1.你对“榜样”的理解；
2.该人物对你的影响。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.
For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.
Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba. She believed she had touched the other shore.
When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things--travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.
1. What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (Not more than 5 words)2. What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1 word)
3. What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (Not more than 10 words.)
4. Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (Not more than 15 words)
5. Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (Not more than 20 words)
3 . Called the “Iron Hammer” in her playing days, Lang Ping is considered as one of the biggest heroes of Chinese sports.
At the 1981 World Cup in Japan, the Chinese women’s team showed the world their speed and power for the first time. Playing outside hitter, Lang helped the team take home its first major title. Thanks to teamwork and their strong spirit, they achieved a record of five world titles in a row, which include two World Cups, two World Championships and a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Despite a lot of victories, after eight years of hard training and fighting, Lang retired as a player in 1986. But she never said goodbye to her favorite sport. In 1995, Lang became the head coach of the Chinese national team and led China to silver medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic and the 1998 World Championships in Japan.
Though she left the job in 1999 to coach an Italian club, in 2013 she returned to coach the young national team. In 2016, her team took home the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, making her the first person to win an Olympic gold for volleyball both as a player and a coach. The team was listed fourth after the preliminary competition. But Lang said in a public interview, “Sometimes you know you may not win, but you still have to pull out all the stops.”
Lang plays an important role in the creation and passing on of an honorable tradition of fighting and teamwork. “The spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball team is never to give up. My duty as the coach is to guide this young team to carry on this spirit,” said Lang. The spirit is about more than sport; it is an important source of spiritual strength for the country to draw on in its effort to press ahead.
1. When did Lang win her first world champion?| A．In 1981. | B．In 1984. | C．In 1986. | D．In 1995. |
| A．They won the first prize. |
| B．They had a good start. |
| C．They won all the games. |
| D．They didn’t enter the final. |
| A．Put you on the spot. | B．End up with the game. |
| C．Go all out. | D．Catch your eye. |
| A．We have to do sports every day. |
| B．We should keep fighting to the end. |
| C．We should try our best to be a coach. |
| D．We must spend time learning volleyball. |
| A．Lang Ping, a very strict coach |
| B．Lang Ping, a hero of Chinese sports |
| C．The Chinese people’s love for volleyball |
| D．The spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball team |
Stephen Curry, the son of the famous basketball star Dell Curry, is also a well-known NBA basketball player in the world. He spent his childhood years
5 . One morning in July 2011, a taxi sat wandering outside Petco Park stadium in San Diego. And Wade LeBlanc, a baseball pitcher (投手) for the Padres, climbed in. “To the airport, please,” he told the driver. LeBlanc was headed for Tucson, Arizona, home of the club’s A-level branch organization at the time. He’d been sent down to the minors. Again. For the eighth time in three years. It seemed everything was turning dark.
“You’re Wade LeBlanc,” the taxi driver said.
“Right.”
“You got some good stuff.”
This surprised the pitcher, after the previous night’s disastrous performance.
“I think there are some things you should think about trying” the driver continued. “I don’t know; I’m not a player. Maybe something like going over your head in your windup (摆臂动作).”
Wait, what? This guy was offering... advice? Earlier in his career, LeBlanc might have laughed. Or been angry. But today, he just listened. He couldn’t afford to miss anything. His career was on the line.
The next day, in Tucson, LeBlanc met his pitch coach. He said he was thinking about improving his windup. His coach agreed. Instead of keeping his hands tight to his chest at the beginning of his delivery, LeBlanc raised them briefly over his head, as the taxi driver had suggested. LeBlanc mixed the new move into his next start. And he was smart, allowing only one hit over seven periods. It was the turning point in his career. Eight years later, LeBlanc is a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He signed the first contract extension of his Major League Baseball career—at age 33.
The funny thing about advice: we so often take it from the wrong people. That is, we overvalue the advice of experts while undervaluing the input of common people. Wade LeBlanc bucked (反抗) that trend, and he succeed. So sometimes people need to do what Wade LeBlanc did: hear what a taxi driver is offering him and accept it as a gift.
1. How did LeBlanc feel when he took the taxi?| A．Bored. | B．Excited. | C．Surprised. | D．Unhappy. |
| A．He praised LeBlanc’s couch. |
| B．He said really bad words to LeBlanc. |
| C．He shared his personal experience with LeBlanc. |
| D．He gave his opinions about what LeBlanc might try. |
| A．He left behind his team |
| B．He moved into his new start |
| C．He was at risk in his baseball career |
| D．He got a promotion in his Major League Baseball career |
| A．He said sorry to his coach. | B．He started to change his moves. |
| C．He decided to go to a new team. | D．He thought back to his last game. |
| A．Don’t waste time. | B．Don’t look down on anyone. |
| C．Keep moving and never give up. | D．Value and accept people’s advice wisely. |
6 . Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry’s grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry, Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this muddy basketball court. He probably didn’t realise it at the time, but it was where he learnt to be creative and flexible as a player. You see, with every shot, the weak plastic backboard gave way. The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions. Knowing where the ball would go wasn’t easy. He had to adjust his own playing style as a result. Shooting with great accuracy was another thing he learnt. Only shots perfectly aimed at its centre went into the heavy, thick basket. In this way, practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.
Despite his father’s successful career, Stephen was thought by many people, including his high school teammates and coaches, to be too short, too thin and too weak to follow in his father’s footsteps. But Stephen carried on. Playing basketball was his dream. He would not give up. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small, little-known school, Davidson College, not too far from where he lived. His creativity and perseverance (毅力) made him Davidson’s star player.
Selected for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors. He performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts. In 2015, Stephen won his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row, Stephen explained his philosophy, “I never really set out to change the game…What I wanted to do was just be myself…I know it inspires a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value the fact that you can work every single day to get better. You’ve got to be able to put in the time and the work. That’s how I got here. That’s how I continue to get better every single day.” Inspiring others to believe in themselves, Stephen Curry is living proof that what other people think of you does not have to influence what you become. Through self-belief, hard work, perseverance and some help from an old hoop, he has shown that anything is possible.
1. The underlined part “a far cry from” in Paragraph 1 can be understood as ________.| A．not far from | B．equal to |
| C．completely different from | D．very similar to |
| A．The humble basketball court. |
| B．His father’s example. |
| C．His coach’s training methods. |
| D．The bouncing basketball. |
| A．his father’s success |
| B．his creativity and skills |
| C．the little-known college |
| D．his physical condition |
| A．His wish is to inspire the next generation. |
| B．An old hoop is critical to what be has achieved. |
| C．You’ll get better with consistent effort and devotion. |
| D．Perseverance and some help from an old hoop guarantee success. |
| A．To introduce Stephen Curry’s philosophy. |
| B．To inspire people with Stephen Curry’s determination to succeed. |
| C．To explain why Stephen Curry was doubted by many people |
| D．To inform people about Stephen Curry’s basketball skills. |
The number 261 is Kathrine’s bib (号码布) number from the 1967 Boston Marathon. She protected that bib while an angry race director attacked her in the second mile and tried to tear the numbers off her shirt. He was angry that a woman had entered his race, declaring that it was a men’s only event.
Even though she was terrified and humiliated (羞辱), Kathrine got away from the official. Thanks to help from her teammates, she went on to finish the rest of the race, and was so determined that she said she’d finish on her hands and knees if she had to. The bib number 261 stayed proudly on her front and back though the official did tear off the top right corner!
Kathrine continued her running career, completed 39 marathons and won the New York City Marathon in 1974. She ran her personal best in 1975, finishing second in Boston (2:51:37). She then put her energies into creating the Avon International Running Circuit of women’s only races in 27 countries with over a million people participating in it from 1978 to the present time. It was this series of events, which showed global participation and performances, that largely convinced the IOC (国际奥委会) to include a women’s marathon in the 1984 Olympic Games.
Women from around the world have been wearing the number 261 on their bibs because it makes them feel fearless in the face of adversity, whether it is a tough marathon, a difficult business presentation, or the hard situations of life.
As she prepared for the 50th anniversary of the famed Boston Marathon run, Kathrine through the urging of many women around the world (and again, help from her teammates) created 261 Fearless, a global network for women around the world to connect, support and inspire one another through running. As Kathrine says, “Running will wonderfully change your life. We invite you to join our fearless community!”
1. Why did the race director attack Kathrine?(no more than 10 words)2. What did the Kathrine do after getting away from the official?(no more than 10 words)
3. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?(no more than 15 words)
4. What does the underlined word “adversity” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?(1 word)
5. How do you find Kathrine? Why?(no more than 20 words)
要点如下：
1.该人物的基本信息。
2.该人物在运动生涯中所取得的成就。
3.你喜欢她的理由。
（注意词数100字左右，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。）
提示：1. 她的母亲是中国人，父亲是美国人，她从父母那里发现了对运动的热爱；
2. 她的坚持、热爱和专业技巧让她获得了世界冠军（champion）；
3. 她的座右铭（motto）:如果一切都简单，我们也就不会有梦想。
提示词：对...热爱show strong passion in
滑雪 ski
致力于 devote oneself to sth.
为祖国而竞赛 compete for our nation
面对挑战和压力 face challenge and pressure
追求 v. pursue
实现某人的梦想 achieve one’s goal
为梦想而努力 struggle for on
9 . When Kevin Durant gave his tearful MVP speech in 2014, the NBA star made sure to thank one person who had been there with him from the very beginning: his mother. His heartfelt words about the sacrifices she made for Durant and his brother led to a lifetime movie about her journey as a single parent, The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story.
Today, the NBA superstar’s mom travels the country as a motivational speaker and philanthropist (慈善家). On Monday, she spoke at Thomson Reuters’ in New York about her personal struggles to achieve financial stability and shared the financial advice she gave her son when he entered the league with CNBC.
“I wanted him to realize he has worked hard,” she says, “And it is OK for him to enjoy himself because of his hard work. But it is also imperative that he prepares for his future.” While she advised him to enjoy the rewards of his labor, she also wanted to make sure that her son knew the importance of financial planning.
She told the audience that when she found herself a single parent to two children at 21, she couldn’t follow the financial principles. Rather than planning for the future, she focused only on how her money could make ends meet for that moment.
Recently, Durant has teamed up with Laurene Powell Jobs for a new philanthropic program called College Track which is aimed at helping disadvantaged kids attend college. As part of the program, Durant has committed to donating $10 million to his hometown’s public school system.
Durant’s mom says that in addition to his financial decisions, she is proud of his philanthropic work and his desire to help the community. “I thought giving back was always very important, and so we talked about that and he had seen that from us as a family and it’s one of the things that I taught him,” she says.
1. What is The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story mainly about?| A．Durant’s career path. |
| B．Durant’s hard childhood. |
| C．Durant’s mother’s devotion to the family. |
| D．Durant’s mother’s struggling to be independent. |
| A．Enjoyable. | B．Important. |
| C．Unusual. | D．Hopeful. |
| A．To share experience of her life and education on her son. |
| B．To make Durant realize the importance of financial planning. |
| C．To give the audience advice on how to achieve financial stability. |
| D．To explain that we can enjoy rewards by working hard. |
| A．Enjoying now and planning for the future. |
| B．Sharing rewards and creating a charity program. |
| C．Spending less money and saving for the emergencies. |
| D．Donating money to the charity and helping more schools. |
| A．His kind heart. | B．His poor hometown. |
| C．His mother’s teaching. | D．His difficult life experiences. |
Stephen is a famous basketball player. It was self-belief, hard work and perseverance
