1 . Yesterday, my daughter had to go to work earlier than usual. Since the gym where I work out is not far from her _________, I decided to take her to work and then go to the gym.

At quite an earlier hour, the gym was_________full of men and women of all ages, working out. I_________go to the gym at this early hour, and was_________to see so many people. It seems that many go to the gym before going to work. Some want to lose weight, others want to_________ their body, and a great number of people like to build their muscles (肌肉). I know how difficult it is for most people to start exercising. Most people know it is good for their body, _________they are too lazy to go to the gym, _________ in the morning. They_________to spend an extra hour in bed before starting their day. In the afternoon, they are too_________ after work, and want to stay at home or go out to meet friends.

If you’re one of them, you need to overcome (克服) your__________. If you__________going to the gym and exercising, you will start to like it. This usually __________when you see you’re losing weight, that your body is getting into a better shape, and that you feel stronger.

It is the same in every other area of life, when you study a foreign language, develop a new skill or a new habit and when you make up your mind to__________your dreams. It is__________at first. But when you start to see __________, everything becomes easier because you have great motivation.

1.

A．house

B．garage

C．office

D．yard

2.

A．already

B．still

C．even

D．just

3.

A．usually

B．sometimes

C．only

D．seldom

4.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．excited

D．satisfied

5.

A．shape

B．protect

C．check

D．change

6.

A．and

B．but

C．then

D．thus

7.

A．actually

B．simply

C．especially

D．generally

8.

A．need

B．have

C．prefer

D．expect

9.

A．worried

B．bored

C．anxious

D．tired

10.

A．quietness

B．loneliness

C．darkness

D．laziness

11.

A．practice

B．keep

C．forget

D．consider

12.

A．improves

B．happens

C．finishes

D．exists

13.

A．remember

B．recall

C．achieve

D．live

14.

A．comfortable

B．important

C．interesting

D．difficult

15.

A．facts

B．results

C．sights

D．chances

2 . I have grown up in a football-loving family. My dad played until injury _________ him out. My elder sister Stevie _________ with Crewe Alexandra Girls for a year or two as a left back (后卫), just like our hero Jamie Carragher.

I remember the exact moment when I told my dad I was _________ in doing what my big sister did. I was watching the game with him in the living room and it just came out: “It makes me _________ that I can’t be a footballer.” He asked why not, and I answered, “Because I’m not a boy.”

He _________ responded by telling me that women’s football was “great” and that I could play if I wanted to. “Yeah, I suppose so,” I responded, “but no one _________ women’s football.” Looking back, I can see exactly why I felt like that.

At school, there was an unwritten _________ that sports like rugby and football were for the boys. I’d never seen a women’s football match on TV and the only _________ athletes I’d heard of were in the Olympics.

Today, the England Lionesses (母狮队) will _________ Scotland in the World Cup, and people across the world will watch it. __________ women’s football has turned out to be one of FIFA’s investments, the majority of female players in top tiers are earning under what anyone would consider a fair __________, and only £24 million prize money was awarded to the women’s World Cup victors in __________ with £315 million to the men’s. That’s a vast __________.

Maybe, the truth is: Investment is needed for female football to become more visible and become a(n) __________ respected game. It’ll mean talented, skillful female footballers being __________ by millions of homes and maybe, just maybe, a little girl believing that she can also be a Lioness one day.

1.

A．allowed

B．admitted

C．followed

D．forced

2.

A．talked

B．trained

C．lived

D．stood

3.

A．tough

B．rich

C．interested

D．concerned

4.

A．sad

B．surprised

C．scared

D．satisfied

5.

A．apparently

B．completely

C．immediately

D．temporarily

6.

A．plays

B．knows

C．likes

D．watches

7.

A．plot

B．word

C．tale

D．rule

8.

A．foreign

B．female

C．young

D．top

9.

A．take on

B．turn on

C．pick up

D．hold up

10.

A．As

B．Although

C．Once

D．Until

11.

A．deal

B．charge

C．share

D．income

12.

A．comparison

B．line

C．cooperation

D．competition

13.

A．difficulty

B．difference

C．variety

D．category

14.

A．equally

B．merely

C．potentially

D．financially

15.

A．explored

B．transported

C．recognized

D．permitted

3 . 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 ________ before the meet, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the display of human ________ 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．help

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．examined

C．subscribed

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．behavior

13.

A．leave

B．cure

C．bother

D．understand

14.

A．strangers

B．volunteers

C．graduates

D．explorers

15.

A．eagerness

B．kindness

C．curiosity

D．anxiety

4 . I’m nine years old now, but I have been_________competitively since I was six. I love it, because it makes me feel good. I have a lot of_________and I can do it by just moving my legs.

One recent Sunday morning, my mum drove me to a 5km race in Minnesota. The starting line was _________because there was also a 10km race. That morning, I was running confidently and feeling_________. Then I came to a fork on the course. A woman who was directing us_________the route I thought I was meant to take and told me to go the other way. I was_________, but I had to follow her_________.

After a while I saw route directions for the 10km race. I was worried, thinking I was_________, but I had to keep going. My body started to get_________. I said to myself, “You’re almost there. Just keep__________.”

__________ I saw the finish line. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even know I was running 10km and I __________it. I didn’t do this on purpose. It was a __________. I felt happy and proud. It was the first time that I had run such a(n) __________. It has made me want to compete in more 10km races. I hope my story can __________other people to run too.

1.

A．hiking

B．swimming

C．bicycling

D．running

2.

A．time

B．resource

C．energy

D．patience

3.

A．separated

B．crowded

C．combined

D．limited

4.

A．exhausted

B．energetic

C．strange

D．sensitive

5.

A．blocked off

B．pulled off

C．tidied up

D．gave up

6.

A．confused

B．disappointed

C．angry

D．pleasant

7.

A．example

B．suggestions

C．directions

D．order

8.

A．stuck

B．lost

C．deserted

D．ignored

9.

A．fueled

B．adapted

C．tired

D．relaxed

10.

A．waiting

B．shaking

C．smiling

D．breathing

11.

A．Initially

B．Actually

C．Obviously

D．Eventually

12.

A．won

B．quit

C．changed

D．expected

13.

A．dream

B．mistake

C．balance

D．lesson

14.

A．test

B．risk

C．adventure

D．distance

15.

A．permit

B．enable

C．inspire

D．press

6 . No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _________.

I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the _________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment, we were defeated. I couldn’t believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were _________ me. I had to change my _________ about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little _________. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _______. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a _________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest _________ of my life!

From the experience, I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and _________ them. I helped them to see themselves ____________, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.

1.

A．luck

B．efforts

C．tests

D．nature

2.

A．excellent

B．successful

C．new

D．strong

3.

A．depending on

B．looking for

C．reacting to

D．caring about

4.

A．intention

B．conclusion

C．decision

D．attitude

5.

A．culture

B．fortune

C．relationship

D．pride

6.

A．winners

B．leaders

C．learners

D．part

7.

A．burden

B．victory

C．shame

D．favor

8.

A．offers

B．concerns

C．thrills

D．chances

9.

A．observed

B．encouraged

C．impressed

D．protected

10.

A．calmly

B．honestly

C．differently

D．individually

8 . As an athlete, I’ve always worked hard to push myself to my limits and with that usually comes some aches and pains. So last year when I started to feel some muscle pain after a _________ workout, at first I didn’t think it was a big _________. I was training for a marathon at the time, so over the weekend I’d _________ a 20-kilometre run. The following Tuesday I _________ my favourite CrossFit gym to do a workout that _________ a lot of upper body weight lifting. My trainer told me to take it easy on my body, but I _________ I’d be fine and powered through it. Afterward, my trainer noticed a(n) _________ swelling in my arm and said he was worried. I tried to _________ him off but he insisted I drink a lot of water and check in with him in a few hours. Sure enough, by that afternoon the swelling had increased and I _________ to the doctor.

The doctor took one look at me and __________ me with rhabdomyolysis (横纹肌溶解), a life-threatening condition where muscle __________ causes kidney failure. As they gave me IV fluids to flush out the __________ substance, my doctor told me that if I’d waited even another 30 minutes, we would have been having this discussion in the __________ room. Things were touch-and-go over the weekend but I made a full recovery, __________ in no small part to my trainer. I was a very experienced Cross Fitter and still hadn’t seen any problems.   __________ I had a great trainer I could trust; he saved my life.

1.

A．light

B．tough

C．good

D．short

2.

A．deal

B．fact

C．disease

D．project

3.

A．stopped

B．wanted

C．started

D．done

4.

A．hit

B．took

C．ended

D．liked

5.

A．combined

B．related

C．involved

D．compared

6.

A．figured

B．found

C．favored

D．facilitated

7.

A．obvious

B．broad

C．narrow

D．slight

8.

A．cut

B．brush

C．put

D．see

9.

A．objected

B．stuck

C．headed

D．adapted

10.

A．amused

B．diagnosed

C．provided

D．rewarded

11.

A．overuse

B．leisure

C．relief

D．protection

12.

A．beneficial

B．abstract

C．poisonous

D．essential

13.

A．caring

B．intelligence

C．waiting

D．emergency

14.

A．access

B．thanks

C．solutions

D．entrance

15.

A．Pitifully

B．Eventually

C．Frequently

D．Thankfully

9 . Benedict made history this week when he became the first blind person to complete the Paris Half Marathon with guide dogs and no human assistance.

A crowd of blind people ______ their Half Marathon at 9:00 this Wednesday with about two thousand people ______ the game, ______ it was still a little cold as it was raining ______, the people without their sight ran fast with the help of their ______.Falling down sometimes, they ______ up and went on running, which was very attractive, ______ and encouraging.

Of course, some few dogs didn’t ______ their hosts in the right way.As a result, those ______

didn’t finish their task, but they were really ______.In the end, only about twenty blind people
______ their destination.Among them, Benedic did the ______, who got the first place in the game.

With the ______ of his three dogs named Waffle, Westley, and Gus, which ______ leading him throughout the 13.1-mile race, Benedic ______ the finishing line in just over 2 hours 20 minutes.

The game ______ at about 12:00, and many people were so ______ by the sport spirit of the blind people that they were not ______ to leave the spot.When asked about his feeling of the game, “No matter what your ______ is,” said Benedic, 48, who is CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, “don’t let ______ tell you that you can’t.”

1.

A．started

B．held

C．caught

D．registered

2.

A．supporting

B．watching

C．joining

D．playing

3.

A．If

B．Since

C．Because

D．Though

4.

A．rarely

B．sometimes

C．slightly

D．usually

5.

A．assistants

B．sticks

C．dogs

D．drivers

6.

A．added

B．looked

C．climbed

D．rose

7.

A．striking

B．tiring

C．satisfying

D．disappointing

8.

A．carry

B．lead

C．require

D．bear

9.

A．persons

B．viewers

C．animals

D．workers

10.

A．sad

B．worried

C．great

D．proud

11.

A．sought

B．reached

C．found

D．recognized

12.

A．most

B．least

C．worst

D．best

13.

A．instruction

B．exception

C．help

D．control

14.

A．took turns

B．went on

C．gave up

D．had troubles

15.

A．left

B．broke

C．set

D．crossed

16.

A．lost

B．ended

C．continued

D．began

17.

A．confused

B．bored

C．pushed

D．moved

18.

A．sad

B．willing

C．happy

D．satisfied

19.

A．job

B．position

C．challenge

D．aim

20.

A．anyone

B．someone

C．everyone

D．none