2 . Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. valued        B. challenge        C. continual        D. deal             E. requirements F. vary            G. question          H. goal                 I. retired          J. experience        K. rated

College Sportsmen

College sports, especially football and basketball, are a big industry. Nationally     1     teams and television broadcast rights can be worth millions of dollars.

This could be seen as a good     2     all around. Colleges invest in their players and, in return, the schools earn money and attention. The athletes often get a free education. And they gain     3     that might lead to a chance to play professionally.

But critics     4     the morality of a situation where college athletes may seem     5     more as athletes than as college students. Praise is heard for recent improvements in graduation rates. Yet critics say that some players who finish college never really learn anything except their sport.

Getting back to the question of how much college athletes study, a better answer would be: it all depends. The expectations and pressures on athletes     6     from school to school and sport to sport.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association governs college sports in the United States. For the past few years, this organization has been increasing     7     for student athletes. College athletes are required to make     8     progress toward earning their degree. Yet finishing college is not always a     9     for students who are good enough to play professionally.

Fans of American football may remember the     10     New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. Last weekend, he graduated from the University of Alabama. He left that school forty-two years ago to play for the Jets. Now he is sixty-four, but he went back-in part, he says, because he had promised his mother to finish his education.

3 . 选词填空

make up；ideal；symbol；exist；vary；personality；pattern；observe；stretch；context

1. The wildebeests (角马) follow, in their migration, the________of local rainfall.
角马在迁徙时遵循当地降雨的模式。
2. The dove is a universal________of peace.
鸽子是和平的共同象征。
3. Some people________on melons or coconuts for weeks at a time.
有些人一度数周靠各种瓜与椰子生存。
4. The scientists will study the variety of trees and ________which are fruiting.
科学家们将研究树木的多样性并观察哪些树木结果实。
5. We are doing this work in the ________of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
我们正在经济、社会和文化领域改革的背景下从事这项工作。
6. Women officers ________13 percent of the police force.
女警察构成警力的13%。
7. He has found his ________ mate.
他已经找到了理想的配偶。
8. Try ________your legs and pulling your toes upwards.
试着伸直双腿并向上拉拉脚趾。
9. The text ________from the earlier versions.
这一文本有别于那些早期的版本。
10. The contest was as much about ________ as it was about politics.
这次竞赛既比政治策略，又比品质性格。

5 . 不同地区的习俗和传统各不相同，但家庭聚会在节日时总是必不可少的，这意味着不同文化仍有很多共同之处。（common）(汉译英)

6 . Don’t ________ about that vacation. Recollect the time you two laughed so hard you cried.

A．vary

B．select

C．stage

D．reminisce

8 . 不同文化的饮食习惯差异很大，这让一些游客无法充分享受他们的假期。(vary, prevent) (汉译英)

9 . 那场开幕式上有各种各样的表演，这证明了国与国之间的文化千差万别。(which; vary) （汉译英）

10 . 老年人申请进入护理院的原因各有不同，其中一条就是，没人帮忙的话，他们不方便四处活动了。(apply，vary) （汉译英）