1 . Have you ever wondered how your favorite NBA team received its famous name? All NBA teams have an interesting story or a history behind their names. Some of the names reflected the city’s culture or history, others came from previous owners and many were selected through “Name the Team” contests.

For teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz, the names were not always a reflection of the city. Even though Los Angeles has no lakes, the Lakers name has been a city treasure for almost 40 years. Before going to Los Angeles, the team originated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In1947, team officials changed the name to the Lakers to reflect the Minnesota State’s nickname, “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The team name went unchanged after moving to Los Angeles in1960.

Because the Utah’s team originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was called the Jazz. In 1974, New Orleans club officials chose the name to represent the city for its reputation as the “Jazz Capital of the World”. The name stayed with the team even after they found a new home in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979.

The original owner of the Chicago Bulls, Richard Klein, named the team the Bulls. He picked the name because a fighting bull is relentless and never quits. Klein, who founded the club in 1966, believed these qualities were necessary for a championship team and hoped his Chicago athletes would live up to the team name. The Bulls, the winner of the six NBA championships, has definitely followed the belief.

In 1967, the Indiana Pacers selected their team name in a different way from most other teams. Their decision was based on what they wanted to achieve in the NBA. Team officials chose the Pacers name because the organization wanted to set the “pace” in professional basketball.

1. Which can be the best title for this passage?

A．The Long History of NBA Teams

B．Interesting Stories about NBA teams

C．Excellent Qualities of NBA Team Officials

D．Stories Behind the Names of NBA Teams

2. Why is the Los Angeles’ team named “the Lakers”?

A．The name was selected from a “Name the Team” contest.

B．The name shows that Los Angeles is a city with various lakes.

C．It was named after a city treasure, which had a long history.

D．The team got this name in another state, which had a lot of lakes.

3. Which of the following refers to the “Jazz Capital of the World”?

A．New Orleans.	B．Salt Lake City.
C．Los Angeles.	D．Minneapolis.

4. Why did Richard Klein name the Chicago’s team the Bulls?

A．He had guessed the success of the team.

B．People in Chicago used to like watching bullfighting.

C．He wished the team to have the qualities of fighting bulls.

D．Chicago was then a city famous for fighting bulls.

2 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。

The wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.     1     He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.

    2     A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.

    3     The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds.    4    

Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race.

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While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.”

A．There are a few basic rules.

B．People everywhere hold the event.

C．A special prize is awarded to the team.

D．Do you know how these traditions restarted?

E．This event is becoming increasingly popular.

F．The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.

G．Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.

3 . 在成长的过程中，我们总是对未来的职业充满憧憬。近期你班将以“My Dream Career” 为题举行演讲比赛。请你根据以下要求写一篇英语演讲稿，内容包括：
1．你的理想职业；
2．选择它的理由；
3．实现的途径。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可根据内容要点适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：mould v．塑造；industrious adj.勤勉的

My Dream Career

Good morning，everyone！

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for listening.

4 . 假如你是李华，将要代表学校参加市里举办的英语演讲比赛，你对此感到有些焦虑。请你用英语给曾在你校工作过的心理学博士Dr. Brandon 写封信，向他寻求一些克服怯场(stage fright)的方法。
注意:     1. 词数 100 左右。
2. 适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Dr. Brandon，

How is it going?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

Li Hua

5 . As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their game. I cheered as hard for _________ as they did. A dramatic ___________, however, following a game in which I was a referee(裁判), changed my _________ on victories and defeats.

It was a league championship basketball game between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was _________ by Dan O’Brien, Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was _________, and the noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and _________ competed. Yonkers was _________ by one point as I _________ at the clock and discovered there were but 10 seconds left to play. New Rochelle, the home team, took _________ of the ball, passed off and shot. The ball __________ around the rim(篮筐边沿) and off. The fans ____________. New Rochelle recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The noise was __________.

I looked at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn’t heard the final buzzer(终场哨) because of the noise. I __________ with the other official, but he could not help me. So, I __________ the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, “Sir, the buzzer __________ before the final tap-in was made. ” Yonkers won!

I had to tell O’Brien the sad news. His face __________. The young timekeeper came up and said, “I’m sorry, Dad. The ____________ ran out before the final basket. ”__________, like the sun coming out from a cloud, O’Brien’s face lit up. He said, “that’s okay, Joe. You did what you had to. I’m __________ of you.” The two of them then walked off the ____________ together, the coach’s arm around his son’s shoulder.

1.

A．honesty

B．devotion

C．victory

D．glory

2.

A．conversation

B．incident

C．gesture

D．challenge

3.

A．view

B．attitude

C．theory

D．impression

4.

A．organized

B．represented

C．imagined

D．coached

5.

A．crowded

B．cleared

C．shaken

D．arranged

6.

A．happily

B．closely

C．smartly

D．freely

7.

A．moving

B．progressing

C．leading

D．shooting

8.

A．waved

B．glanced

C．signaled

D．stared

9.

A．control

B．place

C．care

D．need

10.

A．stuck

B．fell

C．turned

D．rolled

11.

A．laughed

B．jumped

C．yelled

D．danced

12.

A．annoying

B．amazing

C．thrilling

D．deafening

13.

A．examined

B．watched

C．researched

D．checked

14.

A．criticized

B．approached

C．interviewed

D．reminded

15.

A．broke down

B．faded away

C．went off

D．carried on

16.

A．clouded over

B．softened up

C．sweated over

D．wrinkled up

17.

A．audience

B．ball

C．time

D．player

18.

A．Certainly

B．Similarly

C．Fortunately

D．Suddenly

19.

A．ashamed

B．proud

C．aware

D．fond

20.

A．court

B．course

C．track

D．field

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

More than half of former host cities for the Winter Olympics will be too hot    1    (deal)with such games by the end of this century. That is the prediction of a recent study.

It's not just the Olympics that    2    (be) at risk now. “The world of winter sports is changing as the global climate continues warming,”says Daniel Scott,    3    climate-change researcher in Canada. He led a team of researchers,    4    used math to predict how winter conditions will have changed by February 2050 and 2080. February is the month when the Olympic winter games are    5    (typical) played．

Scott and his team forecast temperatures and snow cover for the 19 cities that have already hosted Winter Olympics, and two    6    (addition) cities: PyeongChang, South Korea，and Beijing, China, where the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held.

Scott’s team    7    (start) with looking at historic winter conditions, and then used computer models to predict conditions in the future.    8    ( they) model predicted that by2050，the average February temperatures in past Winter Olympic host cities will rise by 1.9     9    2.1 degrees Celsius. These temperatures can affect the quality of snow, thus    10    （increase)the chance of accidents.

7 . “Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour.

Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.

Yes, that’s parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the barriers in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.

Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.

Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, “I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”

Another philosophy we’ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself.

1. Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of .

A．its founder, David Belle	B．the film, Casino Royale
C．its risks and tricks	D．the varieties of participants

2. The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “ ”.

A．streets	B．objects
C．barriers	D．roofs

3. Which of the following is true of parkour?

A．It challenges human abilities.	B．It is a good but boring sport.
C．It needs special training.	D．It is a team sport.

4. Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour?

A．Sports and extremes.	B．Excitement and popularity.
C．Dreams and success.	D．Determination and freedom.

5. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Overcoming Obstacles	B．Philosophies behind Parkour
C．Joining Us in Parkour	D．Getting to Know Parkour

8 . What do we know about the woman?

A．She plays tennis well.

B．She seldom plays tennis.

C．She plays tennis regularly

9 . Bored? Lonely? Out of condition? Why not try the SPORTS CENTER?

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SKIING

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SWIMMING

2 pools, heated, Olympic length.

Women: Tuesday and Thursday.

Men: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Children: Saturday.

GOLF

9 hole practice course. Professional Coaching. Lessons must be booked in advance in daytime. Evening practice. Minimum age — 9 years.

GYMNASTICS

Maximum age —18 years.

Children aged 5-10. Mondays and Wednesdays. 4:00-6:00 p.m.

10—18 year olds. Friday evenings.

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1. What is this advertisement mainly about?

A．It shows us some ways to spend weekends.

B．It shows us a lot of ways to spend our holidays.

C．It shows the ways of saving our time.

D．It shows us a place to relax ourselves.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A．People can play tennis day and night.

B．People under 20 can all take gymnastics.

C．Children at any age can play golf in the SPORTS CENTER.

D．Men and women swim in the SPORTS CENTER separately.

3. How many sports events are mentioned in the passage?

A．8

B．6.

C．5

D．11.

10 . Running is a great way to get in shape and just about everyone can do it. Given that it's so easy to take up the sport, a lot of beginners jump right into running without actually knowing what it takes to establish a healthy routine.

    1    . If you are just starting out, avoid the following things to help you increase your chances of running success.

Doing too much too soon

One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is doing too much too soon. Picking up a new hobby like running is no doubt exciting. Runners need to ease into the sport before increasing the distance.    2    .

    3    

Beginners might think they need to run nearly every day to meet their fitness or weight-loss goals, but this couldn't be further from the truth.    4    ， especially for beginners whose muscles and bones haven't yet been conditioned for such intense (剧烈的) exercise. So it's important to give your body ample rest between workouts. Follow a training plan that includes rest days.

Comparing yourself to others

    5    , You're excited about running, so you are probably reading running blogs, magazines and message boards where you might start to feel inadequate about your own running pace. Instead of getting down on yourself， remember that every runner was once a beginner and use their success as motivation!

A．Not running every day

B．Not taking rest days

C．Running is a demanding activity which can be really hard on your body

D．As mentioned, a healthy routine is what they attach importance to

E．When starting out with running, it's tough not to compare yourself to others

F．Many make a number of common mistakes, which can interfere (干扰) with training or lead to injury

G．It will help reduce the risk of injury, so you can continue with your new running routine