1 . “I’m gonna play basketball, Daddy.” Lauren flew into my arms when I came in from work. “That’s ______ , honey.” I replied naturally. I thought she meant outside the house — on the driveway. Into the kitchen, my wife Helen’s silence indicated I had ______ something. After a while, she spoke slowly, “Lauren is joining the girls’ high-school basketball team.”

I ______ my girl’s sportsmanlike courage, but ______ was still in my stomach. Lauren was only just five feet one inch tall. ______ legs and a heavy body were surely a(n) ______ for her in playing basketball.

The game day arrived. Lauren and her teammates moved out. Their serious game-faces seemed ______ to win. At first, though not playing, Lauren followed the movement on the court and ______ every play. I could even _____ her shout “No way!” when a referee made an unfair call ______ a teammate. Sitting on the sidelines, Lauren still enjoyed the game very much.

Suddenly, the announcer’s voice boomed, “Number thirty-three, Lauren Wray, in.” My heart ______ wildly. What if she got injured or other girls on the team made fun of her? But what I saw was that Lauren made every effort to keep pace with the others. Just before the end of the game, they passed Lauren the ball. She caught it. She shot. ______ , she scored!

The audience began clapping and ______ . Lauren’s brown eyes shone as she wiped her sweaty forehead. Lauren’s uplifting spirits and impressive performance, wrapped with in a small ______ , struck everyone greatly. I felt enormously ______ to have Lauren as my daughter.

1.

A．hard

B．enough

C．nice

D．true

2.

A．missed

B．displayed

C．pictured

D．reminded

3.

A．admired

B．ignored

C．criticized

D．resisted

4.

A．excitement

B．worry

C．interest

D．curiosity

5.

A．Strong

B．Short

C．Injured

D．Light

6.

A．power

B．advantage

C．challenge

D．basis

7.

A．easy

B．impossible

C．shocked

D．determined

8.

A．adapted to

B．picked up

C．reacted to

D．tried out

9.

A．avoided

B．recognised

C．gave

D．impressed

10.

A．from

B．for

C．against

D．with

11.

A．crashed

B．dropped

C．ached

D．beat

12.

A．Hopefully

B．Differently

C．Sadly

D．Amazingly

13.

A．cheering

B．leaving

C．arguing

D．complaining

14.

A．body

B．life

C．heart

D．school

15.

A．anxious

B．proud

C．stressed

D．patient

2 . 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。

Nowadays, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Its history    1    (go) back over two thousand years to ancient China,    2    was known as cuju then. Modern football started in Great Britain, where the new game rules    3    (make).

Football is simple and very cheap     4    (play), which is perhaps the basis of the popularity. People needn’t expensive equipment    5    the football doesn’t cost much money.

Another factor behind    6    (it) global popularity is the creativity on the field. It is attractive    7    millions of people. People can see children playing with a ball everywhere. People also can feel the    8    (excite) of a game even without recognising the skill of professional players.

What’s more, it has become one of the    9    (good) ways for people to communicate. It doesn’t require    10    (word), but everyone can understand it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field.

3 . What is the best soccer club in the world? The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named FC Barcelona the best world club of the decade (2011-2020). The Spanish club also topped the rankings(排名) for this century's first decade (2001-2010).

The ranking is determined by rating (打分) results from each of a club's matches. During the past 10 years, Barcelona won 22 trophies, including two Champions Leagues(欧洲冠军杯) and two UEFA Super Cups(欧洲超级杯), earning a score of 2,877 points. Its rival (对手) Real Madrid earned 2,782 points, while FC Bayern München ended up with 2,594 points.

The club obviously won based on its success. But what is it that truly makes a soccer club great? For one thing, the club has its own style, which is also one of the reasons it has been so successful. Instead of relying on physical strength, Barcelona players use more technical skills, especially when it comes to passing. This style works well on the field and is very entertaining(有观赏性的) to watch as well.

This style is used by some of the world's best players. Many clubs have great players, but “Barcelona is able to bring them together in a way that fans love”, said the sports website Bleacher Report. The club once had superstars like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar who played together like a “goal-scoring machine”.

Although the club has the spending power to buy big stars, they often prefer to use players from their youth team. These young players are very loyal to Barcelona. Messi is one player who has risen up through the ranks of the Barcelona academy(青训营).

When Barcelona fans cheer on their team at their home stadium, Camp Nou, they often hold signs saying “Més que un club”, which means“More than a club”. This seems to have been proven true during the past decades.

1. What title did FC Barcelona win recently?

A．The UEFA Super Cup.	B．The Champions League.
C．The biggest rival club from 2001 to 2010	D．The best world club of the past 10 years.

2. What is Paragraph 2 about?

A．How many matches the club has won.	B．Why the club was ranked as the best.
C．How each match the club won was rated.	D．Who the club will compete with.

3. Which is Barcelona' secret to becoming so successful?

A．It trains its players to win with physical strength.

B．It spends large sums of money buying star players.

C．It often uses loyal players from its own youth team.

D．It plays most of its matches at its home stadium.

4. What is the story about?

A．How to manage a football club.	B．Great football clubs around the world.
C．What fans like best about FC Barcelona.	D．What makes Barcelona a great football club.

4 . Every year, hundreds of hopeful students arrive in Washington, D. C., in order to compete in the National Spelling Bee, which has been held every year since 1925.

In the competition, students under 16 take turns trying to properly spell words. The champion is the only remaining student who does not make a mistake. American students are familiar with the competition because it is practiced in many schools throughout the country. The National Spelling Bee, however, is a much bigger setting and showcases only the best spellers from all parts of the nation. Winning the competition nowadays requires the ability to perform under much pressure against so many talented students in front of a large audience. A student who wins the event in the twenty-first century will experience a much different challenge than the first winner, Frank Neuhauser, did in 1925 when he defeated only nine other competitors.

Clearly, the 90 years of the National Spelling Bee’s existence proves the importance of spelling in the English language. However, struggles with spelling English words go back much more than 90 years. The charming thing about spelling correctly in English is that it is in many ways without rules. English language can absorb new words from other languages and in doing so make them “English” words. Because of this, the number of words in English is much higher than any other languages. Thus, spelling in many other languages has fewer words and fewer strange exceptions to rules. It turns out that a spelling bee in most other languages would be a waste of time. Why is that? Well, without so many exceptions to common vocabulary, there would be very few words that everyone didn’t already know.

1. How is today’s competition different from the first National Spelling Bee?

A．It produces more winners.	B．It draws more talented audience.
C．It attracts more competitors.	D．It tests more strange words.

2. Why does the author mention “other languages” in Paragraph 3?

A．To introduce the new rules of the competition.	B．To gather students from other countries.
C．To explain the difficulty in English spelling.	D．To show the strict rules of written English.

3. What’s the author’s attitude toward holding spelling competitions in most other languages?

A．Unfavorable.

B．Supportive.

C．Responsible.

D．Doubtful.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Ways to win a Spelling Bee.	B．The most difficult language.
C．The best spellers.	D．A competition about spelling.

5 . Many students love competing in contests. If you’re one of such students, here are some contests that might catch your attention.

Team America Rocketry Challenge

This is the world’s largest student rocket contest. The contest was created in the fall of 2002 as a one­time celebration of the Centennial of Flight, but by popular demand became a yearly program. It is meant to build a stronger US workforce (劳动力) in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Creative Communication Poetry Contest

Many students love writing poems, which can benefit them in various ways. Now this contest is a good choice for them. In addition to the winning poems, other poems of high quality are accepted to be published and will be read by more people. There is no entry fee and no required purchase (购买) in order to become published. But entries must be students in 9th grade or lower living in the United States.

Math Contests—Homeschool Division

The goal of the competition is to encourage students’ interest in math and to inspire students to do well in math. The contest is for students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 5. Any teacher from a public school or a private school is welcome to ask their students to compete. Open to homeschool students in grades 2­8.

National Constitution Bee

The National Constitution Bee will be held at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC. To reach the standard of joining in the contest, students must finish in the top 3 in their State Constitution Bee. The first­place winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship (奖学金). The second­place winner will receive one fifth of what the first­place winner will receive. And the third­place winner will receive half that much of the second­place winner.

1. Who would be interested in taking part in Team America Rocketry Challenge?

A．Students enjoying outdoor challenges.

B．Students loving joining in celebrations.

C．Students wishing to have a scientific career.

D．Students hoping to find a highly­paid job in the future.

2. Students who take part in Creative Communication Poetry Contest will ________.

A．win a tour around the US

B．get some cheap reading materials

C．be offered free training in poetry writing

D．have a chance to get their good poems published

3. Which contest is most suitable for competitors good at dealing with numbers?

A．National Constitution Bee.

B．Team America Rocketry Challenge.

C．Math Contests—Homeschool Division.

D．Creative Communication Poetry Contest.

6 . Brazil sports are out of control! Brazil may be one of the most sports­crazy countries in the world. Whether you are into watching or playing, Brazil sports have a lot to offer everyone.

Football in Brazil is more than a sport. It's a way of life. Football is popular in Brazil for several reasons. One reason is that it is fast paced and fun to watch. This is the reason why the World Cup Soccer is the most watched sports event in the world aside from the Summer Olympics. Also, you don't need anything to play soccer except for something to kick, and a big area in which to play. Few will argue if you say that Brazil leads the world in football. No nation has won as many world cups as Brazil.

Volleyball is a close second in Brazil sports. In the world of international volleyball, Brazil wins many championships of all kinds, including indoor and beach volleyball. Brazil has nearly 5,000 miles of coastline. If you go to a beach in Brazil, there will always be a volleyball game going on somewhere, and usually two or three.

Footvolley was created in Brazil in the 1960s. It is a mix of football and volleyball, where the players must use their feet and head to get the ball over the net and into the opponents' court, and is also played in sand. It is one of the most popular beach sports in Brazil.

Swimming, tennis, rugby, boxing, judo, sailing, golf, surfing, and handball are all greatly popular in Brazil.

1. We infer that this passage was written to ________.

A．explain why football is so popular in Brazil

B．encourage us to do sports as people in Brazil do

C．tell us the history of several sports in Brazil

D．introduce several very popular sports in Brazil

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 suggest?

A．Sports are extremely popular in Brazil.

B．All kinds of sports are played in Brazil.

C．Brazil athletes are out of control.

D．Brazil athletes are not well educated.

3. From Paragraph 2, we learn most people believe that ________.

A．football is the most popular sport in every country

B．people don't need anything to play soccer

C．Brazil has won every World Cup Soccer

D．Brazil leads the world in football

4. According to the writer, what is the second most popular sport in Brazil?

A．Football.

B．Volleyball.

C．Footvolley.

D．Tennis.