1 . What is the best sport for your body type?
Just because someone has dreamt of playing football from childhood does not mean it is the best sport for him or her. Finding the sport your body is best suited to can make a big difference to how much you enjoy it and how good at it you are.
A person with an ectomorph body type is tall and slim with little fat or muscle. This person has narrow shoulders and hips, and thin arms and legs. Ectomorphs have difficulty putting on weight because of a fast metabolism (新陈代谢).
Mesomorph body types are the typical image of an athlete. Their arms and legs are muscular and they have broad shoulders and narrow hips. Mesomorphs can put on or lose weight easily and build muscle quickly.
A person who is an endomorph naturally carries more body fat. They are often short, with a high waist, and well developed upper arms and thighs.
It is important to note that the three body types are extremes. No one is 100% ectomorph or completely endomorph.
| A．Everyone is a bit of a mix |
| B．If you want to be a world champion |
| C．If a person with this body type is very tall |
| D．A person with this body type has more choice of sports |
| E．For the same reason, it takes them longer to build muscle |
| F．While it may seem that an endomorph will not be very athletic |
| G．Endomorphs must work a little harder to maintain a perfect body weight |
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When I was very young, I was rather thinly, so my mom started to teach me some forms of exercise. Beside, my father’s company used to have an extra building, what had 12 floors with different sports courts. I learn lots of sports there, included tennis, table tennis, basketball and so on. However, a most difficult of all for me was swimming. I didn’t like water, but I finally managed to overcoming my fear. I insisted on practicing every day. After about six months, I found that I could do easily. What’s more, I even won a prize in a competition two year ago. Now I’m strong than before and also know how to be brave.
3 . A new study has found that braving the cold maybe a good way to help burn off some fat.
The research was carried out by scientists at Canada’s Laurentian University and focused on high-intensity interval training(HIIT). This format has grown in popularity of late due to the fat-burning benefits it brings, and the team set out to explore how temperature might influence its effects.
The study involved 11 overweight adults who took part in two HIIT sessions a week apart. One of these was carried out in a “thermoneutral” environment with temperatures of around 70 °F(21℃),and the other at a cold 32 °F(0℃). The sessions consisted of 10 separate cycling race at 90 percent effort lasting one minute, followed by 90-second “recovery” periods of cycling at30 percent intensity.
After each session, the participants cooled down by gently cycling or walking, ate a nutrition bar before going to sleep and enjoyed a high-fat breakfast the morning after. During these sessions, the scientists monitored skin temperature, core body temperature, heart rate and the amount of oxygen. Blood samples were also drawn to help calculate fat burning rates following the breakfast the next day.
“The present study found that high-intensity exercise in the cold increased lipid oxidation (脂质氧化) by 358 percent in comparison to high-intensity exercise in a thermoneutral environment,”the team writes.
The authors also note that the idea that cold temperatures help us burn more fat during exercise will need further investigation (调查), though the first-of-a-kind study does indicate it’s a possibility worth pursuing.
1. What is good for burning off fat according to the study?| A．Cold food. | B．Low temperature. |
| C．Hard workout. | D．Cycling race. |
| A．Introduction to the study. |
| B．Some data in the study. |
| C．The participants in the study. |
| D．The process of the study. |
| A．Further study needs to be done. |
| B．Doing exercise burns more fat. |
| C．The efforts of scientists are in vain. |
| D．The study result is unreasonable. |
| A．High-intensity Workouts Help Burn off Extra Calories |
| B．Cycling in the Cold Is a Great Way to Build upYour Body |
| C．Study Shows Fat-burning Potential of Exercising in the Cold |
| D．Researchers Have Found More Fat-burning Workouts |
There are many water sports that are fun. Kitesurfing, a young water sport,
At the beginning, the sport was difficult and dangerous. Now it is becoming simpler and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, it can be a very fun and
Luckily, it is
5 . As early as 1894, the newly formed International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered ice skating as a possibility for the first modern Olympic Games which would be held in 1896.
In 1911, a member of the IOC suggested that winter sports should be staged as part of the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Some opposed the idea. At last, the IOC decided to hold Winter Olympic Games in 1916. However, World War I broke out in 1914. After 1920, the national governing bodies for winter sports in several countries began talking about the possibility of a separate Winter Olympics.
The town of Chamonix, in the French Alps, planned to hold a winter sports festival in 1924; at the same time Paris was to host the Olympics. The Marquis de Polignac, a member of the IOC, suggested that the festival be formally recognized as the Winter Olympic Games. The IOC didn't go that far, but did agree that Chamonix could call its festival an “Olympic winter carnival”.
The festival drew 258 athletes from 16 countries to compete in bobsledding (雪橇比赛), figureskating, hockey, Nordic skiing and speed skating. Charles Jewtraw from the United States won the first gold medal in the 500metre speed skating, but the festival's hero was Claus Thunberg from Finland. He won five medals, three of which were gold in speed skating.
Weather has often been a major story at the Winter Olympics and so it was at Chamonix. The festival opened with rain and the unseasonably warm temperature turned snow and ice to mud. Then temperature dropped as far as 25 below zero and the mud became ice.
Despite the weather, more than 10, 000 people showed up. In 1926, the IOC recognized the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics and decided that the Winter Games would be held every four years, just like the Summer Olympics.
1. Why were the first Winter Olympic Games not held in 1916?| A．Because the IOC didn't agree to it. |
| B．Because it was still under discussion. |
| C．Because some people opposed the idea. |
| D．Because World WarⅠbroke out in 1914. |
| A．the weather destroyed the first Winter Olympics. |
| B．people from 16 countries watched the first Winter Olympics. |
| C．Charles Jewtraw won the most medals in the first Winter Olympics. |
| D．Finland got 3 gold medals in speed skating in the first Winter Olympics. |
| A．The Winter Olympics were held every two years in the beginning. |
| B．The 1924 Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics were held in the same city. |
| C．The Winter Olympics depend much more on the weather than the Summer Olympics. |
| D．The IOC agreed to recognize the Chamonix festival as the first Winter Olympics in 1924. |
| A．The development of the Olympics. |
| B．The importance of weather in the Olympics. |
| C．The story of the first Winter Olympic Games. |
| D．How the Winter Olympics came into being. |
My 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, started to talk about quitting swimming, which broke my heart because she loves swimming. So when the swim season began, I cut a deal with her. She would practice three times a week and try really hard. I wouldn't make her compete in the swim meets. Elizabeth does not like swim meets. She gets horribly nervous but not because she wants to win. She doesn't care if she wins.
Recently, Elizabeth's team announced a special swim night： Members 11 and older would swim a timed 50 meters relay. It wasn't exactly a meet, because it would involve only team members. That was my view. Elizabeth argued that it absolutely was a meet because there would be races. I told Elizabeth I really wanted her to go. She fought back angrily but finally agreed.
When the day of the special swim night arrived Elizabeth was nervous. She was the youngest person and shorter by at least a foot than most of the other kids. She panicked when it was time for the T-shirt relay. The relay works like this： One person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt, a pair of socks» and a swim cap； swims 50 meters; and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
Then it was Elizabeth's turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than she did when she wasn't wearing them. Approaching the halfway mark, Elizabeth was in the lead. Suddenly, somebody noticed that one of Elizabeth's socks had fallen off and was floating （漂）in the pool. "She has to get that sock on before the end of the race," a swimming official told Elizabeth's team, “or you will be disqualified.”
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Everybody on her team started screaming “Elizabeth! Get the sock!”
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________On the ride home, she shared her moment of winning again and again.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7 . Race walking shares many fitness benefits with running, research shows, while most likely contributing to fewer injuries. It does, however, have its own problem.
Race walkers are conditioned athletes. The longest track and field event at the Summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact (接触) with the ground at all times. It’s this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, an assistant professor of exercise science at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.
Like running, race walking is physically demanding, she says, According to most calculations, race walkers moving at a pace of six miles per hour would burn about 800 calories(卡路里) per hour, which is approximately twice as many as they would burn walking, although fewer than running, which would probably burn about 1,000 or more calories per hour.
However, race walking does not pound the body as much as running does, Dr. Norberg says. According to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step.
As a result, she says, some of the injuries associated with running, such as runner’s knee, are uncommon among race walkers. But the sport’s strange form does place considerable stress on the ankles and hips, so people with a history of such injuries might want to be cautious in adopting the sport. In fact, anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first consult a coach or experienced racer to learn proper technique, she says. It takes some practice.
1. Why are race walkers conditioned athletes?| A．They must run long distances. |
| B．They are qualified for the marathon. |
| C．They have to follow special rules. |
| D．They are good at swinging their legs. |
| A．It’s more popular at the Olympics. |
| B．It’s less challenging physically. |
| C．It’s more effective in body building. |
| D．It’s less likely to cause knee injuries. |
| A．Getting experts’ opinions. |
| B．Having a medical checkup. |
| C．Hiring an experienced coach. |
| D．Doing regular exercises. |
| A．Skeptical. | B．Objective. |
| C．Tolerant. | D．Conservative. |
8 . The annual marathon in my town usually occurs during a heat wave. My job was to
As the athletes began to
I watched in
I do not know this woman’s
| A．follow | B．run | C．walk | D．drive |
| A．march | B．wander | C．pace | D．walk |
| A．last | B．front | C．back | D．disabled |
| A．occurred to | B．held to | C．drawn to | D．taken to |
| A．eye | B．knee | C．hand | D．arm |
| A．likely | B．probable | C．impossible | D．unfair |
| A．silence | B．practice | C．theory | D．public |
| A．manage | B．struggle | C．mean | D．tend |
| A．urging | B．shouting | C．discouraging | D．pushing |
| A．Immediately | B．Instantly | C．Firstly | D．Finally |
| A．flood | B．pour | C．put | D．stream |
| A．seat | B．desk | C．stand | D．stadium |
| A．weak | B．firm | C．tender | D．fixed |
| A．finish | B．bottom | C．starting | D．dead |
| A．runners | B．judges | C．coaches | D．crowds |
| A．age | B．height | C．name | D．hobby |
| A．defending | B．beating | C．winning | D．awarding |
| A．set in | B．set off | C．set out | D．set about |
| A．different | B．simple | C．painless | D．difficult |
| A．realize | B．occur | C．imagine | D．reflect |
9 . A snowstorm hit my neighborhood the other day. I had recently agreed to be the house’s groundskeeper, which meant I got
I had stayed in the house during the
A few days later, some friends and I got into a
And yet shoveling snow was that
A neighborhood could have a Facebook group where people could
| A．charged | B．filled | C．tasked | D．crowded |
| A．festival | B．disaster | C．rush | D．storm |
| A．outside | B．inside | C．forward | D．backward |
| A．usually | B．directly | C．really | D．rarely |
| A．challenge | B．exercise | C．threat | D．power |
| A．lucky | B．angry | C．happy | D．sorry |
| A．party | B．meeting | C．discussion | D．fight |
| A．homework | B．routine | C．solution | D．business |
| A．strong | B．healthy | C．active | D．sleepy |
| A．bring about | B．set off | C．take down | D．live through |
| A．difficult | B．easy | C．valuable | D．perfect |
| A．determination | B．intelligence | C．reputation | D．confidence |
| A．design | B．clear | C．build | D．wash |
| A．put on | B．pass down | C．pick up | D．burn off |
| A．enjoy | B．miss | C．stop | D．escape |
| A．reality | B．labor | C．dream | D．faith |
| A．saving | B．collecting | C．donating | D．achieving |
| A．seek | B．imagine | C．post | D．examine |
| A．help out | B．show off | C．turn around | D．run away |
| A．lesson | B．skill | C．map | D．style |
10 . If you like dangerous and exciting sports, maybe skydiving (跳伞) is for you. First skydivers jump from an airplane.
It’s difficult to see what skydivers do when you’re standing on the ground. Often, people fly in airplanes to make a tape of the skydivers.
If skydiving doesn’t sound fun to you, there are plenty of other sports.
| A．You can always try surfing. |
| B．Then, skydivers fall quickly toward the ground. |
| C．It is the best choice for you to skydive or try surfing. |
| D．With a video camera, the operator records their performances. |
| E．It is not easy to jump out of the airplane when you are in the plane. |
| F．Judges watch the skydivers and give them points for doing amazing things. |
| G．The parachute helps slow the skydiver so he or she lands on the ground safe. |
