2 . Exercise and I had never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad _______ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, _______.

When I entered the University of Regina, my dad _______ telling me “You have to find a way to stay _______.” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I _______ to give swimming a shot, but I _______ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was _______ to convince myself that’s OK.

The spring semester came. A friend of mine _______ me if I wanted to try Zumba (尊巴) with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically a kind of exercise: dancing to Latin pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be _______.

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The instructor would always say, “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________ of sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, and it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past about physical exercise, and enjoy staying healthy.

1.

A．expected

B．allowed

C．forced

D．invited

2.

A．therefore

B．though

C．instead

D．besides

3.

A．avoided

B．risked

C．regretted

D．kept

4.

A．in shape

B．for fun

C．at ease

D．on business

5.

A．refused

B．happened

C．bothered

D．decided

6.

A．hardly

B．merely

C．constantly

D．gradually

7.

A．eager

B．content

C．embarrassed

D．disappointed

8.

A．cheated

B．comforted

C．asked

D．annoyed

9.

A．happy

B．proud

C．careful

D．sure

10.

A．cup

B．part

C．share

D．mouth

11.

A．curiosity

B．passion

C．fear

D．confidence

12.

A．perfect

B．positive

C．adorable

D．official

13.

A．accept

B．feel

C．display

D．compare

14.

A．witness

B．separate

C．discourage

D．save

15.

A．trouble

B．sense

C．peace

D．contact

3 . I think I will never forget the special day in November. It was hotter than normal. This was the______ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this______ for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come for me. I saw worry and______ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles, I felt______. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled______ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the______required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races, I didn’t______ out in the front. I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning，my strength began to______. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I could see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into______ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them______ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me.______ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the______ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both______ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep ______ until the very end.

The ______ were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to talk to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry, Dad, I’m so sorry I ______ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just______. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so hard. What about our dream?” He ______over for my hand and said, “Don’ t you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn’t long before my running shoes were back on, marking a______ path for my journey. I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I ______ together were not for a race. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

1.

A．dream

B．result

C．day

D．weather

2.

A．goal

B．race

C．contest

D．battle

3.

A．amusement

B．astonishment

C．coldness

D．excitement

4.

A．great

B．afraid

C．nervous

D．proud

5.

A．programs

B．instructions

C．practices

D．studies

6.

A．sacrifice

B．potential

C．patience

D．attention

7.

A．look

B．move

C．start

D．come

8.

A．disappear

B．decrease

C．strengthen

D．increase

9.

A．relief

B．spirit

C．pleasure

D．glory

10.

A．give

B．hold

C．feel

D．add

11.

A．Where

B．Because

C．If

D．Although

12.

A．strength

B．emotion

C．confidence

D．trust

13.

A．loud

B．foreign

C．soft

D．firm

14.

A．running

B．cheering

C．going

D．training

15.

A．audience

B．judges

C．competitors

D．doctors

16.

A．disappointed

B．disturbed

C．bored

D．frightened

17.

A．develop

B．change

C．follow

D．happen

18.

A．turned

B．took

C．reached

D．looked

19.

A．new

B．near

C．rough

D．narrow

20.

A．struggled

B．experienced

C．remembered

D．appreciated

4 . During my first three years of college, I put on about 30 pounds of weight. Between classwork and a part-time job, I had zero time for _______. Besides, I ate a lot of fast food. Not surprisingly, I got a fat stomach.

After leaving college, I _______ to take exercise. Invited by a friend, I began working out with exercise machines three times a week. I was the kind of person who did not try something _______. I ate the same foods; I did the same things. Clearly, I _______ my routines (习惯). My friend, however, became _______. One day, he said, “We’re not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead.”

Me? Play tennis? No way. I was strongly against his _______. 1 was not good at sports. Besides, I was _______ the exercise machines. However, weeks later, I found myself standing on a tennis court (球场). As I held my racket (球拍), I felt _______. I gave my friend some looks that could kill. I ran after every ball he served to me, completely _______ about 90% of them, and hitting the rest into the other court. The first few months were quite __________. But one day, as the ball enough came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball. I watched __________ as my return landed where I had aimed (瞄准) it, I had finally. __________ how to play tennis properly!

Tennis would finally become my __________. I played it for several years, only __________ because of a knee injury. I learned a lesson during my journey toward learning to play tennis: I can do whatever I set my mind to. I just __________ to put in the work, and the results will follow.

1.

A．games

B．holidays

C．research

D．exercise

2.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．regretted

D．continued

3.

A．important

B．new

C．simple

D．similar

4.

A．liked

B．changed

C．challenged

D．strengthened

5.

A．addicted

B．amazed

C．bored

D．confused

6.

A．topic

B．experiment

C．reply

D．idea

7.

A．worried about

B．happy with

C．sure of

D．ashamed of

8.

A．silly

B．curious

C．confident

D．satisfied

9.

A．quitting

B．throwing

C．missing

D．playing

10.

A．interesting

B．painful

C．different

D．easy

11.

A．in secret

B．in danger

C．in fear

D．in surprise

12.

A．explored

B．learned

C．taught

D．remembered

13.

A．hobby

B．plan

C．dream

D．schedule

14.

A．completing

B．starting

C．stopping

D．forgetting

15.

A．expect

B．seem

C．need

D．happen

5 . I started training in tae kwon do (跆拳道) by accident. But in the first class, I learned something exciting—how to ________ someone grabbing your arm. I loved it, so I kept practicing and earning higher ranks.

At every rank, I found something ________, whether it was the kicks in the air or the increasingly complex patterns. But over time, “I can’t” ________ “How can I?” which then became “How will I?”

One day, I showed up to class and students were ________ wooden boards. I was convinced that they were all crazy and “I can’t” voice yelled again.

I watched, in ________ as student after student walked up to solid pieces of wood and broke them with their hands or their feet. When I was given the opportunity to ________ I chickened out. But my ________ were extremely patient. They invited me to work individually with them. I refused their first and second offer, but ________, I agreed to try.

They told me that board breaking was more a mental ________ than a physical one and taught me how to line up to break that board. And the first time I went to ________ it, I was so afraid that I missed and accidentally kicked the board holder’s fingers. I felt ________ but he encouraged me to try again. I told that doubting voice in my ________ to “shut up!”

I focused on the ________ I thought about how much I had improved and how I had surprised myself. I told myself I ________ to believe that I was able to do amazing things. And then—suddenly that board looked a lot less ________ I kicked with everything I had and it worked.

1.

A．put up with

B．come up with

C．get away from

D．look forward to

2.

A．impossible

B．unnecessary

C．inspiring

D．important

3.

A．referred to

B．consisted of

C．turned into

D．depended on

4.

A．painting

B．breaking

C．measuring

D．designing

5.

A．anger

B．satisfaction

C．astonishment

D．sympathy

6.

A．try

B．ask

C．escape

D．deliver

7.

A．neighbors

B．students

C．colleagues

D．instructors

8.

A．directly

B．finally

C．secretly

D．naturally

9.

A．disease

B．habit

C．state

D．challenge

10.

A．fix

B．kick

C．pull

D．bite

11.

A．different

B．secure

C．terrible

D．ready

12.

A．mind

B．reply

C．dream

D．case

13.

A．common

B．similar

C．familiar

D．positive

14.

A．happened

B．refused

C．pretended

D．deserved

15.

A．interesting

B．frightening

C．confusing

D．convincing

6 . Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me.

My coach said that I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my _________. That was before all the fun was taken out of _________. At first, everyone on the team got _________ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the _________ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have _________ one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our _________. The coach was _________ . The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: all we did during practice was _________. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the _________. Of course, all teams run drills(操练); they are __________. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble __________. Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises __________ for 18-year-olds. I was very thin __________ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too __________ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual __________. Is all this pressure necessary?

I __________ up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s __________, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they felt from the coach or their parents. I continued playing football at school and __________ my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing for him, he told me I needed to __________ because I looked nervous. After I __________ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.

1.

A．class

B．club

C．team

D．board

2.

A．playing

B．living

C．learning

D．working

3.

A．great

B．equal

C．right

D．extra

4.

A．business

B．struggle

C．attempt

D．pressure

5.

A．free

B．private

C．good

D．basic

6.

A．matches

B．courses

C．lessons

D．programs

7.

A．replaced

B．criticized

C．changed

D．challenged

8.

A．jump

B．play

C．run

D．shoot

9.

A．duty

B．meeting

C．operation

D．training

10.

A．necessary

B．boring

C．scientific

D．practical

11.

A．speaking

B．moving

C．sleeping

D．breathing

12.

A．used

B．intended

C．made

D．described

13.

A．till

B．since

C．before

D．because

14.

A．full

B．tired

C．lazy

D．big

15.

A．size

B．share

C．space

D．state

16.

A．gave

B．kept

C．ended

D．picked

17.

A．sad

B．shameful

C．silly

D．serious

18.

A．reconsidered

B．rediscovered

C．reformed

D．replaced

19.

A．quit

B．improve

C．relax

D．inspire

20.

A．fell

B．stepped

C．slowed

D．calmed

8 . Being a parent is already a life-changing experience. However, this 40-year-old dad_______an astonishing transformation after a hike with his kids.

Before Jeremiah Peterson looked like a supermodel, he weighed 290 pounds. He was only_______to lose weight after he went on a_______with his family in 2017 and became self-conscious about how quickly he was_______from the activity.

“Instead of remembering all the good_______we had made on this trip, all I can remember is this one thing that kept playing in my head over and over again: I found myself running out of breath and having to take_______way before my 9-, 7- and 6-year-old kids,” Peterson wrote on Instagram.

The dad from Missoula, Montana then was_______to get into shape.

He started by giving up drinking and_______a ketogenic diet(生酮食法). Every day for five months straight, he would hike for two hours and spend one_______hour at the gym.

After 150 days of a strict diet and lots of________, Peterson lost 92 pounds. Not only that, he can now run________up the hiking trail that once made him extremely exhausted.

Peterson now uses his story and fitness expertise to coach and________almost 100,000 social media followers---but he says that his kids are the real________for his success.

“Finding your reason that is________if you want to achieve success in life,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “If you don’t have a strong reason behind your________you are less likely to get the results.”

1.

A．discouraged

B．experienced

C．prevented

D．improved

2.

A．allowed

B．warned

C．motivated

D．noticed

3.

A．hike

B．diet

C．program

D．project

4.

A．let out

B．taken out

C．picked out

D．worn out

5.

A．changes

B．contributions

C．memories

D．preparations

6.

A．turns

B．breaks

C．photos

D．notes

7.

A．lucky

B．honored

C．determined

D．frightened

8.

A．insisting on

B．leading to

C．referring to

D．adding to

9.

A．another

B．other

C．most

D．more

10.

A．practice

B．consideration

C．exercise

D．attention

11.

A．suddenly

B．non-stop

C．immediately

D．together

12.

A．please

B．compare

C．inspire

D．force

13.

A．purpose

B．reason

C．advantage

D．direction

14.

A．essential

B．convenient

C．personal

D．available

15.

A．achievements

B．imaginations

C．conditions

D．actions

9 . When I told my mother, who passed away earlier this year in her nineties, that I was taking up marathon running at the age of 60, she thought I was crazy. However, I saw it as a way of keeping my _______ health as I entered my older years, and a mental focus as my career（职业生涯） began to _______ .

I _______ that just explains how my generation has come to understand the value of _______ . Our parents always believed later life meant a less _______ Life. In my mid-fifties, I _______ a period of ill health. I realized I needed to look after myself better, so I started _______

When I was 59 I saw a 93-year-old being _______ on TV, who was running the London Marathon. With my sixties around the corner, I didn’t want to _______ and see my health gradually ________ , nor did I want time to pass ________ . I wanted to set myself goals. I ________ if a 93-year-old could run a marathon, so could I!

Since then I’ve run twelve marathons, one a ________ . The physical ________ has been huge. I suffer from arthritis（关节炎） and asthma（哮喘）, but because I am ________ and strong I can manage the ________ and they don’t stop me leading a normal life. And with a marathon to train for every year, I never get ________ . I love having a goal to work towards.

My family are proud of me and they ________ me a lot. I don’t just want to exist in my older years, I want to live a   ________ and active life, and look after my health, physically and ________ .

1.

A．physical

B．mental

C．increasing

D．poor

2.

A．make sense

B．make a difference

C．come to an end

D．come to mind

3.

A．repeat

B．suppose

C．mention

D．doubt

4.

A．profession

B．self-discipline

C．self-care

D．concentration

5.

A．active

B．formal

C．private

D．easy

6.

A．spent

B．experience

C．completed

D．enjoyed

7.

A．cycling

B．painting

C．reading

D．jogging

8.

A．challenged

B．created

C．recognized

D．interviewed

9.

A．hold on

B．sit back

C．grow up

D．look down

10.

A．normal

B．energetic

C．weak

D．overweight

11.

A．aimlessly

B．hopelessly

C．unfortunately

D．carelessly

12.

A．joked

B．wondered

C．decided

D．argued

13.

A．week

B．year

C．month

D．day

14.

A．behavior

B．help

C．pain

D．pleasure

15.

A．fit

B．happy

C．lively

D．attractive

16.

A．anxiety

B．sports

C．time

D．conditions

17.

A．astonished

B．tired

C．embarrassed

D．bored

18.

A．require

B．train

C．support

D．respect

19.

A．full

B．rich

C．free

D．risky

20.

A．gracefully

B．mentally

C．bravely

D．seriously

10 . When I first walked into a Tai Chi class, I had no idea this eastern movement practice would become so central in my life. It ____ I was not just there for exercise! For many years now it has been my continuing ____ to share Tai Chi with students of all ages and walks of life.

Many people begin classes wanting to grow stronger, more ___, and flexible. Others are looking for effective ways to __ with stress, the constant demand and trouble of modern life, __ some had seen a TV ad they couldn't remember, describing a group calmly doing Tai Chi in the park, and it __ their curiosity about a different route to health.

Concentrating on __ posture and breathing control, Tai Chi's movements are graceful and well balanced, __ the complete harmony of body and mind. It is different from western sports such as rugby where the harder and quicker the _____. Tai Chi is a sport that strengthens the body as well as the __ from the within. All of these are powerful benefits of Tai Chi. _____,1 have found that consistent practice of these forms develops my everyday experience, and ______the way for growth.

I've been a ____ in various schools over the years, and delight in watching ____ we each find our own keys to learning. It’s a privilege to accompany and___ that process in my students. I am ____ by the marvelous teachers with whom I've had the good fortune to work. All of my ____ take place in beautiful old buildings. The first class is free to newcomers ____ they may try it out with no commitment. I invite you to ____ with questions, or to register for classes. Whether you are young or aged, male or female, you can choose Tai Chi as your ____ physical exercise.

1.

A．breaks out

B．turns out

C．makes out

D．puts out

2.

A．task

B．hope

C．burden

D．pleasure

3.

A．wealthy

B．healthy

C．comfortable

D．balanced

4.

A．play

B．begin

C．deal

D．mix

5.

A．Possibly

B．Obviously

C．Surely

D．Apparently

6.

A．aroused

B．destroyed

C．applied

D．completed

7.

A．fantastic

B．correct

C．extreme

D．comfortable

8.

A．admitting

B．extending

C．realizing

D．promoting

9.

A．faster

B．slower

C．better

D．worse

10.

A．mind

B．movement

C．confidence

D．memory

11.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．Instead

12.

A．cut

B．close

C．obtain

D．clear

13.

A．stranger

B．student

C．teacher

D．colleague

14.

A．when

B．how

C．where

D．why

15.

A．support

B．relieve

C．forgive

D．comfort

16.

A．praised

B．demanded

C．inspired

D．commanded

17.

A．schools

B．teachers

C．grades

D．classes

18.

A．so that

B．even though

C．now that

D．in case

19.

A．pursue

B．examine

C．consult

D．accommodate

20.

A．familiar

B．ideal

C．favorite

D．imaginary