1 . Skateboarding has become one of several non - traditional activities that PE teachers around America are introducing to inspire kids to exercise regularly. Some PE classes feature in-line (滚轮) skating, yoga, and even rock climbing. Experts have called those types of activities “the new PE”.
Such activities are part of a larger effort to help kids develop lifelong fitness habits and to keep them from becoming overweight. Now, 9 million U.S. children and teens are overweight. Obesity (肥胖) can lead to health problems such as diabetes and heart disease later in life.
“Our children and youth are becoming unhealthy and obese,” says Lindsey Johnson. “Skateboarding is a great activity that keeps kids doing physical movement and gives them new skills and interest.”
Some schools don’t allow skateboarding because they say it is dangerous. Cendali, however, argues that regular practice eliminates a great deal of the danger. “We teach students how to do it and how to do it safely,” he says.
Some people say skateboarding teaches life lessons. “Skateboarding teaches kids to believe that if they stick with something they will finally succeed,” says education expert Richard Sagor of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
Skateboarding inspires kids not to give up in learning difficult skills. “It’s natural for kids to want to learn and get better at things,” adds Sagor. “When it comes to skateboarding, they’ll try a trick hundreds of times before they succeed.” That same effort could be made in schoolwork.
Eric Klassen agrees that skateboarding requires kids to stop saying a task is too hard for them. “A baby will attempt to walk 600 to 900 times before he or she is successful,” says Klassen. “We tell students that they shouldn’t say ‘I can’t do it’ unless they’ve tried 600 to 900 times.”
1. Skateboarding is introduced into American schools to ______.

A．encourage students to compete bravely in competition

B．teach students how to deal with risks

C．prevent students suffering from heart disease later in life

D．help students form the habit of doing sports

2. The underlined word “eliminates” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”.

A．reduces

B．increases

C．adds

D．brings

3. What life lesson do kids learn from skateboarding?

A．To succeed in life you have to learn skateboarding.

B．You will succeed in life if you don’t give up.

C．Only after failing 600 to 900 times can you succeed.

D．There is no hard work after learning skate-boarding well.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The dangerous PE	B．Skills of skateboarding
C．The new PE	D．The change of PE

2 .

Nowadays it is found that school students seldom pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no _______ in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have _______ more important things to do.

_______ are these important things? Examinations! They have to _______ themselves for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination(毕业会考), and also to _______ with the test and the exams in school. So many of them tend to _______ bookworms.

In the summer holidays of the former years they could do _______ they liked, but in the summer holidays of the _______ years, they have to _______ all their time to the preparation. So studies have __________ them from going in sports. Because of the pressure __________ their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. Many parents __________ their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for higher studies or better jobs. As for the __________ themselves, they want to get good results so that they can __________ their studies in the universities. So it is necessary that they __________ up their school activities, especially sports.

Indeed, a complete education cannot go __________ physical training, for a quick mind seldom __________ along with a weak body. It is well said, “All work no play __________ Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy.” In one word, without a strong body, you can never __________ anything, let alone a great success in __________.

1.

A．lesson

B．time

C．interest

D．place

2.

A．very

B．other

C．few

D．much

3.

A．Where

B．How

C．Which

D．What

4.

A．prepare

B．get

C．make

D．ask

5.

A．agree

B．fight

C．work

D．deal

6.

A．have

B．become

C．change

D．grow

7.

A．something

B．change

C．anything

D．which

8.

A．this

B．that

C．last

D．present

9.

A．spend

B．take

C．cost

D．give

10.

A．separated

B．divided

C．taken

D．prevented

11.

A．from

B．of

C．in

D．to

12.

A．force

B．want

C．make

D．let

13.

A．students

B．teachers

C．parents

D．examinations

14.

A．develop

B．improve

C．further

D．stop

15.

A．keep

B．put

C．take

D．give

16.

A．for

B．after

C．with

D．without

17.

A．goes

B．gets

C．lives

D．lies

18.

A．turns

B．makes

C．gets

D．brings

19.

A．receive

B．achieve

C．do

D．accept

20.

A．sports

B．exams

C．training

D．life

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D．The magazine is going to surprise you for many years.

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4 . The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take various forms: organized competitive struggles, athletic games, hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.
Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It’s not the same as European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players as well on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country.
Basketball is the winner sport in American schools and colleges. Like football, basketball originated in the US, many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. And the famous NBA games are considered the best of this game.
Other sports attracting a great many people include wrestling, boxing and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the exactness of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do not come primarily to see the horses race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
1. Baseball is so popular in America that some professional teams play it until ________.

A．spring

B．summer

C．fall

D．winter

2. When playing football, American players are dressed in a special uniforms ________.

A．to avoid unexpected injuries

B．to play it like European football

C．to make the game rough enough

D．to look like professional players

3. Many Americans prefer basketball to football because ________.

A．NBA games are very popular

B．it is originated in the US

C．it is much faster than football

D．it is played indoors throughout winter

4. Horse-racing fans can’t be exactly considered as sportsmen because they ________.

A．mainly stand and watch the races

B．don’t ride horse in the races

C．are only interested in the results

D．don’t care who wins in the races

5. The underlined word “jockeys” in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A．the person who bets upon the the race

B．the person who cares about horse-racing

C．the rider who enjoys watching the race

D．the rider who competes in horse-racing

5 .
SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and anything else that came up.
Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly in the Australian championships at Homebu Bay.
Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition (顶级赛事) to swim the one event, having set a qualifying (合格的) time of 30. 32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.
Schipper, now a 17-year-old girl from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled (回忆) her time with Gould five years ago. “I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train.” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there.”
“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like Olympics and what it was like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting.”
Next time, things will be more serious: “I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould.” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100 m and 200 butterfly.
1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Stories happening in swimming competitions.

B．Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

C．Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

D．Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

2. Gould and Schipper are going to ________.

A．talk about sport and life	B．go back to elite competition
C．set a qualifying time and win gold	D．take part in the same sports event

3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was ________.

A．15

B．17

C．22

D．30

4. The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ________.

A．the Olympics	B．the youth camp
C．the friendship	D．the Australian team

5. What Spper said showed that she ________.

A．was no longer Gould’s friend	B．had learned a lot from Gould
C．was not interested in Gould’s stories	D．would not like to compete against Gould