2 . As a teenager, I hated sports and physical education classes. I was always making up _________ to get out of them.
However, when I started university, I decided to _________ kung fu. To my _________, I loved it! It was a friendly and casual club. I used to go two or three times a week to _________. Because it is not a team sport, I didn't feel _________ about not being very good. And because it is a combat sport, you train in pairs, which means that you get to _________ people and talk to them. I also _________ that the focus of the classes was on getting better at kung fu, _________ exercising to change my body. I think that advertising puts us under an unhealthy pressure to change our _________. When I was doing kung fu, my body did change — I got __________ and quicker — but the __________ were a side effect of the sport, instead of the goal. __________, in the last year of university I was too busy to do kung fu most of the time.
When I moved to Italy this year I wanted to start doing a __________ sport again. I found a great local __________ that does mixed martial arts. The club is more __________ than the one at my university and we do lots of sparring (practice fights). I think that sparring is like chess, but much faster and much more fun! If your sparring partner tries to __________ you, you have to decide in an instant how to __________. You could dodge (巧妙躲避), block or even __________ their arm and then throw them to the mat.
When I was a teenager, I never __________ that I would like sports. Now I think that everyone should try as many __________ as possible because I believe there is something out there for everyone!
1. A.purposes | B.suggestions | C.excuses | D.objectives |
2. A.perform | B.try | C.promote | D.employ |
3. A.embarrassment | B.relief | C.anxiety | D.surprise |
4. A.detect | B.train | C.compete | D.relax |
5. A.guilty | B.depressed | C.concerned | D.anxious |
6. A.observe | B.challenge | C.meet | D.hug |
7. A.approved | B.accepted | C.realized | D.appreciated |
8. A.rather than | B.or rather | C.more than | D.other than |
9. A.attitude | B.appearance | C.occupation | D.behavior |
10. A.smaller | B.younger | C.stronger | D.heavier |
11. A.attempts | B.barriers | C.efforts | D.changes |
12. A.Unfortunately | B.Eventually | C.Ultimately | D.Naturally |
13. A.team | B.track | C.combat | D.field |
14. A.club | B.gym | C.stadium | D.university |
15. A.convenient | B.available | C.secure | D.serious |
16. A.resist | B.punch | C.amuse | D.anger |
17. A.adjust | B.escape | C.reply | D.react |
18. A.catch | B.bend | C.push | D.lower |
19. A.admitted | B.denied | C.imagined | D.analysed |
20. A.modes | B.sports | C.projects | D.hobbies |