1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The Champion of No Score

Maggie hated Tuesdays—Tuesdays meant gym class, gym class meant picking teams and picking teams meant Maggie would be picked last.

As a newcomer, she’d come up with a special title for each classmate to remember the other kids. There was Kevin, Champion of the Clean Desk. Lynnie, Champion of Knowing the Answer First… Thinking hard, she finally decided her own title: Champion of Quiet.

Maggie felt blue as Tuesday fell again. Mr. Murphy, the gym teacher, asked for volunteer captains to pick their own basketball teams. The usual hands shot into the air. Maggie sighed and glanced to her right. She caught the eye of Jasmine. Champion of Awkward, a girl who was sometimes picked last, too. Then Maggie had an idea. So when Mr. Murphy asked if anyone else wanted to volunteer, Maggie felt her hand slowly rise. Looking again at Jasmine, she took a big breath. Maybe it was time for her to use her voice.

“Maggie?” Mr. Murphy smiled. “You want a turn?”

“Yes,” she said.

The class whispered. Maggie leading a team?

“Yes,” she answered again, louder this time.

Mr. Murphy waved Maggie to the front, where the other three captains—Champion of Jumping Rope, Champion of Never Misses a Shot, and Champion of Doesn’t Know How to Lose—stood, ready to choose their teams.

“Maggie, you get first pick,” said Mr. Murphy. “Jasmine,” announced Maggie. The class snickered. A joke? More than once, Jasmine had tried to score on the wrong basket. Eyes wide, Jasmine took her place beside Maggie. The other three captains called out familiar names—the best players on the basketball court. It was Maggie’s turn again. “I choose Frank.” Frank (Champion of the Untied Shoelace) could not throw, or catch. He knew what it felt like to be the last pick. But not today.

Three very talented teams took shape. And then there was Maggie’s team. Maggie looked at her teammates. There stood Jasmine and Frank, plus Gillian (Champion of Chatter) and George (Champion of Sleepy). “I have chosen the worst team in the history of the world,” Maggie thought to herself.

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Hand in hand, the Maggie team walked onto the court.

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They did lose big, but something positive began to unfold in them.

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4 . Chinese athlete Zhang Weili gave the world something to remember at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 292 in Boston. She kept her strawweight (草量级) champion title with an outstanding performance over Brazil’s Amanda Lemos, setting many striking records in the process.

Zhang, the women’s pound-for-pound number one fighter in the world, arrived on the east coast of America as the favorite against the dangerous Brazilian striker, Lemos.

The superior advantage for Zhang began in the opening round. She landed an early strong low kick to put Lemos down. But just as Lemos appeared close to being stopped, she surprised Zhang with a D’Arce choke (达斯绞). When everyone thought it could be the end for Zhang, the champion’s strength carried her through, taking her out of the choke and into position to deliver a quick beating on the ground.

At the end of the battle, Lemos even got a second chance in the fourth round. But in the end, it was business as usual for Zhang, who nearly ended the fight with a knockdown in the final round, finishing as the winner with a scorecard of 50-43, 50-44, and 49-45.

During the exciting match, Zhang set many new records in women’s Mixed Martial Arts(MMA). She finished with 296 strikes, breaking the previous record of 249 held by Valentina Shevchenko. And with Lemos only connecting 29 times, Zhang also set the record for the largest striking differential in women’s MMA by 267 strikes.

In a post-fight interview, Zhang spoke through a translator to thank the Boston crowd for their energy. “My name is ZhangWeili,” then she said in English, cupping her hand to her ear to raise cheers from the crowd. “I’m from China. Do you remember me?”

1. What made Zhang Weili spotlighted by the world?

A．She donated all she had to UFC292.

B．She won world champion titles in a row.

C．She set many extraordinary records in UFC292.

D．She represented China to participate in the game.

2. How did Zhang Weili manage to escape Lemos’s D’Arce choke (达斯绞)?

A．She called for a time out.	B．The referee stopped Lemos.
C．She used a special technique.	D．She used her strength to get out.

3. How did the author illustrate Zhang’s exciting game in paragraph 5?

A．By listing statistics.	B．By explaining reasons.
C．By giving examples.	D．By making comparisons.

4. Which of the following can best describe Zhang Weili?

A．Easy-going.

B．Strong-willed.

C．Hard-working.

D．Warm-hearted.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What will the competition try to find next year?

A．The best dancer.

B．The best actor.

C．The best singer.

2. When will the sports hall open this week?

A．At 10:30 am.

B．At 9:00 am.

C．At 8:00 am.

3. What can we learn about the swimming pool?

A．It will be free for the first week.

B．It will open earlier than expected.

C．It will be bigger than the old one.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．On a program.

B．In a gym.

C．At home.

7 . After staring at a computer screen for hours at a time, the body often gives us a clue that it is stressed: unbearable neck and back pain. To fix the problem, you might have gotten advice to focus on posture, but exercise research points to another strategy as well — taking short-term exercise throughout the day to relieve tension and stress in the body.

Fitness specialists at NASA, an agency where people work in high-stress seated positions, developed a set of 20 one-minute exercises to prevent pain that anyone can do at their desk. “Movement is hydrating (补水) for connective tissues and joints, changing the stiffness that arises from too much sedentary behavior.” says Dr. Helene Langevin, director of the National Institute of Health, which recently funded more than a half-dozen studies on connective tissue and pain. “Taking small breaks and moving around throughout the day prevents your body from congealing (凝结),” Langevin says.

The NASA program included seated marches, standing calf raises, push-ups with hands on the desk, and neck, shoulder, and back stretches. “Your body is always talking to you,” said Marceleus M. Venable, a personal trainer in Washington D.C. and co-author of the NASA exercise program. “Your hands cramp (抽筋), you have hip pain and neck pain ... it’s saying: ‘Hey, can you stretch me?’ ”

No one set of exercises works for every body. Rather, people should focus on movements that challenge areas of weakness, strengthen multiple parts and that they enjoy, says Katy Bowman, a biomechanist and author of the book Move Your DNA. “It’s not as simple as asking everyone with back pain to do these four moves,” says Bowman. “It’s just like dietary nutrition. You need a range of movements that make the body strong from head to toe.”

In July 2023, Langevin published a video, demonstrating some of the movements she recommends, including taking one arm in a large gentle circle, while stretching the neck in the opposite direction and then repeating the move in the opposite direction, and on the opposite side. “Even if you are feeling sore, gentle motion can be soothing.” she says, “For musculoskeletal (肌肉骨骼) pain in general, movement is a really good thing.”

1. What does it indicate when there is unbearable pain in your neck and back?

A．You have to stare at the computer screen.

B．Your body is suffering from tension.

C．You have got advice to focus on posture.

D．Your body has released its stress.

2. What does the underlined word “sedentary” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Remaining too busy.	B．Staying up late.
C．Spending much time sitting.	D．Taking exercise overly.

3. Which of the following is the correct way to relieve body stress according to the text?

A．Resigning from NASA and taking a light job.

B．Providing sufficient water for various tissues of the body.

C．Promoting a set of exercises to benefit everyone.

D．Stretching your body whenever there is a chance.

4. In which section of a magazine is this text most likely to appear?

A．Health and Life.	B．Astronomy and Space.
C．Computer and Technology.	D．Office and Efficiency.

9 . Martin is a certified personal trainer for more than 30 years. He recently ______ a nonprofit organization, Fit2Give, to provide free personal training to ______ communities. Not everyone can attend a group exercise class — some need a one-on-one ______.

“The trainers will be paid; that’s why we’re taking ______,” Martin says. “We’re paying for their certification and their ______ and their ability to establish a ______ relationship with someone.”

Martin’s own ______ to fitness started when he was young. Later, he was attracted to weights and started visiting the gym. “While I was ______ at the gym, a supervisor suggested I take the exam and become a trainer,” he ______. “They loaned me their book. I took the exam. I ______.”

Martin has been supporting people’s fitness goals, which brings Martin ______. He says one client who lost 100 pounds through ______ diet and exercise. “At her weigh-in, her family was there, and they came up to me in ______ and said, ‘We thank you so much. Our mom, she’s like a ______ person.’ It was ______ to me that not only had I affected her, I had affected her family. That warmed my heart.”

1.

A．launched

B．expanded

C．assisted

D．joined

2.

A．unscheduled

B．uncertain

C．unexpected

D．underserved

3.

A．exam

B．approach

C．battle

D．call

4.

A．risks

B．chances

C．donations

D．measures

5.

A．knowledge

B．attempt

C．achievement

D．talent

6.

A．dangerous

B．calm

C．harmonious

D．peaceful

7.

A．path

B．secret

C．key

D．solution

8.

A．carrying on

B．hanging around

C．moving forward

D．working out

9.

A．bargains

B．recalls

C．explains

D．complains

10.

A．surrendered

B．struggled

C．passed

D．declined

11.

A．joy

B．progress

C．luck

D．wealth

12.

A．free

B．delayed

C．common

D．improved

13.

A．rags

B．tears

C．pain

D．effort

14.

A．new

B．strong

C．caring

D．good

15.

A．worrying

B．shocking

C．amazing

D．upsetting

10 . Best Poetry Writing Contests in 2024

The Poetry. com Contest

Poetry. com offers monthly contests for poets worldwide to build passion and enjoyment for the creative poem writing process! Poems remain anonymous (匿名) before applicants vote on what they believe should be the winning entry.

Top Prize: $500

Additional prizes: personalized Poetry. com gifts for runners-up

Entry fee: $25

Deadline: December 31, 2024

Wine Country Writers’ Festival Writing Contest

Welcome to the 4th annual Wine Country Writers’ Festival (WCWF) writing contest. Three categories and over$1,800 total value in cash and prizes are to be awarded. Enter your short fiction or nonfiction (2,000 words max) or up to 48 lines of poetry. Judged blindly by professional writers. No previously published works.

Top Prize: $200

Additional prizes: free registration package to the Wine Country Writers’ Festival

Entry fee: $11

Deadline: June 02, 2024

Tom Howard Poetry Contest

Welcome to the 20th annual Tom Howard Poetry Contest. Submit your published or unpublished work, a poem in any style, whether it rhymes or not.

Top Prize: $3,000

Additional prizes: $200 for 10 honorable mentions

Entry fee: $20

Deadline: October 01, 2024

The One Page Poetry Contest

One Page Poetry focuses on the art of expressing a poetic theme on a single page, whether your poem is four lines or forty, whether yours is a love poem, inspirational poem, or just one that is fun. We welcome all poetic forms, as long as they fit on a single page.

Top Prize: $2,000

Additional prizes: 2nd: 1,000; 3rd: 500

Entry fee: $25

Deadline: September 30, 2024

1. Which of the following offers the highest top prize?

A．The Poetry. com Contest.	B．WCWF Writing Contest.
C．Tom Howard Poetry Contest.	D．The One Page Poetry Contest.

2. What is unique to Wine Country Writers’ Festival Writing Contest?

A．It is held once a year.	B．It has honorable mentions.
C．It judges entries blindly.	D．It accepts other types besides poetry.

3. What do the Poetry. com Contest and the One Page Poetry Contest have in common?

A．They charge $25 for entry fee.

B．They have professionals as judges.

C．They require poems on one page.

D．They offer tailored gifts as prizes.