1 . 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。

Steel roses, the pride of China

Chinese Women’s Soccer team won the final of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Sunday night. It was the 9th title 16 years later since the last championship in 2006, for     1     countless fans burst into tears behind the screens. The head coach Shui said before the game that the whole team was     2    (adjust) physically and mentally     3    (prepare) for the game, though she admitted their     4    (opponent) had many excellent players who played flexibly. However,     5     matters most was their attitude,     6    (especial) how they face difficulties. Shui encouraged her team to have more     7    (confident) and be more brave despite being behind. The girls kept encouraging     8    (them) to attack. On almost all social media platforms were     9     (tear) remarks and excitement. Thrilled netizens     10    (comment) that the whole team was worthy of every praise.

2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

You’ve probably seen athletes who take their own successes too seriously. They celebrate a goal with a very long victory dance or continually talk big about their abilities. This is the exact opposite of    1    sportsmanship is all about.

Everyone feels great when they win, but it     2    be just as hard to be a good sport (有体育精神的人) when you have won a game     3    when you have lost one. Sportsmanship takes courage — when you work really hard at a sport, it’s not easy     4    (admit) you made a bad play or someone has more skills than you. In competition — as in life — you may not always win but you can learn much from losing, too. It’s pretty tough to lose, so it is definitely     5    (annoy) if someone continues making fun of you or your team     6    the competition is over. Sometimes it’s hard to swallow your pride and walk on. But there’s always the next match.

When you do lose — and it will happen — lose with class (风度).     7    (be) proud of how you performed, or at least realizing things you need to improve for next time, is the key. When it comes to losing, sportsmanship means congratulating the winners willingly. Also, it means accepting the game result without complaint and without excuses,     8    you sometimes might doubt the referees (裁判员) made some questionable calls.

When you win, the good way is to be a polite and generous winner. Sportsmanship means admitting victories     9    putting your opponents to shame and letting victories speak for themselves, that is, being quietly proud of success. Despite the fact     10    you have a massive win, sportsmanship means still finding ways to praise your opponents.

3 . On Monday, Xu Mengtao won her first Olympic gold in women’s aerials (空中技巧) at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. It was not hard to see what it meant for Xu: When the score 108. 61 came up with a “1” by her name, she pointed one, then two fingers to the sky and let out a scream.

“Xu is one of the handful of women to consistently try the high-risk triple flips (三周空翻) over the years,” said American Ashley Caldwell, another triple-flip enthusiast who finished fourth. “While triple flips are not unheard of among the women, the list of athletes who have tried them consistently is short. At the last two Olympics, only four of the 12 finalists tried triple flips in the final round.”

Women’s aerials is a sport full of risk-takers but all the risks are very calculated. Since the competitions go through a series of qualifying and elimination (淘汰) rounds that include only one jump each, only a select few over the years have been willing to give up the certainty of a solid score with a double flip for the triple flips.

Xu doesn’t adopt the strategy and keeps trying the triple flips. “It adds extra some might say unnecessary risk to the early rounds,” Xu once said. “But I’m OK sacrificing some good competition results to make the sport look good.”

Failures at the last three Olympics tested the limits of how much Xu was willing to sacrifice. In meet after meet, from Vancouver to Sochi to Pyeongchan, her strategy kept her away from the gold medal but she kept pushing anyway.

“It’s a sense of mission accomplished. This is a winning night for women’s aerials, too,” Xu said after the award ceremony. “If a lot of girls are doing triple flips up there and I fall, there would still be a lot of girls who would do well. If I mess up, that’s OK.”

1. What can we infer from Ashley Caldwell’s words?

A．Xu Mengtao is very sensitive.	B．No athlete wants to try the triple flips.
C．Women are not good risk-takers.	D．Most athletes want to avoid uncertainties.

2. What does the third paragraph intend to do?

A．Draw a conclusion.	B．Provide additional information.
C．Lead in the main topic.	D．Summarize the previous paragraphs.

3. Why does Xu Mengtao keep trying the triple flips?

A．She really loves unnecessary risks.

B．She wants to show off her new trick.

C．She hopes to attract more girls to aerials.

D．She wishes to make the sport more enjoyable.

4. Which of the following best describes Xu Mengtao?

A．Determined.

B．Curious.

C．Calculating.

D．Outgoing.

4 . Good sportsmanship is one of the most important lessons that your kids can learn from competition. But how do you teach your kids good sportsmanship? Here are some tips.

Set a good example. The first role model that your kids will have in games is you. What behavior you model will have the biggest influence on your kids.    1     By doing so, your kids will learn from you unconsciously and gain more popularity.

    2    The coach is always looking for the best decision for the good of the whole team.    3    Your kids may feel upset at first. But showing good sportsmanship means placing the team's needs above their own, so you should teach your kids to trust the coach’s judgement.

Remember you are the parent, not the coach. Your job as a parent is different from a job as a coach. As a parent, you are there to guide all of your kids' experiences and not focus on demanding performance. However, if you see a coach demanding too much, speak up.     4    

Maintain a good attitude to both winning and losing. Good sportsmanship also requires a positive attitude to both the victory and the defeat. Pushing your kids too hard may drive them to quit.    5     It's also a good idea to find positive plays to talk about and discuss lessons to be learned after.

A．Teach your kids to put teams first.

B．Tell your kids to listen to the coach.

C．However, finding a good role model is not an easy job.

D．After all, you are also an advocate for your kids if needed.

E．This means the role of your kids may be reduced or changed.

F．You need to be nice to all people on the court, even the opponents.

G．Instead, whatever the results are, always tell them you are proud of them.

5 . In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves to achieve a new personal best. Aiming to ______ his own record, Cerveny pushed himself hard. However, his legs cramped(抽筋)and ______   him with only 200 meters to go. Determined to ______, Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 50 meters.

______, his coach asked Cerveny if he wanted to stop. He didn't. With great ______ Cerveny pulled himself up and with a(n)   ______ pace, moved forward for one final push. ______, it wasn't enough. 100 meters from the finish line, his legs simply ______ .

Before his coach could ______ him, another runner- Brandon-was at his side to help. His first attempt to get Cerveny up failed, but he   ______ to quit too. With a second pull, Cerveny was ______. At a measured jog, the two completed the final 100 meters of the course, with Cerveny holding Brandon for ______ Brandon even made sure Cerveny crossed the finish line first,securing his______a faster time

In today’s ______ world in which the emphasis in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it was ______ to see that for an athlete like Brandon, the value of true sportsmanship still had legs.

1.

A．play

B．beat

C．check

D．measure

2.

A．failed

B．warned

C．dragged

D．raised

3.

A．rest

B．win

C．leave

D．finish

4.

A．Relieved

B．Exhausted

C．Concerned

D．Disappointed

5.

A．luck

B．effort

C．passion

D．respect

6.

A．rapid

B．relaxed

C．unsteady

D．impatient

7.

A．Normally

B．Eventually

C．Unbelievably

D．Unfortunately

8.

A．gave out

B．broke up

C．fell down

D．slowed down

9.

A．guide

B．reach

C．serve

D．blame

10.

A．refused

B．hesitated

C．regretted

D．pretended

11.

A．in his hand

B．out of breath

C．on his feet

D．out of danger

12.

A．direction

B．support

C．courage

D．comfort

13.

A．assistant

B．teammate

C．follower

D．opponent

14.

A．diverse

B．well-developed

C．competitive

D．ever-changing

15.

A．urgent

B．common

C．confusing

D．inspiring

6 . 假设你是李华，请你给美国笔友Mason写信，谈谈你对于奥林匹克新格言（motto）“Faster, Higher, Stronger — Together”中“Together”一词的理解。要点包括：
1.体现奥运精神；
2.团结应对挑战（如疫情等）；
3.同享共创未来。
注意：1.词数要求：80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头与结尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mason,

Happy the Year of the Tiger! I can't wait to express my heart-felt appreciation of the new Olympic motto to you.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

7 . The Olympic medal ceremonies (仪式) have already begun. But some athletes hardly disguise (掩饰) their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks. The British judo (柔道) silver medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s “loser’s medals”.

Until 2008, they were in a box at the back of a cupboard. His wife then had them framed for his 50th birthday and they are now up on the wall.

Adams feels proud when he looks at them, but his thoughts quickly turn to “what ifs”. “I wouldn’t change much”, he adds. And he wouldn’t need to. Gold was within his grasp twice, but slipped away by a narrow margin on the judo mat.

“The losses at the Olympic Games were the most difficult thing for me to accept,” he said. “I didn’t win the silver medal. I lost the gold. In my mind they were losses. It has taken more than 30 years to get over it.”

Mark Cavendish, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah have never won the Olympic gold, but they came into London in 2012 as three of Team GB’s biggest medal hopes. Unfortunately, Cavendish has already suffered disappointment in the cycling road race. Neil Adams was in that same position in both the 1980 and 1984 Games. However, in a career in which he collected every other judo accolade (荣誉), things simply went wrong at the Olympics.

In Moscow 1980, Adams was just 21 years old and found the media focus and pressure of expectation too much.

Asked about being a favourite, Adams said, “It is hell, and about how you cope with it in the mind. It can make you afraid to win or lose and there is a difference. I was afraid to lose. Sometimes you freeze. Sometimes it takes you over.”

Adams says that he was very cautious and that when something was tactical (策略上的) and technical he approached it too tactically. Perhaps it’s better to go in with “nothing to lose” attitude. That might be the reason why the Olympic Games have often created surprising results. Sometimes it’s the ones who keep their cool and work the hardest who get the results.

1. Where are Neil Adams’ silver medals now?

A．Around his neck.	B．At the back of a cupboard.
C．In a box.	D．On the wall.

2. How long did Adams keep the medals in the box?

A．More than 30 years.

B．More than 40 years.

C．More than 20 years.

D．No more than 20 years.

3. Adams always felt it a pity to win silver medals because ________.

A．he was narrowly beaten by the champion	B．he didn’t try his best
C．he lacked techniques	D．he was too greedy

4. What advice does the author give to other athletes?

A．Try to become the media focus.	B．Keep their cool and work hard.
C．Try to do better next time.	D．Use as many techniques as possible.

8 . Cody Wilkins sat on the bench, while his soccer teammates were scoring goals on the field. It had been a(n) ______ high school year for him. He was the only freshman on the team. He most never got to play, and he felt like a______.

“My confidence was shot. I thought maybe I wasn’t as good as my coaches thought I was during tryout. I thought maybe I should ______.” Cody says.

Cody suffered once he discovered he wasn’t a good soccer player. But he ______ to keep going. “The struggle I______made me want to work harder,” he says. “However talented you are, you can always ______ in sports.”

Then Cody took advantage of his ______ on the bench to watch his more skilled and experienced teammates play the game, and by the time he was a junior, he had improved so much that he was ______ captain of his team. He is now a senior and is being ______ to play soccer for several colleges.

If you base your ______just on whether you win or lose, you will never be happy. Winning is always ______ because there is always another ______ waiting for you.

No one is______. But you should learn about your strengths and weaknesses and know how to______ from failure. Once you accept that losing something isn’t the end of your world, you can get on with the business of living your life and learning from it. In the long run, this is _______.

1.

A．tough

B．different

C．common

D．intense

2.

A．genius

B．failure

C．fool

D．coach

3.

A．wait

B．proceed

C．try

D．quit

4.

A．decided

B．pretended

C．promised

D．hesitated

5.

A．carried on

B．took up

C．went through

D．got over

6.

A．change

B．improve

C．lose

D．participate

7.

A．schedule

B．patience

C．time

D．position

8.

A．called

B．considered

C．recognized

D．named

9.

A．selected

B．persuaded

C．inspired

D．required

10.

A．attitude

B．interest

C．honor

D．value

11.

A．temporary

B．rewarding

C．significant

D．challenging

12.

A．option

B．competition

C．chance

D．surprise

13.

A．useless

B．generous

C．unique

D．perfect

14.

A．judge

B．benefit

C．release

D．withdraw

15.

A．possible

B．practical

C．invaluable

D．invisible

9 . 假设你是李华，你的外国笔友Beth对奥运吉祥物“冰墩墩”很感兴趣，请用英语写一封邮件，给她简要介绍。
1. 描述冰墩墩的外形；2. 说明冰墩墩的寓意；3. 承诺买一个送给她。
注意：词数80字左右
吉祥物: mascot；冰墩墩: Bing Dwen Dwen
Dear Beth,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . A potato farmer, Cliff Young took part in a Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon (超级马拉松) race in1983. Coached by his mother who was 81 at the time, Cliff Young started the marathon with work shoes and work clothes.   

Competing against world-class marathon runners who were backed up by big sports companies and spent hundreds of hours preparing for the race, Cliff Young’s training method was just running after his sheep. He told the organizers he could run after his sheep for a few days and that he could surely compete with other runners.   

The ultramarathon generally took 5 days to compete and this potato farmer’s decision seemed suicidal. In fact, some tried to stop him from running the super-difficult race because they thought Cliff Young could die because of the heat and fatigue(疲劳). After all, he was 61 years old!

To cut the story short, Cliff Young managed to finish the race. While the young racers slept, he continued to race throughout the night. The young athletes left him far behind until the very last night where he finally led the marathon. Not only did Cliff Young, a 61-year-old potato farmer, survive the race, but he even managed to win the marathon and actually broke the race record by 9 hours! He even gave away his prize money to the rest of the runners after him.   

After the win, he continued to run in many ultramarathon races and even set standards in the world of endurance racing. His running style, named “The Young Shuffle” is a famous running technique used by many runners in the world today.   

Cliff Young showed that being old is not a problem, and being a champion doesn’t mean you need to have super-human strength, just super-human will!

1. What can we say about Cliff Young’s training?

A．It was very informal.	B．It was well scheduled.
C．It was difficult for him.	D．It was suitable for everyone.

2. What might the underlined word “suicidal” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Quite simple.	B．Highly risky.
C．Really surprising.	D．Extremely reasonable.

3. Which of the following best describes Cliff Young?

A．Self-confident and far-sighted.

B．Animal-loving and easy-going.

C．Strong-minded and big-hearted.

D．Open-minded and hard-working.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A marathon race held 37 years ago.

B．A true story of an amazing sportsman.

C．The development of “The Young Shuffle”.

D．An old champion’s advice to young runners