1 . “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2—1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories.
I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do.
And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game.
1. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph?A.To introduce an original idea. | B.To show AI’s wide application. |
C.To bring in the opinion about AI. | D.To stress AI’s importance to news. |
A.Hopeful. | B.Eye-catching. | C.Competitive. | D.Far-reaching. |
A.Rich in contents. | B.Fair in comments. |
C.Centered on results. | D.Targeted on readers. |
A.News Organizations Are Abusing AI | B.High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t |
C.Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports | D.AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory |
1. 活动背景;2. 倡议内容。
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A.He watched a match. | B.He read a newspaper. | C.He did his homework. |
4 . Chelsea FC Foundation Soccer Schools
This Foundation Chelsea FC Soccer Camp Programs near London, England and near Brighton in Southern England offers children the experience of training like soccer professionals.
Boys Soccer Only Camp
For 9-17 years old boys. An intensive boarding program where players live and train like professionals with two coaching courses a day with Chelsea FC Foundation coaches, including sports science workshops and seminars (专题研讨会).
Boys and Girls Soccer and English Camp
For 9 - 17 years old boys and girls learning English as a second language. Players combine world class coaching and sports science workshops of Chelsea FC Foundation with daily English lessons using a customized (定制的) and football-focused course with the English learning successful CLIL model used in top schools across the world.
Girls Soccer Only Camp
For 13-17 years old girls. Chelsea FC Women has won the Women’s Super League for the past 3 years! Girls can learn from the champions’ winning way and enjoy training in girls-only groups with champion coaches and players. Sport science workshops support the on-field training. Girls can choose from soccer only or soccer and English.
Goalkeepers Soccer Camp
For boy and girl goalkeepers from 13-17 years old. Players learn skills specific to their position in on-field training including positioning, ball handling, shot stopping and distribution. Goalkeepers can choose from soccer only or soccer and English. There will be specialist goalkeeping training courses throughout the week as well as courses where goalkeepers join the field players program.
1. Which camp can a ten-year-old girl attend?A.Girls Soccer Only Camp. | B.Boys Soccer Only Camp. |
C.Goalkeepers Soccer Camp. | D.Boys and Girls Soccer and English Camp. |
A.Learning the goalkeeper skills only. | B.Playing football with the senior team. |
C.Studying English with the top teachers. | D.Enjoying the camp’s free accommodation. |
①English ②Goalkeeper skills ③The sports science ④Skills of field players
A.①②③ | B.①②④ | C.②③④ | D.①③④ |
5 . 假定你是校学生会主席李华。你校即将举行运动会,请你在校英文报上发布一则通知,向全校师生征集开幕式节目。内容包括:
1. 通知目的;
2. 节目要求;
3. 鼓励参与。
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1. 写作词数应为80左右;
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6 . 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。
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7 . If someone says you are too old to learn to swim, ignore them. Remind them of then 75-year-old Rosemary Caruana, the grandmother who knows you’re never too old to learn to swim. She thought she was unable to swim at all. More than that, she had a strong dislike for the water. But despite this, she found herself in her swimming costume at her local pool.
Caruana took her grandson swimming and was watching her grandson in the pool. She decided she needed lessons. So after her grandson’s lesson she approached the swimming teacher and asked whether or not she would be able to take some swimming lessons. The teacher told Rosemary that you’re never too old to learn to swim and said she’d be happy to teach her.
“I watched my youngest grandson swimming and thought, this is ridiculous...you’re 75-year-old, he’s swimming, you’re not-and you live on an island. So I asked his teacher if she would teach me and she said yes.”
Over the next 12 months, Caruana attended each session to build up her swimming ability. She had a goal, which was to swim a length of the pool. She did it. She still takes part in her swimming lessons each week, and now looks forward to each session rather than panicking as she had in the early months.
“Now, 12 months later, I absolutely love it. And I can now do four lengths of the main pool which is 25 meters, two on my front and two on my back. I do still need my wonderful instructor Sally beside me, though. I am not quite confident enough to go it alone.”
You are never too old to learn: inspired?
You are never too old to learn to swim, said Rosemary. If you are a grandmother inspired by Rosemary to learn to swim, then use our Poolfinder widget to track down your nearest pool below.
1. Which of the following statements is true?A.Caruana had a love for water at first. | B.Caruana started to learn to swim at 75. |
C.All grandmothers can learn to swim. | D.Caruana is old enough to learn to swim. |
A.There were no local pools when Caruana was young. |
B.Caruana’s grandson asked her to teach him swimming. |
C.Caruana could do 25 meters after attending one session. |
D.The swimming center has different pools in various areas. |
A.To tell a story. | B.To make an advertisement. |
C.To introduce a practical trick. | D.To prove one’s ability. |
A.You are never too old to learn to swim | B.How a grandmother loves swimming |
C.Rosemary Caruana, an old grandma | D.What a wonderful swimming instructor! |
A.He failed a contest. | B.He didn’t practice hard. | C.He forgot to apply for a scholarship. |
9 . Jonas Deichmann started his round-the-world triathlon (铁人三项) in September 2020. He swam 456km in 54 days along the coast of Croatia, although he admits that he isn’t a great swimmer. “The swim had its good moments, but I don’t want to do it again,” he said.
Then he hopped on his bike —he’s better at that. Last week, the German athlete finished his 10,000km cycle across Russia to Vladivostok. Overall, his self-imposed triathlon covers 40,000km. He is trying to do it with a minimal carbon footprint. Over the distance of 120 Ironmans, he will not use a support vehicle. He will make his way across any oceans on sailboats.
As usual over the 16 months for many of us, COVID-19 restrictions threw a wrench into his travel plans. He wanted to cycle across the Balkans, through Turkey, then Russia, and China. From here, he was going to sail across the Pacific to San Francisco and begin running 5,040km across the U. S. to New York. He punctually cycled through the Balkans (巴尔干山脉), a substantial way across Turkey. But when he arrived in Istanbul in mid-December, he discovered that the coronavirus (冠状病毒) had closed the border between Istanbul and Russia.
A week into Siberia, he caught food poisoning at a truck stop. “I had a delicious dish with chicken and soon realized that this was a mistake,” he said. The next morning, he felt like he was going to collapse so he spent a day recovering.
He reached Vladivostok on May 18,2021. He is now trying to source a ride across the Pacific. From there, the next stage of his route is unclear. He was going to run across America but U. S. borders remain closed. He is now considering running 5,000km across Mexico from Tijuana to Cancun.
1. What does Jonas Deichmann value most during his triathlon?A.Diets. | B.Fame. |
C.Environmental protection. | D.Sceneries along the way. |
A.Ruined. | B.Adopted. | C.Stressed. | D.Reduced. |
A.He was fooled. | B.He was disappointed. |
C.Diet was a challenge. | D.The truck stop was unsafe. |
A.Reached the USA. | B.Ran across Cancun. |
C.Settled in Vladivostok. | D.Swam across the Pacific. |
When I was four, my seven-year-old brother received a baseball mitt (手套) for his birthday. Every night, as we went to sleep, I’d listen to him throwing a ball into the mitt over and over to soften the leather. I wanted a mitt so much that I almost cried. But, back then, girls didn’t play sports.
Twenty-six years had passed. Now a thirty-year-old mother of three, I happened to see a notice in my local paper: “Women’s Slow-Pitch Softball League opens soon. Anyone who is interested can sign up at the recreation center.” I cut it out and set it on the kitchen counter. Could I? Was it even possible to think about playing baseball, a game I’d never actually played but had dreamed of playing my entire life? But I’d certainly watched enough games to know how it was played.
I looked at that notice on my counter every day. I thought of a thousand reasons I couldn’t play. I was too old. I had three little ones to watch. I could never be good enough. But the idea of playing baseball stuck in my head and wouldn’t go away. Finally, I gathered up my courage and signed up at the recreation center.
Since I wasn’t on a team, they told me I’d be assigned to one. And I was made to practice running bases. I never got a chance to bat or play on the field. I just ran the bases all night. Every week, I showed up for practice. But every game, I spent the night sitting on the bench. My husband asked why I didn’t just forget about it, and I told him that if I gave up, I’d never get a chance.
During the last game of the season, I finally had a chance to go to center field. I had to borrow a mitt and I used it to catch an impossibly high ball, winning the game for us. The coach looked surprised. It never occurred to him that I might be able to play.
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After the game, a young man approached me and asked if I’d like to play for his team.
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But it turned out that the coach was right: I could pitch (投).
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