1 . How do top athletes handle defeat and disappointment? Can an athlete turn to his or her teammates for support or encouragement? The following top performers' responses will be helpful to you.
Think positively
Siri Lindley is a top triathlete (三项全能运动员), competing in events that combine long-distance running, swimming and cycling. “I try to use what I learn from each loss to make me stronger and more determined,” she says. “Then I pick my head up and start thinking positive, and I visualize myself succeeding the next time. Let the losses make you stronger.”
Stick with it
Allen Johnson won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, but he knows that he can’t win every race. “When I don’t win. I have to accept the fact that I made a mistake or that someone was better on that day,” he says. “You can’t be the best every day, but you can be the best on some day.”
Pick yourself up
Figure skater Michael Weiss is one of the best in his sport, but there have been a lot of failures along the way. “I look at failing as a part of growing,” he says. “When you lose and you are feeling down, without teammates to lift you up, you have to be strong enough to pick yourself up.”
Learn from mistakes
Gymnast Shannon Miller has won several Olympic medals, including two golds. “If I make a mistake in the middle of a competition, I try to forget about it because I have to go on.” she says. “If I do poorly over the course of an entire meet, I go back to the gym and figure out what went wrong. It’s so important to learn from your mistakes.”
1. What do we know about Allen Johnson?A.He is creative and adventurous. |
B.He is capable and adaptable. |
C.He is open-minded and hard-working. |
D.He is ambitious and stubborn. |
A.Siri Lindley. | B.Allen Johnson. |
C.Michael Weiss. | D.Shannon Miller. |
A.They solve difficulties positively. |
B.They ask teammates for help. |
C.They compete in events freely. |
D.They view themselves as the best. |
2 . Milo of Croton was a legendary Olympic wrestler in ancient Greece. Milo won many Olympic gold medals. He won for the first time when he was a boy of 12. After that he didn't compete again for eight years. When he once again wrestled at the Olympics, he won a gold medal every year for five years. Milo was more than 40 years old when he lost a match for the first time. He lost because his enemy made him tired, not because he was less strong than his enemy.
Mito was proud and boastful. He liked showing off his amazing strength. He would stand on a slippery iron disc and tell people to push him off. Of course they never could. Not even iron bars could keep him in a room if he didn't want to be there. He would just bend them open and escape.
Milo was so strong that he once saved many of his friends from certain death. It happened that the roof of the building where they were holding a meeting began to collapse. Milo stood and held the roof up until all his friends had left the building. Then he ran out before the roof collapsed on him.
But there came a time when Milo's strength could not save him. Milo was walking through the forest when he found a trunk partially split. He thought that it would be fun to test his strength. He wanted to see if he could split the trunk right in half. He put his hands into the place where the trunk split. He pushed with all his strength to split apart the trunk. The trunk moved slightly and then closed on his hands. He tried to pull them out, but without success. He was trapped. According to the legend, he was eaten alive by wild beasts. Not a very nice ending for a famous wrestler. But, perhaps, he should have realized that he could not stay so strong forever.
1. Why did Milo lose a match for the first time?A.Because he grew old. | B.Because he was less strong. |
C.Because he was made tired. | D.Because he was less wise. |
A.Fall down. | B.Set down. | C.Break down. | D.Pull down. |
A.He was pushed off the iron disc. | B.He was buried in ruins. |
C.He was trapped and died of hunger. | D.He was eaten by wild animals. |
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5 . 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 |
6 . Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), in full Kobe Bean Bryant, was an American professional basketball player, who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to five championships (2000-02 and 2009-10).
Bryant's father, Joe ("Jelly Bean") Bryant, was a professional basketball player who spent eight seasons in the NBA and eight more playing in Italy, where Bryant went to school. When his family returned to the United States, Bryant played basketball at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. He gave up going to college and declared himself qualified for the NBA draft when he graduated from high school. The Charlotte Hornets chose him with the 13th pick of the 1996 draft. He was traded to the Lakers shortly after and became the second youngest NBA player in history when the 1996-97 season opened. He quickly proved himself with the Lakers and was selected for the NBA All-Star Game in just his second season, becoming the youngest All-Star.
Bryant was forced to share the role of the Lakers' star player with his popular and talented teammate Shaquille O'Neal. The two had an uneasy relationship, but they found success under the leadership of Phil Jackson, who became coach of the Lakers in 1999. Bryant, a shooting guard, and O'Neal, a center, meshed into a remarkably effective combination, and by the time Bryant was 23, the Lakers had won three consecutive NBA championship.
Bryant was also a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. men's basketball teams at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games, In 2015 Bryant wrote the poem Dear Basketball , and two years later it served as the basis for a short film of the same name, which he also narrated. The work won an Academy Award for Best Animated(动画的)Short Film; In 2018 Bryant published the book The Mamba Mentality : How I Play , in which he described his approach to basketball. The title reflected a nickname he gave himself during his playing days, “The Black Mamba”. On January 26,2020, Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were among a group traveling to a girls' basketball game in a helicopter when it crashed, killing all nine people aboard.
1. What can we learn about Kobe Bryant from the passage?A.He finished high school in Italy. |
B.His father was an amateur basketball player. |
C.He became a member of the Lakers in 1996. |
D.I His Sacher him a lot about playing basketball. |
A.Unhappy | B.Acceptable. | C.Indifferent. | D.Optimistic. |
A.connected. | B.formed. | C.arranged. | D.shifted. |
A.Bryant's lifetime achievements and death. |
B.Bryant's non - professional accomplishments. |
C.The origin of the name of Bryant's 2018 book. |
D.Awards that Bryant received after his retirement. |
1. Why does the man think highly of Michael Jordan?
A.He is successful after he retired. |
B.He was the best player in a number of ways. |
C.He beat the man's favorite team many times. |
A.9. | B.10. | C.14. |
A.He teaches basketball in a high school. |
B.He plays in a senior league. |
C.He runs his clothing business. |
8 . Most people would tremble at the idea of getting caught up in a 73.5-foot wave. But for Brazilian pro-surfer Maya, it presented the perfect opportunity to break her 2018 world record for the largest wave surfed by a female. The athlete skillfully maneuvered (操控) the massive wave at the World Surf League (WSL) Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge in Praia do Norte, Portugal, where she established her first world record by riding a 68-foot wave.
“When I let go of the rope, I had a feeling it could be the one but wasn’t sure. The speed was very high, but the noise that the wave made when it broke made me realize that this was probably the biggest wave I’d ever ridden.
Her record, earning her WSL’s 2020 women’s Biggest Wave Award, was two feet higher than Dupont’s wave, who had ridden the largest wave. It was also 3.5 feet higher than the 70-foot wave ridden by the 2020 men’s Biggest Wave Award winner Kai Lenny!
“Our sport is very male-dominated, with the performances on the male side being often much stronger than ours as females,” she said. “This year, a woman did surf the biggest, tallest wave of the year. It opens the idea that in other categories and other areas of surfing, this could be accomplished, too.”
Though Maya, who has been surfing competitively since she was 15, seemed to effortlessly move over the monster surf, it has not all been smooth sailing. Her first attempt at pursuing the world’s biggest wave in Nazare, Portugal, in 2013 could have ended her career. The surfer suffered a disastrous wipeout that broke her ankle and almost caused her to drown. However, it did not reduce her determination to create her record as one of the world’s greatest surfers!
1. What was Maya’s result in WSL Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge in 2018?A.71.5 feet. | B.68 feet. |
C.70 feet. | D.73.5 feet. |
A.The noise of the wave. | B.The speed of the wave. |
C.The size of the wave. | D.The height of the wave. |
A.It reflected people’s idea about surfing. |
B.It represented the highest level of surfers. |
C.It proved the ability of female surfers. |
D.It indicated the domination of males. |
A.Her strong will. | B.Her talent. |
C.Her attempt. | D.Her frustration. |
9 . As she pulled herself over the summit of EI Capitan, Emily Harrington knew she had made history.
It wasn't
"I'd just
"It was incredibly quiet. It was super
Free climbers use just their hands and feet to climb, with a rope to
Harrington had climbed this particular
However an attempt last year ended in
"It was very
"I's definitely a mental struggle, coming over that hurdle, coming back into this year and
A.crazy | B.easy | C.skeptical | D.casual |
A.climb | B.run | C.cycle | D.walk |
A.studied | B.planned | C.scheduled | D.imagined |
A.cheerful | B.exciting | C.dark | D.fearful |
A.improvements | B.achievements | C.surroundings | D.reports |
A.actor | B.organizer | C.official | D.audience |
A.quiet | B.calm | C.silent | D.still |
A.predict | B.discover | C.experience | D.forget |
A.throw | B.fetch | C.catch | D.move |
A.consequently | B.potentially | C.hardly | D.finally |
A.challenge | B.obstacle | C.trouble | D.barrier |
A.route | B.corner | C.rock | D.road |
A.frequently | B.subsequently | C.smoothly | D.rarely |
A.sadness | B.doubt | C.disaster | D.anxiety |
A.obtained | B.acquired | C.affected | D.suffered |
A.scary | B.disappointed | C.active | D.funny |
A.figured out | B.found out | C.turned out | D.brought out |
A.failures | B.wounds | C.damages | D.injuries |
A.defeating | B.trying | C.exploring | D.competing |
A.abandoned | B.missed | C.made | D.controlled |
10 . During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA. One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the Games in Berlin.
1. Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?A.Teach P.E in school. | B.Write some books. |
C.Work at a hospital. | D.Take part in the Olympic Games. |
A.Summer. | B.Winter. | C.Spring. | D.Autumn. |
A.It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball. |
B.It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born. |
C.It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game. |
D.It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played. |
A.Basketball was already a worldwide game. |
B.Basketball was played with 9 players on each side. |
C.Basketball was an Olympic sport. |
D.Basketball was still played using footballs. |