1 . 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 . This weekend a marathon took place where I live. I _________ the runners, who would run 42. 2 km if they completed the race. I’ve never run for more than half an hour _________ I’m amazed that some people _________ to keep going for over four!

At university, I played korfball (荷式篮球). The aim in the sport is to shoot the ball _________ the hoop (篮筐), which is like a netball hoop only _________ ! All players get a chance to attack and _________ during the game and its pace is _________.

When I started korfball, I wasn’t very good at it. I could _________ and catch but I was not very fast on my feet. Shooting was also difficult for me because I’d played netball in school and was used to a shorter post (柱子). _________, you often had to shoot on the move in korfball, and I found it __________ to balance and shoot straight while running __________ away from my defender!

However, I really __________ the sport and made friends, so I attended training twice a week. Two years later I was in the first team for my university and played in many matches, even scoring some goals for my team! This just shows that perseverance (毅力)__________—if you train hard, you can succeed.

__________ is difficult because you have to encourage yourself to keep going it’s __________ an individual than a team sport. I used to get really out of __________ while running and it didn’t feel good at all! Now I actually enjoy going for a run, feeling my muscles working and breathing in the fresh air.

Challenging exercise is always __________. I would like to try a 10 km run sometime, or even a half-marathon though I will __________ be a marathon runner. Seeing how happy the runners were as they __________ the finishing line made me want to have that feeling—the months of __________ is worthwhile as you achieve your goal.

1.

A．watched

B．admired

C．disliked

D．understood

2.

A．but

B．so

C．because

D．or

3.

A．try

B．wish

C．manage

D．intend

4.

A．into

B．onto

C．against

D．at

5.

A．shorter

B．lower

C．smaller

D．higher

6.

A．protect

B．win

C．defend

D．move

7.

A．slow

B．quick

C．rough

D．challenging

8.

A．send

B．control

C．throw

D．knock

9.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．However

10.

A．easy

B．appropriate

C．impossible

D．hard

11.

A．downwards

B．upwards

C．forwards

D．backwards

12.

A．hated

B．enjoyed

C．feared

D．changed

13.

A．pays off

B．takes off

C．runs off

D．sets off

14.

A．Jogging

B．Shooting

C．Running

D．Scoring

15.

A．quite

B．less

C．such

D．more

16.

A．control

B．danger

C．trouble

D．breath

17.

A．tiring

B．boring

C．rewarding

D．interesting

18.

A．never

B．always

C．ever

D．seldom

19.

A．approached

B．crossed

C．missed

D．witnessed

20.

A．training

B．growing

C．playing

D．racing

4 . People think children should play sports. Sports are fun, and children keep healthy while playing with others. However, playing sports can have _______ effects on children. It may produce feelings of poor self-respect or aggressive behavior in some children. According to research on kids and sports, 40,000,000 kids play sports in the US. Of these, 18,000,000 say they have been _______ at or called names while playing sports. This leaves many children with a bad _______ of sports. They think sports are just too aggressive.

Many researchers believe adults, especially parents and coaches, are the main _______ of too much aggression in children's sports. They believe children _______ aggressive adult behavior. This behavior is then further strengthened through both positive and negative feedback. Parents and coaches are powerful teachers because children usually look up to them. Often these adults behave aggressively themselves, sending children the message that _______ is everything. Many parents go to children's sporting events and shout _______ at other players or cheer when their child behaves _______. As well, children are even taught that hurting other players is _______ or are pushed to continue playing even when they are injured. __________, the media makes violence seem exciting. Children watch adult sports games and see violent behavior replayed over and over on television.

As a society, we really need to __________ this problem and do something about it. Parents and coaches in particular should act as better examples for children. They also need to teach children better __________. They should not just cheer when children win or act aggressively. They should teach children to __________ themselves whether they win or not. __________, children should not be allowed to continue to play when they are injured. If adults allow children to play when injured, this gives the message that health is not as __________ as winning.

1.

A．restrictive

B．negative

C．active

D．instructive

2.

A．knocked

B．glanced

C．smiled

D．shouted

3.

A．impression

B．concept

C．taste

D．expectation

4.

A．resource

B．cause

C．course

D．consequence

5.

A．question

B．understand

C．copy

D．neglect

6.

A．winning

B．practicing

C．fun

D．sport

7.

A．praises

B．orders

C．remarks

D．insults

8.

A．proudly

B．ambitiously

C．aggressively

D．bravely

9.

A．acceptable

B．impolite

C．possible

D．accessible

10.

A．By contrast

B．In addition

C．As a result

D．After all

11.

A．look up to

B．face up to

C．make up for

D．come up with

12.

A．techniques

B．means

C．values

D．directions

13.

A．respect

B．relax

C．forgive

D．enjoy

14.

A．Besides

B．However

C．But

D．Therefore

15.

A．serious

B．important

C．equal

D．superior

6 . 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

7 . At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe（赛艇）racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe _______ was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man named Bill Havens.

As the _______ for the Olympics neared, it became clear that Bill’s wife would give _______   to their first child at about the same time, so Bill   _______ himself in a dilemma. Should he go to Paris or should he stay at home with his family and _______ about the Olympics? After all, competing in the Olympics was one of his lifelong   _______ .

Bill, after a great deal of thinking, decided to withdraw from the competition.

_______it turned out, the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris, and Bill’s wife was   _______ in giving birth to their child. She was _______   late, in fact, that Bill could have ________ in the event and returned home in time.

It was a shame, but Bill said that he had no   ________ . Bill knew what was most important to him and he ________ what he believed was best. Not everybody has the ________ of character to say no to something that he or she ________   wants in order to say yes to something that truly   ________ .

There was a（n）________ end to Bill’s story. The child   ________ born to Bill and his wife was a boy whom they ________Frank. Twenty-eight years later, in 1952, Bill   ________ a telegram from Frank. It was sent from Helsinki, Finland, where the 1952 Olympics were being held. The telegram ________: “Dad, I won. I’m bringing home the gold medal you lost the chance to win while waiting for me to be born.”

1.

A．contest

B．race

C．sports

D．game

2.

A．year

B．deadline

C．time

D．chance

3.

A．birth

B．baby

C．help

D．hand

4.

A．found

B．put

C．thought

D．trapped

5.

A．expect

B．compete

C．comment

D．forget

6.

A．promises

B．dreams

C．journeys

D．businesses

7.

A．What

B．As

C．So

D．That

8.

A．early

B．lucky

C．late

D．miserable

9.

A．very

B．too

C．so

D．much

10.

A．taken

B．finished

C．fought

D．competed

11.

A．regrets

B．advantages

C．disappointments

D．choices

12.

A．did

B．paid

C．made

D．lost

13.

A．origin

B．strength

C．reason

D．energy

14.

A．apparently

B．truly

C．finally

D．seemingly

15.

A．wants

B．needs

C．values

D．matters

16.

A．expected

B．annoying

C．interesting

D．disappointing

17.

A．eventually

B．fortunately

C．actually

D．initially

18.

A．named

B．marked

C．expected

D．indicated

19.

A．sent

B．accepted

C．mailed

D．received

20.

A．showed

B．read

C．told

D．noted

8 . When the Chinese government first sent students to America in the late 19^th century, it could not decide whether their goal should be to acquire specific technical knowledge or to _______ new ways of thinking. More than a century later, a third of a million Chinese students are enrolled at American schools and universities. Yet folks back home remain _______ about what an American degree means.

Attending an American university is a good career move. It is also _______ as a soft option for well-off kids, scared of the gaokao, China’s brutal university-entrance exams. Yet many bright Chinese youngsters explain the appeal of an American education in a remarkably _______ fashion. One place to hear such dreams is an English-language debating tournament in the central city of Wuhan. It follows a(n) _______ popular at high schools across America, known as “Public Forum Debate”.

At first sight, the event bears the stamp of _______. It uses the classrooms at a bilingual private boarding school in Wuhan with its own golf course and an ice-hockey team coached by imported Russians. But the debate is not for big-city _______. It is run by the National High School Debate League of China, which _______ contests in dozens of Chinese cities each year. This one has _______ pupils, aged 13-18, from nine cities. Many will never study overseas.

The proposition is: “Countries should give ________ to climate-change adaptation over alleviation.” An early round is won by a pair of 17-year-old girls who attend the international section of a state-run high school in Shenyang. In confident, rapid-fire English the duo argue that climate change should be treated with realism. The pair also had speeches arguing the opposite ready, in case the coin-toss had gone ________.

Unlike America, where debating clubs are ________ by shouty, self-assured boys, most contestants in the Chinese league are girls. Of its 20 highest-ranked debaters, 16 are female. In a society that is still ________-centered, the chance to argue forcefully and be applauded for it has a rare appeal, suggests Liam Mather, the league’s executive director. The winners in Wuhan are Joyce Yi and Erica Chen, from a state school in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen. Their swaggering first-round performance leaves two ________ boys open-mouthed like fish. Ms Chen initially ________ debating in English because “I’m kind of an argumentative person.” Then she realized the subtle effects of having to research both sides of an argument. Chinese education emphasizes one correct answer to a question, she says.

1.

A．absorb

B．apply

C．practice

D．spread

2.

A．assured

B．disturbed

C．divided

D．suspended

3.

A．blamed

B．punished

C．scorned

D．warned

4.

A．idealistic

B．practical

C．realistic

D．variable

5.

A．access

B．format

C．path

D．recipe

6.

A．challenge

B．democracy

C．economy

D．privilege

7.

A．amateurs

B．elites

C．inhabitants

D．migrants

8.

A．enters

B．exposes

C．issues

D．stages

9.

A．converted

B．convinced

C．drawn

D．withdrawn

10.

A．emergency

B．guarantee

C．priority

D．sympathy

11.

A．in the way

B．its own way

C．the other way

D．under way

12.

A．advocated

B．dominated

C．monitored

D．presented

13.

A．exam

B．male

C．money

D．power

14.

A．illiterate

B．ill-prepared

C．unexpected

D．unpredictable

15.

A．dreaded

B．fancied

C．ignored

D．tolerated

9 . Two years ago, Kiah Twisselman was working for the Kentucky Beef Council, when she reached the weight of 285 pounds. Kiah was responsible for their nutrition program, which meant _______ the health benefits of beef and it wasn’t sitting well with her. She had to stand up in front of a group registered _______, a group of influencers, and tell them about the nutritional benefits of beef, and it made her so _______.

While on a flight to a work conference, Kiah read a book by motivational speaker Rachel Hollis. “That book was kind of my _______ call to me that if you want to change your life, it is 100 percent in your _______ and nobody else’s,” said Kiah.

She started _______ Hollis on social media and decided to try her Five To Thrive plan, which _______ her to adopt five simple habits and commit to _______ them every day for 90 days.

Kiah started waking up earlier, _______, began daily journaling, drank water according to the instruction and ate healthily. In just a few months, she lost 25 pounds, which ________ her to keep going, ________ when she hit a plateau (停滞期). She set a new goal: to lose 100 pounds.

To ________ things up, Kiah started trying out harder workout videos. Unlike previously blaming herself for her failure, this time, she started from a place of ________. “When I failed, I was more willing to ________ myself and say, ‘What can I learn from this?’”

Over the next year, Kiah lost 103 pounds and the physical transformation was so ________!

1.

A．believing

B．improving

C．ensuring

D．advocating

2.

A．nutritionists

B．tourists

C．farmers

D．partners

3.

A．unfortunate

B．successful

C．uncomfortable

D．appealing

4.

A．business

B．wake-up

C．first-aid

D．conference

5.

A．favor

B．diet

C．control

D．opinion

6.

A．following

B．assisting

C．blaming

D．interviewing

7.

A．forbade

B．qualified

C．permitted

D．challenged

8.

A．overcoming

B．practicing

C．celebrating

D．correcting

9.

A．watched out

B．dashed out

C．worked out

D．spoke out

10.

A．forced

B．fueled

C．promised

D．reminded

11.

A．thus

B．yet

C．merely

D．even

12.

A．fix

B．divide

C．switch

D．sum

13.

A．self-criticism

B．self-love

C．self-respect

D．self-doubt

14.

A．save

B．protect

C．introduce

D．forgive

15.

A．apparent

B．awkward

C．slight

D．gradual

10 . How much do you know about athletes? Many people regard watching sports games as a form of _________. But for athletes, they are challenging the _________ of human beings and breaking boundaries. Intensive training is a task which they do every day as a matter of _________. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister, who ran a mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, _________ the whole world’s attention. People believed that it was _________ imagination for a person to run a mile within 4 minutes. Bannister made a（n）

_________ in what people believed was impossible. In the years since, more and more athletes have overcome the four—minute—mile _________. Today, the record—held by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco since July 7, 1999—_________ at 3 minutes and 43. 13 seconds!

Records are _________ at a lower and lower rate in both running and other fields. When new records are set, they're changed by a small proportion of a（n） __________ . The decimal point（小数点）,set at one- tenth of a second for Bannister's record, now __________ one-hundredth of a second. __________, we'll have to go to a third decimal place, and then a fourth.

The closer athletes get to being __________, the harder it is to make improvements. Even though they are __________ the best performances of human beings, excellent athletes can still __________ proportions of seconds off existing records. They have a real __________ to break records. The gaps between new and old records decrease __________. Athletes are getting closer and closer to physiological __________ performances all the time. It will be tougher and tougher __________. However, excellent athletes never __________ trying.

1.

A．attention

B．contribution

C．recreation

D．communication

2.

A．beliefs

B．rights

C．strengths

D．limits

3.

A．routine

B．situation

C．experience

D．opinion

4.

A．required

B．avoided

C．attracted

D．disturbed

5.

A．beyond

B．within

C．from

D．by

6.

A．cut

B．division

C．involvement

D．breakthrough

7.

A．difference

B．barrier

C．habit

D．fear

8.

A．aims

B．shoots

C．works

D．stands

9.

A．updated

B．held

C．checked

D．established

10.

A．minute

B．hour

C．second

D．day

11.

A．contains

B．measures

C．means

D．covers

12.

A．Instead

B．Soon

C．Meanwhile

D．Besides

13.

A．honest

B．strong

C．perfect

D．ordinary

14.

A．assessing

B．affecting

C．expecting

D．approaching

15.

A．shave

B．keep

C．pay

D．knock

16.

A．history

B．struggle

C．change

D．inspiration

17.

A．quickly

B．finally

C．normally

D．gradually

18.

A．satisfactory

B．peak

C．consistent

D．fair

19.

A．making sense

B．taking effect

C．making progress

D．losing heart

20.

A．stop

B．remember

C．start

D．suggest