1 . Around the world more and more people are _______ dangerous sports and activities. Of course there have always been people who have _______ adventure--those who have climbed the _______ mountains, explored unknown parts of the world or _______ in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate pleasure from a _________ activity which may only last a few minutes or even _________.

I would consider bungee jumping(蹦极)to be a good example of such an activity. You _______ from a high place about 200 meters above the ground with an elastic(有弹力的)rope _______ to your ankles. You _______ at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from ________ the ground. It is said that 2 million people around the world have now ________ bungee jumping. Other activities, ________ most people would say are as dangerous as bungee jumping, __________ jumping from tall buildings and ________into the sea from the top of high rocks.

Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists(心理学家) suggest that it is because life in ________ societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly under __________ They had to go out and hunt for ________, and life was a continuous battle for survival.

Nowadays, according to many people, life offers ________ excitement. They live and work in relatively safe condition; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to __________ them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to ________ danger in activities such as bungee jumping.

How is it going?

Thank you for your interest in joining the school ________ team. As you know, our ________ has a great reputation, but we are always ________ new talent to sharpen the team for the future. It is not usual for a freshman student to be selected, ________ it is wonderful to hear that you are finding strength in teamwork and that basketball is giving you a ________ in life. If you are ________ for the school team, this is what our talent scouts are always looking for.

Firstly, you need to show us that you can ________ intense, focused and effective basketball. This means that you are always concentrating on the play, moving on the court, running for loose balls, and strong in both defense and attacking ________. We need to see that you can take charge of the ball, control your opponents, take shots and ________ goals for our team. So, you will need to work on your skills in these areas. Trust me, this hard work will really ________off when we are searching for new players.

Secondly, the tallest players are not always the ones that get ________. We are looking for strength, speed and skills, but we also want people who have good ________ , who are humble (谦逊的)and who can act as team players. No individual can win a basketball match; it’s the team who gets to the winning podium, and our coaches are always emphasizing ________ and cooperation both on and off the court. These are the ________ that make for an outstanding basketball player.

I hope these ________ can help you become a qualified basketball player and hope to see you when we start to recruit new members. Welcome to our school basketball team!

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Jack

3 . When I first saw the Boston Marathon in 1964, I just fell in love with it. I______to be part of it, but I didn’t know if I could do it. It was totally outside of the social norm (正常行为) for a woman to be running in those days.

In February, 1966，I sent my______to the Boston Marathon and they wrote back, saying, “Women are not physiologically (生理上) able to run a marathon.” When I read the______，I thought if I could prove that this was a______view about women, it was going to______the discussion of what else we thought women could not do. So I took the bus to Boston and got there the day before the______.

When I got to the starting line, I knew the most important thing was that I should not be______. To avoid being arrested or pulled off the course，I had a blue hooded (带风帽的) sweatshirt pulled up over my______with my hair tied back. Then, there was the bang, but I waited until about half the pack left－then I______in.

Even though I was disguised (伪装)，the other runners______very quickly that I was a woman. Fortunately, they were very______. I told them that I was______I would be thrown out if officials saw that I was a woman. But they said, “We won’t let that______. It's a free road. ” That’s when I   ___the hooded sweatshirt and everyone could see I was a woman. Then people went______. They started shouting and clapping, “Way to go, girlie!”

Finally I ran into Boston and______the race in 3 hours and 21 minutes.

I went back to Boston and ran______in 1967 and 1968. I hope to be a(n)______of someone who follows what they______and what they’re good at. I think everyone came to this world to ____ something.

4 . Recently, a special group of American athletes were invited to Poland to run in a 100-kilometer race. The endurance race was ________ interest to many people because the athletes were________. They had lost legs in accidents, were blind or had diseases that made their muscles very ________.

_____ their disabilities, most of the runners ________ it through the 25-hour race.

“Disabled people always ________ when we are asked why we are running such a long distance, and we smile because we________ the challenge,” said a blind runner.

The runners in Poland showed that there’s almost ________ that the disabled can’t do when they give their minds to it. There are about 37 million disabled people in the U. S. Just a decade ________, people thought they were beer off if they ________ home and did as little as possible.

That’s ________. Disabled athletes are challenging all ________and proving without questions that they can________in almost every sport. The disabled are taking part in running, golfing, skiing, bicycling, rock climbing and rafting. A_________woman ran in the Boston Marathon. Her husband ran in front of her and held a rope so she knew where to run.

In 1988, 376 disabled Americans competed in many ________ in a special division of the Seoul Olympics. These brave athletes are proving that the stereotype (偏见) that the disabled are inactive is out of________.

They have been helped by great ________in equipment. Wheelchairs weigh less than 5 kilograms now, compared with more than 20 kilograms a few years ago. Also,        ________________ legs are lighter and more comfortable.

Some people wonder if disabled athletes are ________ themselves too hard. But the athletes say they are________self-respect and independence.

5 . A few days after Christmas, my friend Zachary came over with his snowboard. Zachary was very good at snowboarding, but I could __________do it at all. I wondered if maybe my new board wasn’t the right size for me, so I tried __________Zachary’s board, but I still didn’t get very __________.

While I __________ with Zachary’s board, he was making run after run down the hill. He asked me if we could go to his favourite hill to do more runs, and not wanting to __________ his fun, I __________said I would go.

While out on the new hill, I still struggled to stay __________. I had fallen a few times when a teenager that I had never __________ before noticed that I was getting __________, and called me over to give me some advice. I don’t talk to strangers as a _________, but my mom was with me, so I felt __________. So I listened to what he had to __________, and then I made another __________. He watched, and then came over to give me more __________. I did what he told me, and I was able to get all the way down the hill without __________. It seemed much easier with the instructions he gave me.

This guy was so nice and helpful about __________ me. He could have chosen to make a few more runs for the day,__________ taking the time to help me. As __________ preteens, sometimes when we think of teenagers, we think of those who are troublemakers, or those who scare us. But this teenager made me feel __________ around him and was really helpful and kind to me.

I’m a much better snowboarder now, thanks to the very __________ teenage stranger.

6 . I'm sure many of you are familiar with the New Year’s resolution(决 心) --get _______ . After a Christmas of staving _______ , watching television and eating far too much chocolate decided enough was enough. January was going to be_______ 、January was going to be the start of the new. healthy me—less chocolate, more _______ . an all-round healthier lifestyle. But how was I going to do this? As I _______   , the Internet looking for inspiration,! realized just how _________ , I knew about ways to get fit. _______   exercise, had always thought you either played a team sport like_______ or went to the gym . And with the arrival of January snow, playing football outside didn't seem like die best option. And as I have a deep-rooted terror of _______running machines, the gym wasn't going to work out cither Plus Eve never quite understood the concept of   ________ to run inside when you could run outside for free!

________I knew that I needed to research my options further. The first thing I found was the world of YouTube exercise videos .There are videos for just about everything. The__________   thing about YouTube videos is that they are free, they are ________（you can do them whenever you want)and you don't have to ________your nice warm house to do them. But   ________ you do them with a friend it's tough to     ________yourself to keep going, and without an instructor there with you it's sometimes hard to know if you're doing the move ________   .

I then researched local fitness classes and found my small town to be absolutely swimming with ________ ! I quickly signed up to the overall sports club, had a look at the weekly timetable and   ________   to try them all out. So far I have tried out most of them. My ________ ones are by far the dance-based ones that take place to music, because it makes exercise so much more fun!

7 . His palms were sweating. The sun was as hot as the_____he faced today at the National Junior Olympics. The pole was______at 17 feet, three inches higher than his personal best. Michael Stone faced the most______day of his pole- vaulting(撑竿跳) career.

In his childhood, he used to have dreams about flying,______he would be running down a country road, racing between golden wheat fields. At one point, he would take a______and then lift ______the ground, soaring like an eagle. This______about flying was put to______training by Michael's father and coach ,who_____hard work and sweat. If you want something, work for it.

All of Michael’s vaults today seemed to be the reward for his hard work. a______would get him second place, but Michael would not allow himself the______of not winning.

He knew it was time for his_____ jump. Having_____off the tension from his legs, he began to stretch out his arms and upper body. He carefully picked up his pole, his heart beating     ____.The running track______him felt like the country road he used to dream about. Visions of the golden wheat fields______his thoughts. The air around him was the purest and freshest he had ever______. Michael was soaring like an eagle in his dreams

Lying on his back with that wonderful hot sun on his face. he______he could see in his mind's eye the______on his mother's face. He knew his dad was probably smiling too,_____laughing. With all the media attention, Michael’s life would never be the same. It wasn’t just because he set a new world record. It was simply because Michael Stone is blind.

8 . If you have been to Harbin in winter, but didn’t have a _______ to see people do winter-swimming, I am sure you will feel it’s a(n) _______. Can you imagine swimming in a river with the temperature being about 10 degrees below zero? This would be _______ to the people from the South. If you were on the Songhuajiang River, you could not help _______ those brave swimmers.

I felt greatly excited as well as _______ when I first saw the winter-swimming, though it was very cold that day, the swimmers were only wearing _______ clothes, while all the people watching were having heavy clothes covering all their bodies with only two _______ visible. I had thought that the river was warm, but it _______ much cold when I dipped my hand into the river water. What excited me most was the way they _______ into the river from the high ice-platform and the styles in which they swam, ________ butterfly-stroke and back-stroke.

My uncle has been ________ about winter-swimming for several years. Now he is a member of the Winter Swimming Club. Once I asked him, “Aren’t you afraid of cold? Have you got a ________ from it?” Smiling, he said, “________ we have a strong will, we can surely overcome any ________ and difficulties. I haven’t got a cold at all. On the contrary, I have become ________ than I was before.” That’s true, he ________ suffer from bronchitis. However, since he began to like swimming, he has been fully ________ from the disease.

Today, more and more people are ________ joining in the winter-swimming, including women and children. This activity shows the great ________ and strong will of the people in Harbin which I think is just what we ________ in our work and study as well.

9 . I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and expanding my comfort zone was not something I like. In fact, I wouldn’t have become a runner if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive ______ for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he ______ it. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to ______ him at the track. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us ______ up for a five-kilometer race. I ______ about doing it because it was too soon.

The ______ sent a signal. Thousands of runners pushed forward. The first kilometer was ______. I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners ______ me. Charles was trying to ______ me, to get me focused on something _______my discomfort.

After another minute I saw the three-kilometer ______. “Painful” couldn’t _____describe how I felt. And there was pain, so much pain. I rounded a ______, and saw both sides of the street ______ with people watching the race, all ______ the runners up. I tried to keep my ______ going. I knew that if I actually ______ this race I would have achieved something. So, I ______ up and went on.

Finally I passed through the finish line. A volunteer put a medal around my neck. I ______ held my medal, walking to the post-race celebrations with Charles. My lungs and my ______ zone both expanded.

10 . When I was younger, I was very sporty. My dad is a runner who great ____ me. My great hobby between the ages 11 and 14 was cross-country____. However, when my family ____, my new school didn't pay attention to ____, and had no after-school activities like football or running.

Over the next few years, I ____ exercising except during P.E. lessons at school. I was ____ that I could eat what I wanted and didn't put on any weight, so it looked like I was healthy, but in reality I was very ____.

When I started university, I decided that I would try and get fit, but by then I was worried about ____ myself in front of other people. ____, this year, one of my New Year's promises has been to try and get in shape. This ____ came after I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and was very out of ____ in under a minute! I considered ____ running again, yet my housemate tried to practice yoga, so my New Year's ____ was delayed.

Finally, one of my friends ____ a swimming pool close to my house that she had gone to a few times. Now, I love ____, and I find doing laps in the pool very relaxing. Experts say everyone should do 30 minutes of proper ____ every day, so I'm starting with an hour three times a week and ____ every day. I hope that I will soon start to feel the ____ of regular exercise, and will become fitter and ____. In the long term, I know it will be very good for me, and ____ all sorts of health problems that often occur in later life.