1 . All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy,happy and help them to live longer.

Sports change with the season.People play different games in summer and winter.

Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities.The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday lives;they use them in their sports,too.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are quite new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other,but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair,to win without pride and to lose with grace (体面).

1. The writer doesn’t tell us in the passage that ________.

A．basketball was invented in America

B．sports change with the season

C．games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities

D．football is played all over the world

2. People all over the world enjoy sports because ________.

A．sports are interesting

B．sports help to keep people healthy,happy and help them to live longer

C．sports help to train a person’s character

D．All of the above

3. Sports and games can help people from different countries ________.

A．to be enemies	B．to understand each other better
C．to be partners	D．to dislike each other

2 . As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she ________ out at the audience (观众),________ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had ________ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their daughter compete in this sports meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music ________ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music ________ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much ________ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the ________ seconds before skating onto the ice was ________. She was feeling the movement of the music and letting it carry her. She skated easily,________ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance(表演) was finished.

The crowd loved it and cheered (欢呼) as she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ________. It was the remark (评价) that ________ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the ________ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy waited for the scoring (打分) to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters,some waiting ________ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were ________. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena,________.

1.

A．looked

B．watched

C．found

D．stepped

2.

A．failing

B．looking forward

C．refusing

D．hoping

3.

A．bicycled

B．driven

C．run

D．walked

4.

A．started

B．played

C．developed

D．sang

5.

A．allow

B．set out

C．carry

D．support

6.

A．thought

B．confidence

C．success

D．design

7.

A．following

B．last

C．recent

D．past

8.

A．lost

B．present

C．strong

D．gone

9.

A．so

B．or

C．before

D．then

10.

A．skaters

B．parents

C．judges

D．audience

11.

A．always

B．seldom

C．again

D．hardly

12.

A．players

B．audience

C．judges

D．parents

13.

A．comfortably

B．hurriedly

C．happily

D．anxiously

14.

A．told

B．informed

C．announced

D．reminded

15.

A．England

B．Cleveland

C．Ohio

D．California

3 . In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Los Angeles,killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes.A father rushed to where his son was supposed to be,only to discover that the building was flattened.

But he remembered the _______ he had made his son:“No matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to fill his eyes.Although it looked _______,he remembered his words._______ his son’s classroom would be in the back right corner of the building,he rushed there and started _______.Other parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school,saying “It’s too late! They’re all dead!You can’t help!” To each parent he _______:“Are you going to help me?”And then he went back to his digging.The fire fighter _______ and tried to pull him away:“Fires are breaking out,explosions are happening everywhere.You’re _______.”This loving,caring father asked,“Are you going to help me?”

He went on _______ he needed to know,“Is my boy alive or is he dead?” He dug for eight hours...12 hours...36 hours...then,in the 38th hour,he pulled back a large stone and heard his son.He _______,“ARMAND!” He heard back,“Dad?It’s me,Dad! I told the other kids not to ________.I told them that if you were ________,you’d save me and when you saved me,they’d be saved.You ________,’no matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!’” “What’s going on in there?” the father asked.

“There are 14 of us left out of 33,Dad.We’re scared but ________ you’re here.When the building collapsed,it ________ a triangle(三角形),and it saved us.”

“________,boy!”

“Let the other kids out first,because I know you’ll get me! I know you’ll always be there for me!”

1.

A．decision

B．mistake

C．promise

D．suggestion

2.

A．annoying

B．satisfactory

C．embarrassing

D．hopeless

3.

A．Recalling

B．Seeing

C．Hearing

D．Predicting

4.

A．wandering

B．digging

C．crying

D．filling

5.

A．whispered

B．murmured

C．responded

D．explained

6.

A．looked up

B．stood up

C．climbed up

D．showed up

7.

A．in place

B．in danger

C．in charge

D．in relief

8.

A．when

B．after

C．if

D．because

9.

A．screamed

B．waved

C．nodded

D．argued

10.

A．relax

B．worry

C．hurry

D．flee

11.

A．brave

B．active

C．alive

D．strong

12.

A．complained

B．promised

C．remarked

D．stated

13.

A．thankful

B．hopeful

C．careful

D．useful

14.

A．built

B．designed

C．made

D．circled

15.

A．Stand out

B．Keep up

C．Take it easy

D．Come out