One news story about the modern Olympics is about men
The Olympics
1．辩论赛时间、地点；
2．辩论赛主题：动物保护；
3．奖品设置。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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3 . Joey was born in 1990 in Connecticut and now lives in North Carolina in the United States. When Joey was six, he started racing small cars in competitions. He began to win many races, but they weren’t big races. His parents decided to move to Atlanta, Georgia, so Joey could compete in bigger and better competitions. When he was 12, he set a record by winning 14 races in a row at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. He continued to win many races, and finally began racing with regular-sized (正常大小的) race cars.
When Joey was 15 years old, he met the race car driver Mark Martin. Martin is a famous NASCAR driver. NASCAR is the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and it is the biggest and most popular car-racing organization in the United States. Martin was interested in Joey and thought he was “the real deal.” He said, “I am sure that he can be one of the greatest that ever raced in NASCAR. There’s no doubt in my mind.”
Martin was right. Joey started as a NASCAR driver in 2007. NASCAR has many races, and at first, Joey was only able to compete in smaller races because of his age. In his first NASCAR season, he won a championship (冠军). In 2008, he was able to compete in bigger NASCAR competitions. He competed in one of the top NASCAR racing series called the Nationwide Series, and at 18, he became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history.
In 2009, he became the youngest winner in another top NASCAR racing series called the Sprint Cup Series, and he also won the Nationwide Series for the fifth time. To be one of the best drivers in the history of racing, Joey has to win many more races. But at 19, he’s off to a good start.
1. Why did Joey’s parents decide to move to Atlanta?| A．To make more money for Joey. |
| B．To allow Joey to watch more car races. |
| C．To provide Joey with a better education. |
| D．To let him compete in bigger and better races. |
| A．Joey had a bright future. |
| B．Joey was a true lover of race cars. |
| C．Martin won a nationwide competition. |
| D．Martin became the youngest NASCAR winner. |
| A．He won the Sprint Cup Series. |
| B．He had his first NASCAR season. |
| C．He won the Nationwide Series for the first time. |
| D．He broke many records for NASCAR racing series. |
| A．A good start. | B．NASCAR races. |
| C．Racing to success. | D．Best drivers in history. |
4 . Running seems easy enough: Just grab a pair of sneakers and put one foot in front of the other, right? Well, anyone who struggled to get through a mile knows it’s not quite that simple. We’ve asked experienced runners to tell us something wrong they did when they started running. The following are some of their answers.
I got excited and signed up for a half-marathon with a few more experienced runner friends, but I wasn’t adequately prepared and didn’t train efficiently. I ended up with blisters(水泡) on my feet. I couldn’t wear shoes for two days!
—Cali Lavey
I have always been athletic and I have never been badly injured, but one day I felt a slight pain in my knee. I ignored it for a month until I realized I was having a hard time putting weight on my right leg. I finally went to a doctor. It took four months of weekly physical therapy(治疗) to heal. I shouldn’t have done that.
—Arnold
My biggest mistake was treating running like soccer practice: If I wasn’t exhausted by the end of practice, I felt as though I didn’t work hard enough. I run all of my runs at 80 percent effort, or the equivalent of what I now call tempo runs (节奏跑). I wasn’t warming up to the pace or cooling down effectively.
—Kate
I decided to go out for a run during the hottest part of the day. At the time, I told myself that it would be refreshing to sweat a little, but I didn’t bring adequate water. I returned feeling completely rundown, dehydrated (脱水的), and exhausted. If you must go out on a run during unfavorable weather, wear proper suits and bring enough water to keep you feeling strong.
— Sarah
1. Why did Cali suffer from her half-marathon?| A．She ran all the way barefoot. |
| B．She didn’t get ready for it. |
| C．She ran with experienced runners. |
| D．She did not have self-confidence. |
| A．Thinking he would never get injured. |
| B．Putting heavy weight on his right leg. |
| C．Spending about four month s treating his knee. |
| D．Waiting for so long to get his knee examined. |
| A．Cali | B．Arnold | C．Kate | D．Sarah |
| A．we should warm up before running |
| B．we should bring enough water when running |
| C．we shouldn’t think running is very easy |
| D．we shouldn’t ignore any pain when running |
| A．An athlete. | B．A fitness instructor. |
| C．A mechanic. | D．A medical doctor. |
It’s becoming more and more common for people to live to 100 or longer. In fact, researchers say that more than a third of all babies now born in wealthy nations are likely to reach their 100th birthdays, thanks to advanced medical technology and treatment. Here are some of the best strategies for becoming a centenarian.
Eat vegetables and nuts. A study found that those who ate mainly vegetables gained an extra year and a half over meat-eaters; those who ate nuts regularly lived two years longer.
Make friends. Another study found that people with strong social networks were 50 percent less likely to die over a certain period. If you don’t have many friends or relatives in your local community, you can join in the voluntary activities or take part in a hobby group. You will stay happy and healthy through building the connections.
Don’t smoke. This is important: With occasional exceptions, smokers die younger than non-smokers. Even if you have had the habit for decades, quitting will help with your health greatly. It’s important to get your loved ones to stop it, too. People who breathed in secondhand smoke were 26 percent more likely to get heart disease than those who rarely stayed with smokers.
Improve your lifestyle. Along with healthy eating, you should focus on stress management, regular exercise, and building healthy relationships. When you eat more healthily, manage stress, exercise and love more, your brain actually gets more blood flow and more oxygen.
Have a sense of purpose. A study found that the common feature in communities with many people who are 100 or older was that older people still took part in daily life, through tasks such as cooking, cleaning and gardening. They feel the motivation(动机) to stay active, to get out of bed in the morning and live for a purpose.
1. What does the text mainly talk about? (No more than 8 words.)2. Please explain the underlined word “centenarian” in English? (No more than 8 words.)
3. Why is secondhand smoke harmful to people according to the passage? (15 words.)
4. How can we make friends if we don’t have many friends or relatives nearby in the author’s opinion? (No more than 10 words)
5. If you want to live longer, which of the strategies do you think is the best and why?(No more than 25 words.)
1. Which competition is suitable for the listeners?
| A．The high level. |
| B．The middle level. |
| C．The low level. |
| A．Weather | B．Change . | C．Travel. |
| A．Ask Maria for help. | B．Read the poem called Rain. | C．Borrow books from the library. |
| A．The library. | B．The computers. | C．The lab. |
8 . Now women are free to enter any career that attracts them, and working can bring them pride, confidence and independence. Working women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and 51 percent of professional workers, like doctors, lawyers, nurses and accountants, are female. While climbing the career ladder can be rewarding, it often comes with one big disadvantage: weight gain!
New research published this week in the International Journal of Obesity shows that working women are more likely to be overweight, and the more you work, the more pounds you’re likely to pile on. Like many women, I work... a lot! As a self-employed nutrition communications specialist, I sit at my desk, in front of a computer, for hours on end. Sitting alone is one of the worst things you can do for your health, and it’s directly linked to being overweight and increased fatness, so the fact that women in the workforce gain weight isn’t that surprising. If you work, you have less time to move around. Obesity researchers are revealing many other ways that employment is harmful to your diet and waistline(腰围).
In the International Journal of Obesity study, some 9,276 Australian women aged 45-50 had their body weight and employment status monitored for two years. Results? Those who worked more than 35 hours were likely to gain weight compared to those who worked fewer hours or were out of the workforce. What’s more, the more hours a woman worked in a week, the more weight she gained.
The authors of the Australian study attribute weight gain among working women to inactivity, lack of time for food preparation, more use of prepared foods, high levels of stress, lack of sleep and consuming more alcohol. I’ll also add in travel, meals eaten out and working at night as other factors that I can find to make balancing work with a healthy diet a challenge.
1. A female lawyer is more likely to ______.| A．has more time to walk around | B．gains more weight |
| C．works a full time job | D．keeps a balanced diet |
| A．Taking part in more activities. |
| B．Dealing with a lot of pressure. |
| C．Having little time to prepare for food. |
| D．Drinking too much alcohol. |
| A．a fashion journal | B．a sports report |
| C．a health and fitness magazine | D．an advertisement post |
| A．How to lose weight for working women. |
| B．Women should take more exercises. |
| C．Effects of weight gaining. |
| D．Working women more likely pile on pounds. |
9 . Daily physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. For this reason, many architects and designers are working to create buildings that encourage people to make exercise a part of their ordinary routine. The movement to promote healthy activity through architecture is called active design. It began in 1998 as part of a university public health program, and it has since gained popularity in cities around the world. Active design uses a number of techniques to encourage the occupants of a building to be more active.
One of the most important strategies of active design is inspiring people to make walking part of their routine. A particularly successful tool for promoting walking is the skip-stop elevator. These elevators stop only on every second or third floor, leaving riders to take the stairs in order to reach their destination. Another strategy of active design is to make stairs more pleasant and inviting. Instead of creating dark stairwells that are located in isolated parts of buildings, active design uses well-lit and centrally placed stairs to encourage more foot traffic. Skip-stop elevators and appealing stair design are both effective tools of active design because they offer incentive and opportunity for exercise. In fact, researchers studying a building that employs both skip-stop elevators and more attractive stair design said that 70 percent of building occupants reported using the stairs every day.
Active design encourages physical activity using not only the interior features of a building, but the relationship between a building and its surroundings as well. A building that employs active design may integrate outdoor space in order to make the environment more engaging and promote physical activity. Some elements that architects use to incorporate the exterior with the interior are glass walls, interior gardens or park spaces, and courtyards with open ceilings, all of which de-emphasize the boundaries between inside and outside. These elements make the building more physically and mentally invigorating. Similarly, by increasing the number of entrances and exits to a building, architects can help keep a building’s users interested in their surroundings by providing a variety of routes for them to use. If people continue to be stimulated by new sights or experiences, they are less likely to choose the quickest and easiest path to their destination and may instead choose a more physically challenging route.
1. What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．requirement | B．encouragement |
| C．technique | D．assistance |
| A．To demonstrate the differences between elevator and stairwell design. |
| B．To describe one advantage of using skip-stop elevators in buildings. |
| C．To make a point about why people don’t use the stairs often. |
| D．To argue that skip-stop elevators may lead to design failures. |
| A．Creating more routes for entering and exiting. |
| B．Building gardens inside the building. |
| C．Creating spaces with open ceilings. |
| D．Using see-through materials. |
| A．Para 2 describes an early model of a design discussed in para 3. |
| B．Para 3 argues about the effectiveness of the technique from para 2. |
| C．Para 3 introduces a different strategy than the one discussed in para 2. |
| D．Para 2 explains a technique, and para 3 gives examples of how it is used. |
| A．Unimportant. | B．Boring. | C．Fair. |
