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2 . As the parent of two teenagers who have played multiple sports over the years, I’ve seen the good, the bad, the ugly and the absolutely cruel.
However, when I think about the value of sports and why my kids continue to play sports teach kids lessons to become successful adults. Through sports, kids learn how to work in teams, have to take risks, how to challenge themselves to be better, and how to behave when they lose—and when they win.
Whether kids play soccer, baseball, football, or cheer, they learn they are part of a team where one person depends on another. When my son plays baseball, he’s not the only one who needs to play well; he depends on his defense to make the plays in the field. When my daughter plays tennis, she depends on her partner to cut off the ball at the net and win the point, and the tennis team depends on each person in order to win the overall match. Sports also teach children to trust and respect the decisions of someone who understands how the entire team needs to work in order to succeed.
Sadly, though, youth sports have suffered from the “winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing” attitude. They have become too much of a refection of professional sports. Winning is a happy result, but the lessons from losing are even more important. When my daughter loses tennis match, her coach reminds her that you learn more from losing than from winning. Losing makes you focus on improving your skills and your strategy. We’re going to learn from our mistakes and not repeat them.
I believe that participating in youth sports is much more than building a sound body winning a scholarship to college. Sports are the best way to shape and build more self-motivated and happier children and help them become more self-motivated and happier adults.
1. What is the author’s attitude to youth sports?| A．Critical. | B．Positive. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Unclear. |
| A．What sports the author’s kids take. |
| B．What the author’s kids do in sports. |
| C．How sports benefit the authors kids. |
| D．How the author’s kids continue to play sports. |
| A．Teenagers don’t have to win every time. |
| B．Winning is the only goal for teen players. |
| C．Teenagers should work together to succeed. |
| D．Winning is not the most important in sports. |
| A．Youth Sports Build Better Adults |
| B．Teenagers Suffer from Youth Sports |
| C．Losing Brings More than Winning Does |
| D．Teenagers Perform Better than Adults in Sports |
3 . Eric Moussambani, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, won brief international fame at Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games for an extremely unlikely victory.
Twelve months before the Olympics, Moussambani had never gone outside of his home country, an extremely poor tiny African nation. Having
When the day came, events got
International media
Moussambani never gives up. He is now the head coach of the national team and thanks to his
| A．missed | B．required | C．gained | D．refused |
| A．run | B．swim | C．jump | D．sail |
| A．useless | B．worthless | C．movable | D．available |
| A．begged | B．allowed | C．caused | D．employed |
| A．medal | B．pool | C．village | D．flag |
| A．coach | B．classmates | C．family | D．fans |
| A．experienced | B．forgotten | C．survived | D．expected |
| A．bigger | B．clearer | C．stranger | D．fewer |
| A．only | B．next | C．other | D．second |
| A．wind | B．competitors | C．clock | D．judges |
| A．Until | B．When | C．Since | D．Although |
| A．finally | B．gradually | C．usually | D．suddenly |
| A．so | B．and | C．or | D．but |
| A．told | B．called | C．offered | D．showed |
| A．duty | B．glory | C．dream | D．spirit |
| A．depends | B．matters | C．happens | D．helps |
| A．interviewed | B．recognized | C．invited | D．found |
| A．make it | B．give up | C．catch it | D．turn up |
| A．beyond | B．before | C．behind | D．below |
| A．confidence | B．honesty | C．efforts | D．qualities |
4 . When I was in my third year at university, my roommates were American footballers, so I decided to join them. I remember seeing them in front of me wearing pads (防护垫), and thinking they were going to kill me. I got tackled (阻截) so hard that I was frightened. But then I realized it was just physical contact. I’ve been addicted since.
The fundamental aim of the game is to score by running with the ball into, or receiving the ball inside the opposition’s end zone. Every player on the field has a set responsibility. I’m a running back. My job is using my speed, strength and skill to carry the ball and keep running until either I score or I get put down. And it does hurt.
I’ve broken two fingers and hurt my shoulder, but the worst was when I trapped the ligaments (韧带) in the back of my leg. I had to take a year out. But none of that put me off—all I could think was how I was going to come back stronger. Besides training with the team, I now have my gym routine to get fitter, faster and stronger.
Although people think American football is aggressive, there’s much more to it. Every team has its own playbook, outlining everyone’s role in different scenes. My playbook was 73 pages long. Words can’t describe how it feels when it all comes together on the field.
American football has changed my life for the better. I’ve learned time management, how to take responsibility for my action, and how much I treasure being part of a team. Within the four lines of the field, it is physical. Emotions run high. If you’re on the opposing team, you are my enemy. But once the game is done, we’re like a big family.
1. The author’s body parts were hurt EXCEPT________．| A．his arm | B．his shoulder |
| C．his leg | D．his finger |
| A．The author was very delighted when first playing. |
| B．The author has benefited more than suffering from the sport. |
| C．The author began to play at the beginning of his university life. |
| D．Playing American football is very popular among university students. |
| A．Relaxing. | B．Challenging. |
| C．Boring. | D．Rewarding. |
| A．the rules of playing American football |
| B．how painful it is to play the sport |
| C．how the sport has changed the author’s life |
| D．the reason for the author’s playing American football |
5 . We all know the Olympic Games.
Every year,about 400 people from all over Europe meet in a small town in northern Germany
The advertisements of the sports meeting are
6 . The first ancient Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BC. Coroebus won the only event at the Olympics. This made him the first Olympic champion in history. Then the Olympic Games developed and continued to be held every four years. In 393 AD, the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, put a stop to the Games.
In 1892,a young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin suggested starting the Olympic Games again but failed. Two years later,Coubertin organized a meeting with 79 people representing nine countries. At this meeting he got what he wanted. All the delegates at the meeting voted for the Olympic Games. They also decided to have Coubertin found an international committee (委员会) to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was chosen to be its first president. Athens was chosen for the revival (复兴) of the Olympic Games and the planning began.
The first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April, 1896. Since the Greek government didn’t have enough money to build a stadium, a wealthy Greek man, Georgios Averoff, donated over $100,000 to repair the Panathenaic Stadium built in 330 BC.Since the Games were not well publicized (宣传) internationally, athletes were not nationally chosen but rather came by themselves. Some athletes were tourists who happened to be in the area during the Games.
1. What can we know about the first Olympic Games？| A．There was only one event in it. |
| B．It opened in the first week of April 1896. |
| C．Coroebus was the first man to take part in it. |
| D．It was stopped by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. |
| A．776 | B．1892 |
| C．1894 | D．1896 |
a．Coubertin first brought forward his idea to start the Olympic Games.
b．Demetrious from Greece was selected as the first president of IOC．
c．Coroebus became the first Olympic champion.
d．Georgios donated money to repair the Panathenaic Stadium.
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| C．bdac | D．dcba |
| A．The History of the Olympics |
| B．How Coubertin Set up IOC |
| C．The First Modern Olympic Games |
| D．Great Changes in Olympic Games |
7 . Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University of Pelotas, suggests that nearly a third of adults,31%, are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity. But only recently has enough good data been collected from enough places to carry out the sort of analysis Dr Hallal and his colleagues have engaged in.
There are common themes in different places. Unsurprisingly, people in rich countries are less active than those in poor ones, and old people are less active than young ones. Less obviously, women tend to exercise less than men-34% are inactive, compared with 28% of men. But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, exercise more than their male countrymen.
Malta wins the race for the most slothful country, with 72%of adults getting too little exercise，and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind，with 69%.In Bangladesh，just 5%of adults fail to exercise enough. Surprisingly，six in ten Americans are active enough according to Dr Hallal's study，compared with fewer than four in ten British men.
These high rates of inactivity are worrying. Human beings seem to have evolved（进化）to benefit from exercise while deliberately avoiding it whenever they can. In a state of nature it would be impossible to live a life that did not provide enough of it. Actually lack of enough activity these days has nearly the same effect on lifespan（寿命）as smoking.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1？| A．The decline of the rates of exercise is newly discovered. |
| B．The study suggests 31%of female adults get too little exercise. |
| C．The enough good data has been collected from only one country. |
| D．The industrial revolution has changed the way people live to some degree. |
| A．have little time to exercise |
| B．hate to get regular exercise |
| C．take more exercise to lose weight |
| D．exercise more than men in their country |
| A．powerful | B．rich |
| C．lazy | D．unpopular |
| A．Worldwide Lack of Enough Exercise |
| B．A New Health Discovery |
| C．Evolvement of Human Beings |
| D．Benefits of Taking Exercise |
