) Oxford, York, Aberdeen and Warwick are only some of the universities that offer this rather unusual sport. Anyone who is able to swim can play. It is played by two teams of six players. Everyone wears a mask and carries a small wooden stick.

Skiing and snowboarding Nearly every university in the UK has a skiing and snowboarding club. For example,   Brumski ＆ Board Club of Birmingham University has run for 30 years and has about 500 members. They hold Christmas and Easter ski trips every year and take part in competitions.

Skateboarding Warwick University is home to the Longboarding Club. A Longboard is two or three feet longer than a usual skateboard and has a wider wheel base. Instead of offering club T-shirts, the Longboarding Club lets members have their personal socks.

BASE jumping The University of Lincoln offers BASE jumping. In BASE jumping, players jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall. They go on weekly trips to Skydive Hibaldstow.

1. If a student wants to take part in Octopush, he or she should be able to _______.

A．ski

B．swim

C．skate

D．skydive

2. How many members are there in Brumski &Board Club?

A．About 30.

B．About 300.

C．About 50.

D．About 500.

3. A usual skateboard is _______ than a Longboard.

A．shorter

B．longer

C．wider

D．bigger

4. Which university offers BASE jumping?

A．Oxford.

B．York.

C．Lincoln.

D．Warwick.

5. According to the passage, which of the following is the most common sport in UK universities?

A．Octopush.

B．Snowboarding.

C．Skateboarding.

D．BASE jumping.

7 . Simone Biles is widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time. In America, she is the "face" of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. When the games began, she was expected to win five gold medals.

But she withdrew from the team final. She made the choice after her vault in the competition's first round. She later said her mind was not in the right place to let her safely perform the difficult moves. In other words, her mind was not letting her body do what it needed to do. So, she made the decision to protect her mental health and give her teammates a better chance at winning a medal.

Biles is not the only Olympian in recent months to talk about the pressure and mental effects of competing at the highest level. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka decided not to compete at the French Open earlier this summer. She said she made that decision to protect her mental health.

This week, Osaka lost in the second round of Olympic competition. She said she felt extreme pressure to win for Japan.

Many Olympic athletes have discussed the stress they have felt. COVID-19 has greatly changed the way the Games are being held. Liz Cambage is a top basketball player for Australia. She left her team one week before the start of the Games because she was worried about entering the Olympic "bubble" in Tokyo without the support of her friends and family.

The IOC, or International Olympic Committee, said it is paying more attention to the mental health of athletes. The IOC said it has websites and phone numbers athletes can call if they need help with a mental health problem.

1. What do these athletes mentioned above have in common?

A．They are all excellent at the Games.	B．They are not used to the "bubble" in Tokyo.
C．They feel confident enough to win a medal.	D．They feel too stressed to go on with their games.

2. What does the underlined phrase "withdrew from" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．escaped from

B．went through

C．pulled out of

D．left out

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Help to these athletes is on the way	B．Much attention has been paid to these athletes.
C．The IOC has got approaches to the problem	D．Proper cures will be in place in near future.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Athletes' New Challenges at Olympics	B．Great Pressure Leads to Frequent Failure
C．Ways to Make Athletes Confident at Olympics	D．Mental Health Gets Spotlight at Olympics

8 . The modern Olympics, which appeared in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, have become the world’s most important sporting competition. From the 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D., the the ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately every two years. The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed one year because of the COVID-19, was held in Japan in 2021.

The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location (位置) at Olympia, a place near the western coast in southern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the Olympic Games held every four years.

After the Roman Empire conquered (征服) Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality dropped. For example from 67 A. D., the Emperor Nero entered an Olympic horse race, announcing himself the winner even after he fell off his horse during the event. In 393 A. D., Emperor Theodosius Ⅰ ended the ancient Olympic tradition.

It was another 1,500 years before the Games rose again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Working hard at the development of physical education, the young man became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic building. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin suggested the idea of making the Olympics an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval (批准) he needed to found the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games.

1. What do we know about the modern Olympics?

A．The modern Olympics became famous in the 18th century.

B．The first Winter Olympics was held in 1994.

C．The first modern Olympics dates back to 1896.

D．The latest Winter Olympics will delay for two years.

2. How often were the ancient Olympics held?

A．Every year.	B．Every other year.
C．Every three years.	D．Every four years.

3. When did the ancient Olympics end?

A．In 393 A. D.	B．In 67 A. D.
C．In the mid-2nd century B. C.	D．About 1,500 years ago.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．The ancient Olympics

B．The modern Olympics

C．The Olympics developed through years

D．The Olympics are popular in modern time

9 . The first Olympic Games at Olympia were held in 776 BC. They were held _______ four years from 776 BC to 393 AD. In _______ Greece, games were _______ connected to the worship(崇拜)of the gods and heroes. They were also held as part of religious ceremonies(典礼) to _______ dead heroes. But from the beginning the games at Olympia served to _______ the Greek sense of national unity. So every four years over 1,100 years, thousands of   _______ stopped all wars and _______ to a small sanctuary(圣殿) in northwestern Greece for five days in the late summer for _______ reason-to watch the Olympic Games. During that time, _______ from all over the Greek world competed in a number of athletic __________ and worshipped the gods at Olympic. The athletes competed not for __________ or material benefits, __________ only for the honor of being Olympic visitor. Like our Olympics, __________ athletes were heroes who put their hometowns on the map. However, unlike our Olympics, only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country and the games were __________ held at Olympic instead of moving around to different places every time.

The ancient Olympics had a __________ variety（种类) of games. Many of these are the ancestors(原型) of our modern Olympic Games and had rules and playing conditions.

1.

A．each

B．other

C．one

D．every

2.

A．modern

B．former

C．ancient

D．late

3.

A．much

B．little

C．less

D．closely

4.

A．meet

B．welcome

C．honor

D．call

5.

A．form

B．strengthen

C．invent

D．reach

6.

A．players

B．soldiers

C．athletes

D．people

7.

A．crowded

B．moved

C．rode

D．flew

8.

A．no

B．a single

C．some

D．a certain

9.

A．speakers

B．listeners

C．audience

D．competitors

10.

A．things

B．matters

C．events

D．accidents

11.

A．medal

B．money

C．fame

D．victory

12.

A．because

B．and

C．while

D．but

13.

A．brave

B．good

C．all

D．winning

14.

A．sometimes

B．always

C．again

D．seldom

15.

A．poor

B．rare

C．special

D．rich

10 . 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。

Early last year, as international lockdowns upset daily life, they took with them, one by one, many of the major     1    (culture) and sporting events that dot the calendar each year. The N.B.A. suspended     2     (it) season, the French Open was postponed for several months and the Tokyo Olympics     3    (delay) a year. The future of the Glastonbury Festival and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were     4     doubt. It was a bad time.

Recently, as conditions in many places around the world have slowly begun to improve, and as countries have begun mass vaccination     5    (campaign), some events have made plans     6    (return). The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 with an opening ceremony. The     7    (major) of the athletic events will begin the next day. The 105th Indianapolis 500 will go on     8     planned on May 30. Officials will allow about 135,000 spectators in. The Edinburgh International Festival,     9     showcase for world theater, dance and music in the Scottish city since 1947, will run Aug. 7-29. Performances will take place in temporary outdoor pavilions with covered stages and socially     10    (distance) seating.