1 . Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.

August 18, 2016 (Rio local time) is a date     1     will go down in Chinese sporting history after China beat the Netherlands 3:1 during the women’s volleyball semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games. After 12 years, the Chinese team has finally made     2     once again to the Olympic final.

After the semi-final match, head coach Lang Ping said she could barely     3     (breath) as the match progressed. “I kept thinking about how to deal with the opponents. Both of our scores increased alternately (交替地). I have never seen such intensity (紧张),” she remarked.

Lang said she knew it would be     4     (challenge) to play against the Netherlands, since the team is quite     5     (compete). “I always told the players they would come across many difficulties, but all we could do was try our best. The Chinese women’s volleyball team is tough.”

Ding Xia, a player, explained that they     6     (analyze) their experiences being defeated by the Netherlands in group games, and then prepared tactics (战术) based on those experiences. Moreover, the most important thing to the Chinese players was maintaining a positive attitude. Ding explained, “To improve our skills in just a few days is     7     (possible), but we used our confidence and morale to better our performance.” As for the victory, Lang is very     8     (pride) of the team’s performance, boasting that their win was based on “will power.”

    9    , just two days ago, few people believed the Chinese team would be able to defeat the Brazilians, let alone make it to the finals. Even Lang admitted that the Brazilian team was a tough opponent in terms of both experience and skill. On the subject of that match, Lang said that she didn’t put too much     10     (press) on the Chinese team, “We didn’t think much about success, but just played the best game we could. Our players are really brave.”

2 . Western New Bridge Library Announcement
2008-3-10

Shortened Library Hours for Spring Break

Library Hours have been shortened to 7 hours a day（9∶00 a．m．-4∶00 p．m．） for Spring Break from March 24 to March 30．

Coming Events

●On Monday, March 24,at 10∶30 a．m．, Scott Sutton, a children’s writer, will tell stories to kids over seven．Sutton’s attractive style will surely inspire everyone present! ●At 1∶00 p．m．on March 26, the Georgetown Musicians will present an Irish Folk Concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family．Come for the music and stay to check out（完成手续拿走） some relevant（相关） books for the rest of the week! ●On Thursday, March 27,at 2∶00 p．m．, the annual Children’s Gathering will take place in Room 201,the second floor ．Pick up an invitation in the Children’s Room and return your RSVP（回复） to reserve （预定）your seat at the table by 3∶00 p．m．on Tuesday, March 25．Only children are allowed in the Gathering． ●At 10∶30 a．m．on Friday, March 28, Enzo Monfre of the hit kids’ science show, ENZOology, will bring Fossils     Live! Surely Enzo will take the audience back in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth, to uncover the mysteries of killer dinosaurs, and more．Enzo recently appeared on the Ellen De Generes Show—come and see him at the library!

Please note： In case of emergency, please call the Help Desk at 926-3736 and follow the procedures outlined on the voice message．The call-down service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies．The Help Desk supplies service to you all the year round! For questions about all these, please contact hld@wnbl．org．

Come for the great fun; Stay for the relevant books!

1. To attend the annual Children’s Gathering, one has to ________．

A．buy a ticket	B．apply in advance
C．make a reservation	D．contact the call-down service

2. According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will ________．

A．show the children around a zoo

B．tell stories to children over seven

C．be present at the science show in person

D．lead the children to the Ellen De Generes Show

3. The Help Desk in this library supplies service ________．

A．only during the daytime	B．in case of emergency
C．till the end of the Spring Break	D．after 22∶00 p．m．every day

4. We can learn from the passage that children can ________．

A．attend all the activities with their parents．

B．borrow some relevant books for the activities．

C．participate in the activities from 8∶00 a．m．to 4∶00 p．m．

D．choose only one of the activities according to their interests．