1 . If a person lost an arm, how could he or she play basketball? How could he or she
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A.again | B.nearly | C.hardly | D.even |
A.got | B.caught | C.made | D.had |
A.escaped | B.called | C.increased | D.arrested |
A.potential | B.extraordinary | C.creative | D.natural |
A.filmed | B.posted | C.promoted | D.developed |
A.admitted | B.tested | C.showed | D.strengthened |
A.turn | B.defense | C.order | D.sight |
A.cheer | B.laugh | C.voice | D.argument |
A.permanent | B.helpful | C.special | D.impressive |
A.commented | B.advertised | C.responded | D.explained |
A.watched | B.collected | C.shared | D.downloaded |
A.profits | B.offers | C.likes | D.plays |
A.worn out | B.pulled out | C.cut away | D.taken away |
A.uncomfortable | B.unfortunate | C.unforgettable | D.unbelievable |
A.avoid | B.discourage | C.delay | D.risk |
A.given in to | B.lived up to | C.held on to | D.come down to |
A.condition | B.pain | C.privilege | D.limitation |
A.recreation | B.ladder | C.motivation | D.job |
A.Actually | B.Exactly | C.Constantly | D.Firstly |
A.finest | B.softest | C.strongest | D.warmest |
2 .
The documentary displays Lang’s inspiring journey from her gold medal victory as a volleyball player in the 1984 Olympics to her amazing career as a successful coach for both Team USA from 2005 to 2008 and China since 2013. She was the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold as a player and coach. Lang Ping revealed the secret to such remarkable achievements in the documentary. As she said, “
But illness is certainly not the only difficulty Lang has faced. In 2005, she struggled with balancing raising her daughter Lydia Bai Lang, who lived in the US, and her coaching career. She eventually decided to work for USA Volleyball that year.
There is no doubt that Lang is one of the greatest players and coaches in history. As an American athlete commented in the documentary,
A.Who is Lang Ping? |
B.Lang is the hardest to defeat. |
C.I believe volleyball was my life. |
D.What makes one a great person? |
E.Glory and challenges go hand in hand. |
F.Lang Ping is like Michael Jordan in our minds. |
G.This decision aroused a lot of negative comments in China. |
3 . “The Last Dance”, the documentary (纪录片), told the story of Michael Jordan and his success with the Chicago Bulls .We learned a lot about Michael Jordan.We took behind - the - scenes glimpses (一瞥) at what it’s like to compete in the NBA .We were given a glimpse into the 90s basketball era (时代) at a time when almost no sports are being played .But it also meant something for our culture, experts say.
Dr.Josh Shuart, the director of sport management at the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University (Connecticut), told the Deseret News that the documentary showed something important for our modern society.Watching “The Last Dance” gave us something to look forward to during a time when there’s nothing else going on, he said.“Why is it important and why did people watch it? The latter is simple: with the absence of live sports of any kind, it was probably the single most interesting thing on TV,” Shuart said in an email to the Deseret News.
Michael Jordan matters for sports culture, too.Jordan set the standard when it came to connecting sportsmen to brands (品牌) and brands to sportsmen .Sportsmen can take care of their brand during their careers (职业生涯) and even after they stop doing sports .Shaquille O ' Neal is an example, Shuart said.The Los Angeles Lakers star - though highly celebrated for his basketball career一has built post-basketball success through business chances .
There might not have been too much new content in “The Last Dance” for sports fans who grew up in the Jordan era.But storytelling still provides a way for us to find happiness, Shuart said.
“Above all, even though we know the beginning, middle, and end, the storytelling provides wonderful insight and results in a very interesting story,” he said.
1. What is “The Last Dance” mainly about?A.The history of the Chicago Bulls. |
B.Michael Jordan’s growing-up experience. |
C.The development of basketball in the 1990s. |
D.Michael Jordan’ s success with the Chicago Bulls. |
A.To prove that it takes sportsmen much hard work to be successful. |
B.To show Michael Jordan’s great influence on other sportsmen. |
C.To discuss why basketball means a lot to most people. |
D.To compare Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’ Neal. |
A.It shows Michael Jordan’s unknown life. | B.It can’t attract Michael Jordan’s fans. |
C.It is encouraging and successful. | D.It is boring for most people. |
A.ATV guide. | B.A business report. |
C.An official notice. | D.A documentary review. |
4 . His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he is known as Pelé. Without doubt, Pele is the greatest soccer player ever.
Born in a small village in Brazil, Pelé grew up playing soccer like most other children of his age. Too poor to afford a soccer ball, Pele and his playmates often made one by tying together a bunch of rags. Their playing field was usually a sidewalk. Old tin cans marked where the goalposts should be. Pelé and the other boys from his neighborhood often dreamed of one day becoming professional soccer players. At the age of eleven, Pelé was discovered by Waldemar de Brito, a former professional player. Waldemar de Brito was then the coach of the Bauru Soccer Club and he signed Pele to play for the junior Bauru team.
In 1956, when Pele was fifteen, Waldemar de Brito took him to the city of Santos, Brazil, to try out for the Santos professional team. Pele immediately distinguished himself as one of the best players.
In 1957, Pelé was selected to play on Brazil's national team. He scored the only goal for Brazil in the first game and another goal in the second game. Then in 1958, Pelé helped Brazil win its first World Cup.
Between 1958 and 1970, Pele played in four World Cups. He is the only person who won three World Cups. Pelé played his last game with the Brazilian national team in 1971, but he continued to play for the Sanlos team for three more years before calling it quits.
Throughout his career, Pelé had an amazing ability to touch people. Once a war was suspended for two days because the Santos team had been invited to play there and people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé play.
Pelé's name represents excellence in soccer. His 20-year career has yielded some of the most memorable moments in soccer history. People today still refer to him as the great Pelé, the King of Soccer.
1. What was Pelé's soccer playing environment like when he was young?A.Well-developed. | B.Tough. | C.Relaxing. | D.Standard. |
A.Pelé's influence. | B.Pelé's achievements. |
C.Pelé's personal development. | D.Pelé's international records. |
A.Nigerians were fed up with wars. |
B.Pelé refused to play soccer unless the war was stopped. |
C.Nigerians didn't want to injure Pelé. |
D.People wanted to see Pelé's game. |
A.Growing up in a soccer family influences him a lot. |
B.He is a selfless and generous player. |
C.He has a talent for soccer and practices a lot. |
D.He received professional training at the age of 15. |
5 . Snacks, game machines and medical services have poured into the family of Quan Hongchan, the 14-year-old gold medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, after the story of the talented diver striving to win the Games to support her low-income family and earn money for the treatment of her ill mother deeply touched us.
As the youngest athlete among China’s delegation (代表团), Quan amazed audiences around the world with her surprisingly perfect performance in the women’s 10-meter platform.
Quan immediately became one of the most-discussed Olympic athletes on Chinese social media and a “sweetheart” of many people not only for the snack-loving girl's likeable persona (形象), but also for her maturity and good heart after it came to light she was supporting a low-income family of seven. Quan said she wanted to “make a lot of money” to cure her mom's disease and visit an amusement park, which she has never been to. Eventually, Quan’s efforts have paid off and her dream is coming true.
A hospital in her hometown Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province announced that it would provide a full range of medical services for her mother. The hospital officials said they were proud of the Olympic champion and were more than willing to help out her family. Several amusement parks, zoos said they would offer lifetime free pass for Quan and her family. A local businessman even offered 200,000 yuan in cash to Quan’s father, but was declined.
The passion for the young champion’s family, however, has appeared to become overly heated after some fans and Internet celebrities tracked down to her village home, causing local traffic chaos. Reports claimed some live-streamers even intend to climb up the trees planted at her house and take a jackfruit as souvenir.
1. What’s the purpose of Paragraph 2?A.To present a detail. | B.To introduce the game. |
C.To describe the audiences. | D.To add the background information. |
A.The efforts she made. | B.The dream she realized. |
C.The reason why she became a hit. | D.The disease her mother suffered from. |
A.He refused it politely. | B.He accepted it joyfully. |
C.He donated it to a hospital. | D.He gave it away to his daughter. |
A.She needs medical services. |
B.She is dutiful and strong-willed. |
C.She is overconfident and caring. |
D.She wants to chase her fans out of her home. |
6 . Whether it’s on the wrestling mat (摔跤垫), the road or the ocean waves, these four athletes are the true picture of strength.
Bethany Hamilton
Raised by surfers in Hawaii, Bethany Hamilton was born to be in the water and began competing professionally as a young child. However, at 13, she lost her arm in a shark attack. One month later she was back on her surfboard with a determined spirit and positive attitude. She wrote about her experience in the autobiography (自传) Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. Her story has been made into an inspiring movie, Soul Surfer.
Anthony Robles
Anthony Robles was born without a leg, but he didn’t let that stop him from becoming a national wrestling champion. He is the author of the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion.
Jim MacLaren
Jim MacLaren lost his left leg below the knee after being hit by a bus. Without being discouraged by his accident, he learned how to run on a prosthetic leg (假腿) and eventually competed in the New York City Marathon. MacLaren became a motivational speaker and life coach encouraging others to live their life to the fullest no matter what it takes.
Jason Lester
When Jason Lester was hit by a car and ended up with a paralyzed (瘫痪的) arm, he could never have dreamed he’d be a world-class champion. He’s also the author of Running on Faith, the autobiography that records his rise to fame.
1. Whose story was adapted to a movie?A.Jason Lester’s. | B.Jim MacLaren’s. |
C.Anthony Robles’s. | D.Bethany Hamilton’s. |
A.He was good at wrestling. | B.He took part in the marathon. |
C.He lost his leg in a car accident. | D.He was a world-class champion. |
A.Confident and grateful. | B.Sincere and supportive. |
C.Determined and inspiring. | D.Forgiving and motivational. |
7 . Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, teenager Gu Ailing will be most likely to be one of the faces of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 17-year-old is a freeskier(自由式滑雪运动员) and grade-A student with an American father and Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019 she made the “quite difficult” decision to compete for China. She wrote on Instagram that she was “proud of my heritage and equally proud of my American upbringings (培养)”.
As for the decision to compete on behalf of China, she said it is “valuable opportunity to help inspire millions of young people in China where my mom was born.”
Gu graduated from a San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training. It is reported that She scored 1,580 points out of a maximum 1,600 in the SAT (美国大学入学考试), and has been offered a place at Stanford.
Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15. She won two gold medals and a silver for China at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. On Jan. 30th, 2021, Gu made her debut(首次亮 相) at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado and won two golds and a bronze.
“My goal is to win Olympic gold,” she told the official Olympic website. “It’s the top achievement. And that would be rewarding for all the work that I’ve done to achieve greatness in the sport.”
1. What do we know about Gu Ailing?A.She grew up in China. | B.She is an average student. |
C.She will graduate from a high school. | D.She decided to compete for China. |
A.Helpful and knowledgeable. | B.Modest and hard-working. |
C.Clever and ambitious. | D.Creative and confident. |
A.Gu Ailing won her first World Cup event at 15. |
B.Gu Ailing’s achievements as a freeskier. |
C.Gu Ailing’s training when she was young. |
D.Gu Ailing learned to do snow sports in China. |
A.Gu Ailing—An American Freeskier | B.Gu Ailing—A Stanford Graduate |
C.Gu Ailing—A talented Chinese Freeskier | D.Gu Ailing—An Olympic Champion |
8 . Thomas Panek made history this week when he became the first blind person to complete the New York City Half Marathon with guide dogs and no human assistance.
With about two thousand people around
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9 . When talking about the Chinese Women′s Volleyball Team, we will think of one person,Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional skill to help the team go to the world stage. For us, she is a hero.
Lang Ping was born on December 10th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She showed great interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. In 1978, she started to play for the Chinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the World Championship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
People in China like to call Lang Ping "Tie Lang Tou". She was so strong and did a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What′s more, no matter what she did, she never gave up.
After retiring (退役) from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. There, she lived a quiet life and gave birth to a baby girl. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some world competitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of health problems.
Lang Ping has become the coach of the Chinese Women′s Volleyball Team since 2013. It is not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better than before.However,she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts paid off. On August 21, 2016, the Chinese Women′s Volleyball Team won the gold medal in the Rio Olympics.
Lang Ping is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We can learn a lot from her.
1. Why did Lang Ping leave the Chinese national team as a head coach?A.Because she wanted to live a busy life. |
B.Because she had some health problems. |
C.Because she had to give birth to a baby. |
D.Because she wanted to teach another team. |
A.18. | B.35. | C.56. | D.53. |
a.Lang Ping moved to the US.
b. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball.
c. Lang Ping became a coach.
d. Lang Ping retired from the national team.
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C.b﹣d﹣c﹣a | D.b﹣d﹣a﹣c |
A.We should always have a strong will and never give up. |
B.We should learn how to become popular and famous. |
C.We should keep playing volleyball to become healthy. |
D.We should ask other people to call us "Tie Lang Tou". |
10 . At 10 am, I was sitting in a large hotel. I got to meet my
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