1 . 根据课文内容填空

As a player, Lang Ping     1    . As a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team     2     and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping     3    . When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her determination was tested.

Jordan says that     4    . “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”     5    . In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

3 . Wang Shuang was just five when her parents divorced, dropped her at her uncle’s and left. Football, as it often is, became an escape.

At seven, she was spotted by coach Xu Yilong, who found Wang quick in her playful behavior. As the only girl in the boys’ team, Wang’s performances were impressive, earning her the nickname “Iron Girl.” And soon, she sensed the sport’s power. Football allowed her to “release herself” and realize “whatever happens, football never leaves you alone.”

However, life was never smooth sailing. The constant jibes (嘲讽) from some people, who always tried to push her down and destroy her hopes, affected her so deeply that she lost confidence. “They were saying I had no talent at all. Gradually, I felt really so.” Wang once wrote. But never did she stop playing. When she was called up to the national team, aged 17, Wang thought, “Me? Are you sure?” When a world-famous club wanted to sign her, she was “excited that an excellent coach thought I was good.” It was only then that she felt confident in her abilities. “I felt recognized. Perhaps I had a bit of talent after all.”

Not any “bit of talent”; the genius is praised as China’s once-in-a-generation player.

China is a pioneer of women’s football in Asia and has won the continental championship eight times, including seven straight titles between 1986 and 1999. That was their golden age. Gradually, though, the dynasty declined. It is hoped that Wang will inspire the women’s football of the country to its former height.

Coaches are almost always hesitant to speak about individual players. But when coach Shui was asked about Wang before the match against Vietnam, she couldn’t stop mentioning her influence on the team. Unfailingly performing on the big stage, Wang did not let her team down. When they lacked a quality ball, she delivered two high assists that finally led her team into the last-four clash (四分之一决赛).

“Nobody knows how hard it was,” declared Wang after the match. “We overcame difficulties. We also showed our strong spiritual power. I am proud of my team.”

1. What can we infer about Wang from the second paragraph?

A．She earned a living on her own.	B．She was released from the team.
C．She was laughed at by the boys.	D．She found a sense of belonging.

2. How did Wang regain faith in her abilities?

A．By winning recognition.	B．By obtaining inspiration.
C．By playing in the national team.	D．By ignoring other people’s jibes.

3. Which would best describe coach Shui’s attitude to Wang?

A．Conservative.	B．Contradictory.
C．Favourable.	D．Demanding.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Wang Shuang: A Steel Rose	B．Wang Shuang: A Child Genius
C．WangShuang: A Football Pioneer	D．Wang Shuang: A Golden Age Creator

5 . Jim Thorpe is one of the greatest athletes of all time. He had amazing athletic abilities and was well-known during his lifetime, yet that did not make Thorpe a stranger to adversity.

Thorpe was an American Indian from Oklahoma who developed his extraordinary athletic skills in his youth through hard labor. It was also in his youth that he learned to endure hardship brought upon by racial prejudice. Many would say his childhood was not easy. He grew up poor and at age 9 his twin brother passed away and a few years later he lost both of his parents.

But that did not stop him from doing what he loved and pursuing his dreams. Nothing seemed to stop him, not even stolen shoes. Just hours before Thorpe was going to compete in the 1912 Olympics, somebody stole his shoes. Thorpe improvised (临时拼凑) by getting shoes out of the garbage. The shoes were two different sizes. He wore an extra pair of socks on one foot to even them out.

He still went on to win two gold medals—winning each event he competed in except for one, the javelin (标枪). The javelin was the only event he didn’t win, probably because he had never competed in that event before. It is interesting to note that Thorpe had tried to throw the javelin once before in the Olympic trials. At the time, he didn’t know that he could throw it with a running start. He threw it standing still and was placed second.

At the Olympics，he also took part in the decathlon (十项全能运动). He finished first in two events, third in four events, and fourth in two more. Thorpe ended up finishing third in the world. He was undoubtedly a dominating force that couldn’t be stopped and just kept on going.

I think Paul Dughi said it best, “It’s hard to imagine now that pro athletes get paid millions of dollars just to wear a particular brand of shoes. For Jim Thorpe, it didn’t matter what kind he wore.”

1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．The adversity Thorpe met with led to his success.

B．Thorpe’s success was no guarantee of a better life.

C．Thorpe’s career brought him both gains and losses.

D．Thorpe suffered many hardships despite his success.

2. Why did Thorpe wear more socks on one foot?

A．To prevent the foot from injury.	B．To make the shoe fit the foot.
C．To stop the shoe from being stolen.	D．To show his problem-solving skills.

3. What most likely led to Thorpe’s failure to win the javelin?

A．Loss of his own sports shoes.	B．A casual attitude towards the event.
C．Lack of experience in the event.	D．A shortage of talent for the event.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Jim Thorpe?

A．Loyal and enthusiastic.	B．Genuine and creative.
C．Tough and strong-minded.	D．Selfless and good-tempered.

6 . 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。

Li Ning was disappointed because he didn’t perform well in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. But it was this sense of failure     1     made him determined to succeed in his new life. A year after   his    2     (retire), Li Ning began a new career—as a       businessman. But he didn’t forget his sporting background. He decided to launch a new brand of sportswear,     3     (compete) with global giants like   Nike   and Adidas. He made the unusual    4     (choose), for a Chinese person, of choosing    5     own name as the brand mark. The bright red logo    6     (make) up of the first two pinyin letters of Li Ning’s name, L and N.   Li Ning’s sports clothes came onto the market at just the right time. The number of young people with money to spend was on the increase—and sport had never been so popular. Li Ning’s designs were    7     (attract), and they   had a major   advantage     8     their better-known rivals – they were     9     (cheap).     10     pair of Nike trainers( 运 动 鞋 ), for example, could cost up to five times as much as a similar Li Ning product. Success for Li Ning came quickly.

8 . 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。

Lionel Andres Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1987. As Messi grew up playing soccer     1     his older brothers, his controlling and kicking the ball became as natural and easy as breathing, and he was quite    2    (satisfy) with his progress. At the age of 4, Messi joined a local team     3     (accompany) by his father. Starting at age 6, he played for six years with     4     older boys’ team. Around the age of 10, he     5     ( find) to have a growth hormone deficiency (生长激素不足). Because of this condition, he would never grow taller than 170cm.     6     Messi never stopped     7    (improve) his soccer skills or scoring goals.

In 2000, at the age of 13, Messi went to Barcelona, Spain. Futbol Club Barcelona (Barca), one of the great European     8     (team), was impressed with his skills for such a young player. In his very first game, he started making soccer history. He scored a goal, becoming the    9     (young) Barca player to do so in an important league match.

Messi is now a master in soccer     10     has led his teams to win over 30 medals, including an Olympic gold medal. The soccer’s little superstar will achieve more goals in the future.

10 . 背诵段落默写

The school adviser helped me choose the     1    ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I     2    . My adviser recommended that I should sign up for     3     literature because I like English and I’m good at it.I had to choose extra — curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough.     4     , I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a     5    club instead.

As a player, Lang Ping brought     6     and glory to her country. When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her     7     was tested. The team that Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players had been     8    , and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players was a big     9    , but Lang Ping didn’t lose heart. Two weeks later, they were world     10    ! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil.