2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why do some of the children who like running still find‘sports day’ stressful?

A．They cannot sleep well before the sports day.

B．Falling down halfway through the race is shameful.

C．Only a few school children can win the championship.

D．They may fail to live up to parents’ and coaches’ expectation.

2. How did the speaker feel about the young children who were upset by Sports Day?

A．The competition helps build characters.

B．Participation counts more than winning.

C．He felt pity for those children in pain and in tears.

D．He felt proud children became part of the school life.

3. What is the speakers’ attitude towards Sports Day?

A．Parents should take part in it as well.

B．It should be replaced with team sports.

C．More competitive events should be added.

D．More school children should get involved in it.

3 . A recent study shows that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That was the finding of a study of teenage males in Norway. Now, other research shows that_______activity may help students do better in their classes.

The research comes as educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like physical education. They are using the time instead for_________subjects like math and reading.

Researchers at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam_______the results of fourteen studies, which included more than fifty-five thousand children, aged six to eighteen.

Research Amika Singh says the studies showed a _______between physical activity and scores on subjects such as Math, English and reading. “Based on the results of our study we can conclude that being physically active is_______for academic performance.”

Ms. Singh_________some possible explanations. “There are, first, physiological explanations, like more blood flow, and so more oxygen to the brain. Being physically_______means there are more hormones produced like endorphins（内啡肽）. And endorphins make your stress level lower and your mood improved, which means you also_______better.”

Also, students_______in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them. This could improve their classroom________and help them keep their mind on their work.

The study__________some questions unanswered, however. Ms. Singh says it is not possible to say whether the amounts or kind of activity________the level of academic improvement. This is because of differences among the studies.

Also, they were mostly observational studies. An observational study is where researchers do not do controlled comparisons. They only describe what they observe. So they might observe a link that students who are more active often have better grades. But that does not__________mean being active was the cause of those higher grades. Therefore, more high-quality studies are needed to ________their findings.

Still, the general finding was that physically active kids are more likely to do better in school. Ms. Singh says schools should consider that finding before they________physical education programs.

1.

A．mental

B．emotional

C．physical

D．potential

2.

A．academic

B．imaginative

C．objective

D．useful

3.

A．previewed

B．reviewed

C．preserved

D．concealed

4.

A．record

B．explanation

C．treatment

D．link

5.

A．risky

B．beneficial

C．affordable

D．inevitable

6.

A．offers

B．discovers

C．reveals

D．recognizes

7.

A．passive

B．active

C．patient

D．anxious

8.

A．excuse

B．respect

C．perform

D．debate

9.

A．involved

B．supposed

C．attempted

D．separated

10.

A．action

B．awareness

C．recognition

D．behaviour

11.

A．leaves

B．plans

C．urges

D．holds

12.

A．load

B．permit

C．accept

D．affect

13.

A．permanently

B．frequently

C．accordingly

D．necessarily

14.

A．convert

B．confirm

C．confess

D．convey

15.

A．promote

B．cut

C．develop

D．encourage

4 . 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。

How Running Helped Me Turn My Life Around

I've never been an athlete. In my twenties, I went for an occasional yoga class, but that was really the summary of all my athletic accomplishments.

That was until the end of 2016,     1     I was unexpectedly laid off. I was feeling quite depressed but pushed myself to go and cheer for the TCS NYC Marathon runners as the course was going through our neighborhood.

However, while     2     (be) there, I got lots of energy from all the runners, smiling and applauding. Not a runner myself, I thought maybe I     3     give running a try just to use my neglected gym membership and see where it takes me. And so I tried. I went to my local gym the next morning and got on a treadmill（跑步机）. I was out of breath my minute five, but I slowed down,     4     (walk) for a bit and then restarted. I came back the next day, hoping to last a few minutes     5     (long). By the end of two weeks, I could run for 30 minutes, which was a huge success.

While I saw my body starting to look more toned, I also noticed my negative thoughts didn't occur that frequently. And it sparked a thought -- what if I could set a running goal and sign up for my first - ever race? I did and races became a new hobby.

    6     the meantime, I was able to acquire a few freelance（自由职业的）projects. They offered me a good income, and, most importantly, the time     7     (work) out for the big race. Also, when I was going for interviews, I started to feel very confident of my abilities, experience and skills.

I got my full-time job offer at my dream company just a couple of weeks before the half marathon.     8     I got an injury from over-training right before the race, I still went for it and still finished within my     9     (expect) time.

I still have a long running journey ahead of me -- I'd love to work on my speed, my technique and I dream of running a marathon outside of the US. Running gives me faith     10     I can do anything I set my mind to.

5 . 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。

Success Stories

Mercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was born in 1991 in the village of Kipajit. She is the oldest of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp     1    attract over 50 trainees.

Cherono started running in primary school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships     2    (hold) in Mombasa, Kenya. It was her first international event.     3    the fact that she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race,     4    she ran in the championship record time of 8:53:94.

In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race,     5    (win) in Poland in 2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Championships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner     6    she tried to sprint too early to the finishing line. After the race, Cherono claimed, “I     7    ( not repeat) that mistake again.”

The following year, at the same cross country race, Cherono proved     8    when she won a gold medal. Incredibly, all of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a hero's welcome. Her coach was excited and owed the success     9    she won the gold medal for the Kenya team to hard training and determination.”And her father said, “our child is a disciplined girl and the best     10    (take) instructions.” Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono will instruct future champions.

6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Learning Quickly from Mistakes

Mercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was born in 1991 in the village of Kipajit. She is     1     (old) of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp    2     attract over 50 trainees.

Cherono started running in primary school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships,     3    (hold) in Mombasa. Kenya. It was her first international event. Despite the fact     4     she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race,     5    she ran in the championship record time of 8: 53:94.

In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race,     6    (win) in Poland in 2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Championships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner. At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Jordan, she won a silver medal in the junior race. She lost to the Ethiopian long-distance runner Genzebe Dibaba     7     she tried to jump too early to the finishing line. After the race, Cherono claimed, "I will not repeat that mistake again.”

The following year, at the same cross-country race, Cherono proved herself when she won a gold medal. Incredibly,     8     of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a hero's welcome. Her coach was excited and owed the success of the Kenyan team    9     hard training and determination." And her father said, "our child is a disciplined girl who has always taken instructions." Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono     10     (instruct) future champions.

7 . The butterfly, which is competitive swimming’s newest stroke (划水), was developed in the mid-1930s, but it wasn’t allowed in the Olympics until 1956. The story of the butterfly is a good illustration of how coaches and swimmers are constantly searching for ways to improve stroke efficiency.

During the 1920s, the Japanese Olympic coaches used underwater photography to research stroke mechanics, and their efforts paid off when Japanese competitors won five of the six men’s swimming gold medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.

It was a wake-up call to the rest of the swimming world, and one of the top US coaches — David Armbruster at the University of Iowa — began doing his own filming.

Armbruster was seeking to make the breaststroke faster. He knew that the action of bringing their arms forward underwater slowed breaststrokes down, so he came up with a method of bringing the arms forward over the water. The revised stroke (he kept the breaststroke kick) brought great improvements in speed.

The following year, Jack Sieg, an Iowa swimmer, developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison (一致) similar to a fish tail. As Armbruster later explained in the book Weissmuller to Spitz: The History and Background of the Olympic Games: “Sieg tried the same action while swimming face down. Sieg synchronized his leg action with the butterfly arm action using two leg beats to each arm pull.” But the kick was ruled illegal because the legs moved in the vertical (垂直的) plane.

Within a few years, nearly every breaststroker was using this overarm butterfly action without the kick. The pure butterfly wasn’t legalized for some two decades, but at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne “the fly” became an official event.

1. The best title of the article is _____.

A．Why did the coaches and swimmers improve stroke efficiency?

B．How did the butterfly come into being?

C．How did the Japanese wake up the swimming world?

D．When did “the fly” become an official event?

2. The Japanese coaches use underwater photography in order to ______.

A．wake up the swimming world

B．be paid more money

C．know how to be a mechanic

D．improve stroke efficiency

3. Before the pure butterfly was officially recognized, ______ years or so had passed .

A．15

B．20

C．30

D．35

4. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A．The Japanese coaches improved butterfly stroke.

B．David Armbruster used filming to study stroke mechanics.

C．Sieg came up with the idea of beating legs like a fish tail.

D．The butterfly was added to the Olympics in 1956.

8 . 语法填空

Physical Fitness Tests at Nationals Cause Outrage

Chinese sports authorities have been criticized for their new fitness rules.

No matter     1    happens in the pool, swimmers can only progress to the finals    2    (base) on the results of their physical fitness tests. The General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局) passed this new rule in February. It    3    (come) into public attention after widespread criticism at the National Swimming Championships in Qingdao.

The two-day tests    4    (undertake) by swimmers before the championships started on September 26. Athletes took part in ten events, including 30-meter sprints, pull-ups, and 3,000-meter runs.

Out of the top 16 finishers in each event, only the eight who scored    5    (high) on their physical fitness tests progressed to the next round. As a result, some race winners have missed out on the final. These included Wang Jianjiahe, who broke    6    record in Asia. Yu Hexin, who set a new national record in the men's 50-meter freestyle, failed to make it to the final. World champion Fu Yuanhui also missed out.

"It's not    7    we don't care about physical fitness," Wang told reporters. "We just think physical fitness should not be a decisive factor."

However, Chinese Swimming Association chairman Zhou Jihong made    8    clear that the reform was here to stay. "Everyone is equal before the rules," she said in an interview. Zhou explained that the aim is    9    (allow) China's athletes to compete with the best in the world.

Athletes at the National Track and Field Championships in September also complained that the physical fitness tests were too hard for them. It is reported that even chess players have had to take such tests.

The new GAS rule stated that those who did not meet the physical fitness requirements    10    (not allow) to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Strengthening physical fitness training can not only improve the physical fitness of athletes, but also lay a solid foundation for their ability to compete well.

9 . 选词填空

A.	clouds	B.	claimed	C.	outdoor	D.	opportunity	E.	string	F.	potential
G.	attempt	H.	benefit	I.	limit	J.	heights	K.	unbeaten

Armand Duplantis may only be 20 years old, but he is already a track and field superstar. Duplantis had already earlier broken his own indoor pole vault（撑竿跳）world record in February of this year. Last month, he broke the    1    world record too. At the Diamond League meeting in Rome, he cleared 6.15 meters with his second    2    , beating Sergey Bubka's mark of 6.14 meters set in July 1994.

Before Duplantis, the 6.14-meter mark was the most impossible world record known to man. Yes, it was less attainable than any short distance running, distance running, jumping or throwing event record. "I hit the mat（垫子）but I haven't really fallen back to earth," Duplantis told reporters after breaking the record. "I think I'm still up in the    3    right now."

Nicknamed Mondo, Duplantis has been labelled as the next Usain Bolt（尤赛恩·博尔特） for his    4    to light up the sport. The child prodigy broke age-group records on his way to joining the pole vaulting elite. In fact, he remains    5    since the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

Duplantis sporting story began when he first tried pole vaulting at the age of four. Born to an American pole vaulter father and a Swedish athlete mother, Duplantis had the    6    of growing up with a pole vault pit in his own back garden. It was a child's playground heaven, but also the perfect breeding ground for greatness. Having already set world bests at every age from seven to 12, he won the world youth title in 2015, and then the world junior and European senior titles in 2018. In summer 2019, he    7    his first global medal as an adult with a world silver.

In the context of his    8    of achievements, it was somewhat unsurprising that Duplantis was able to break the 26-year-old record. The most pressing question now is whether he can continue to reach new    9    .The Swede has already been selected to compete at the Tokyo Games, where he will be a favourite to win gold. "I've always tried to not put a    10    on myself," he says. "There are endless possibilities."

10 . The first basketball game was played in the late 19th century in Massachusetts, America. On a cold winter day,_______it was impossible to do much outdoor sports, Canadian Doctor James Naismith came up with the idea of a new ball game,_______he hoped people would enjoy during the long winter months.

James wrote some simple rules for the new ball game, most of_______rules are still in place today. But some of the rules have changed a bit. For example, in the original game rules, bouncing the ball was prohibited.

After the new ball game was introduced to the public, it was such a hit_______attracted many people’s attention. Many people came to indoor sports centers in groups______they could avoid the extremely low temperature outdoors to play this new ball game together. The first basketball game_______consisted of 18 players was standard to the baseball teams of the day.

Since Naismith didn’t have the money to design a new ball, early games used the soccer ball,______the price was relatively low. Later on,William R. Chase made the ball go into the basket, and thus became the first player to ever score in a basketball game. It was during this game_______someone suggested a name for this new sport --- basketball.

1.

A．at which

B．where

C．when

D．that

2.

A．and

B．which

C．that

D．what

3.

A．that

B．its

C．whose

D．which

4.

A．what

B．as

C．which

D．that

5.

A．where

B．with whom

C．who

D．which

6.

A．where

B．that

C．which

D．what

7.

A．and which

B．and its

C．whose

D．of which

8.

A．where

B．when

C．that

D．which