1 . On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have _________ the course earlier than she did. Her _________ came because she was carrying a _________ across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her _________ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She _________ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with _________. She couldn’t. Bailey then _________ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get _________ attention.

Once there, Lenoue was _________ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme __________ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more __________ about why her act is considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the __________, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the __________ of human kindness won the day.

1.

A．designed

B．followed

C．changed

D．finished

2.

A．delay

B．chance

C．trouble

D．excuse

3.

A．judge

B．volunteer

C．classmate

D．competitor

4.

A．race

B．school

C．town

D．training

5.

A．agreed

B．returned

C．stopped

D．promised

6.

A．courage

B．aid

C．patience

D．advice

7.

A．went away

B．stood up

C．stepped aside

D．bent down

8.

A．medical

B．public

C．constant

D．equal

9.

A．interrupted

B．assessed

C．identified

D．appreciated

10.

A．hunger

B．pain

C．cold

D．tiredness

11.

A．worried

B．ashamed

C．confused

D．discouraged

12.

A．game

B．problem

C．lesson

D．deal

13.

A．leave

B．cure

C．bother

D．understand

14.

A．ride

B．test

C．meet

D．show

15.

A．secret

B．display

C．benefit

D．exchange

2 . Sodas such as Coke or Pepsi are responsible for adding to health problems like tooth problems and obesity (肥胖). So health leaders have recommended teens cut back on sugar-sweetened sodas. However, their push may have had an unplanned result. Many of the advertisements aimed at teens show fit athletes having sugar-sweetened sports drinks. They make sports drinks look like a healthy choice for teens compared to sodas. As a result, teens are turning to this kind of drink.

Scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts focused on teens, who are considered more likely than younger kids to buy their drinks. In 2015, 22,000 high school students were surveyed, and almost 6 in 10 of them reported having at least one sports drink in the past week. That was up slightly from 2010. The Harvard study found that almost one-third of teens drank one to three sports drinks in the previous week. Just over 1 in10 reported having four to six drinks. Teens who played on sports teams were likely to have one or more sports drinks each day. Boys were more likely than girls to have the drinks, scientists found.

The same was true for teens who watched more than two hours of television. Scientists say they are concerned because of ties between TV watching, ads, and obesity. Experts say that many children don’t need a sports drink that is full of carbohydrates (碳水化合物) and sweeteners. This especially applies to children sitting in front of a TV. The better option is water or unsweetened drinks.

“There is no reason to have carbohydrates in sports drinks unless you are in a high-level game, said Nyree Dardarian, the leader of the Center for Integrated Nutrition and Performance. “Someone on a long bike ride or in an all-day race might want to have one. If children are playing for 20 minutes, they just need water.”

There are other choices. Water and oranges would provide all of the recommended amounts of vitamin C for kids. Other ideas include flavoring water by adding fruit to it. Kids can also add a small amount ofjuice.

1. What unplanned result may health leaders’recommendation cause?

A．Teenagers are turning to sports drinks instead of sodas.

B．Teenagers are being confused by different ads of drinks.

C．Teenagers are buying more sugar-sweetened sodas.

D．Teenagers are having more health problems.

2. What is the Harvard study mainly about?

A．Teenagers’ favorite kinds of sports drinks.

B．Teenagers’ habits of having sports drinks.

C．The influence of sports drink ads on teens.

D．The group with the greatest tendency to drink sports drinks.

3. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Playing on sports teams.	B．Preferring carbohydrates.
C．Needing no sports drinks.	D．Suffering from health problems.

4. What is implied in Nyree’s words?

A．Sports drinks are unsuitable for children with light exercise.

B．People should give up sports drinks with carbohydrates.

C．Sports drinks are a better choice for heavy exercisers.

D．Children should do more outdoor exercise.

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。

There are no big screens or superstars and yet an outdoor basketball court in rural China has attracted tens of thousands to its matches     1    the atmosphere equals America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) games.

Widely known as CunBA, the basketball event     2     (hold) in Taipan Village in Taijiang County in Guizhou Province every year, which is an important part of a Miao ethnic harvest festival. The matches are organized     3    (local) by villagers, without any involvement from authorities.

From July 30 to August 2 this year, 16 teams from across Guizhou Province took part in the     4    (compete) named Guizhou Beautiful Village Basketball League. Most of the players were farmers, with only the referees    5     (have) professional experience. More than 10,000 people watched the games every evening and millions watched online.

Because of the popularity of the games, many had to stand outside the seating area, even climbing onto nearby hills and rooftops     6    (watch). During the breaks of these matches, local artists performed     7    (tradition) Miao-style dances, forming a kind of cheering squad. After 27 matches, a team from Liping County     8     (win) the championship after beating a team from Kaili City, with     9    score of 102 to 85. One of the players, Yang Changyi, said, “Basketball is our hobby. Although we are not professional players, we have a dream in our heart－to show ourselves     10    a bigger stage. ”

4 . 语法填空

Figure skating is known for its marvelous moves. There is one     1    (call) the “quad Axel ” or “4A.” , which is widely considered to be the hardest jump in figure skating. In terms of difficulty, there are six     2     (type) of jumps in figure skating. The Axel (阿克塞尔跳), also known     3     the Axel Paulsen jump after its creator, is the most difficult one. It is a type of “edge jump,”     4     (mean) skaters have to skate on one side of the blade when lifting off the ice.

Derived(衍生) from the Axel jump, the quad Axel sits at the top when it comes to jump difficulty as it     5    (actual) requires a skater to complete a quad Axel rotation and an extra half revolution(旋转). Among all the Axel jumps, it has a specific requirement for skaters     6    (jump) up while facing forward. So in such cases, there is always an extra half turn     7     one needs to complete to ensure they land backwards.

Although no one has yet conquered the move at any competitions, the world’s high-level Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu had given it the     8    (close) go during the Japanese national championship in 2021. However, as it was not quite a perfect success, it was downgraded(降级)due to     9     (he) two-footed landing. Hanyu, nicknamed by many fans as the “Ice Prince”     10    (have) always dreamed of completing this most difficult move.

5 . Here are some sports in the Winter Olympics:

Sledging

Sledging has been an Olympic sport since 1924. It came from the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s and looks great fun! If you want to do this sport, you should be able to run on the ice! Top athletes can sometimes reach speeds about 130 kilometers an hour. Germany picked up the gold for both the two and four men bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

Curling

Curling has also been an Olympic sport since 1924 and its birthplace is Scotland. Curling is a competition between two teams with four players on each side. The game is played on the ice, and the two teams take turns pushing a 19.1kg stone towards a series of concentric circles. The object is to get the stone as close to the centre of the circles as possible. You need to be light on your feet and have good balance to walk on the ice.

Hockey

Hockey is an Olympic sport since 1920. It is fun, fast but also a little dangerous. Women were not allowed to play in the Olympics until 1998. Teams consist of 12 people, but each team can’t have more than six players on the ice at one time. The game lasts for three 20-minute periods, with a 15-minute break after the first and second periods. Canada holds the gold for both the men and women’s ice hockey teams, but ice hockey is a growing sport in the UK, with lots of clubs and teams.

1. What do Sledging and Curling have in common?

A．They come from the same place.

B．They need the same skills in each game.

C．The number of players in each team is the same.

D．They become an Olympic sport in the same year.

2. If you want to do sledging you should ________ according to the text.

A．have a good sense of balance	B．learn how to run on the ice
C．walk carefully on the ice	D．practice a lot on the ground

3. Which is a rule of playing hockey?

A．Women are not able to take part in the game.

B．Teams compete by pushing a 19.1kg stone.

C．Players can rest for 20 minutes in each break.

D．Up to 12 players can be on the ice during the game.