Su Bingtian stormed to victory in the men's 100-meter final at China's 14th National Games
2 . If you're a sports enthusiast, you know the weight that home field advantage has on the performance of a team.
Crowd Effect
Crowd effect is one of the main causes behind home field advantage in sports. Imagine that you're walking into a stadium surrounded by people cheering for you.
Judge Bias
Travel Effect and Familiarity
Traveling long distances puts athletes under physical and psychological stress. This is especially true in the case of inter-continental matches, during which athletes must travel into different time zones, leaving them defenseless against jet-lag. On the other hand, the home team stays in its comfort zone, without having to undergo any disruption in their regular schedules.
Is There a Home Disadvantage?
The massive crowd support that the home team enjoys does come with a side effect performance pressure. The crowd greatly motivate athletes to perform better and achieve greater success.
| A．The cheering will greatly boost their confidence. |
| B．They applaud and celebrate every shot you take. |
| C．However, it may sometimes have the opposite effect. |
| D．Home field advantage is caused by many factors affecting athletes. |
| E．Therefore, the home team gets an upper hand over the visiting team. |
| F．It has been consistently found that players win more often when playing at home. |
| G．The massive crowd support that a home team gets often puts the judges in a tough spot. |
3 . Though the Tokyo Olympic Games drew to a close on August 8, 2021, the public is still watching the athletes. Their outfits and the technologies that helped them in the competition have aroused people’s interest.
Su Bingtian, the first Chinese sprinter to reach an Olympic 100m final, has ascribed his breakthrough to scientific training. “It takes Su 47 steps to run 100 meters. Each step counts,” Liang Dong, a member of Su’s training team, told Shenzhen Evening News. “Randy Huntington, Su’s American coach and a biomechanics expert in track and field, has collected a lot of data on outstanding sprinters and built a database. He put in all of Su’s data and got a near-optimal model. When Su is training, the team uses high-speed cameras to record his training and compares it with the model to find out his weaknesses.”
Technology has also brought a new boost to table tennis. On July 27, the semifinal match between China’s Sun Yingsha and Japan’s Mima Ito was in full swing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. You wouldn’t have guessed that besides players, referees and audiences, a powerful AI platform was monitoring the match.
Every serve, swing and movement of Mima Ito was captured by this AI cloud platform deployed in Tokyo. At an average speed of 100 Mbps, the data was transmitted to the technical team of the Zhejiang University Table Tennis Intelligent Big Data Analysis Platform,2,442 kilometers away from the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, according to The Paper.
The Tokyo Olympic Games have seen not only scientific support in training, but many high-end technologies in athletes’ devices. For example, the Kenya women’s volleyball team’s GPS devices fed data on each player’s strength, heart rate and so on to coaches, who used the information to prevent injury and personalize training plans for each individual, South China Morning Post reported.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ascribed” in Paragraph 2?| A．attached |
| B．owed |
| C．adapted |
| D．devoted |
| A．Table tennis. |
| B．Sprint. |
| C．Women’s volleyball. |
| D．Archery. |
| A．Enhancing Sports with Technology |
| B．A report about the Tokyo Olympic Games |
| C．An Al platform monitoring the Tokyo Games |
| D．Devices and Training Determine Athletes’ Competition |
4 . Imagine the feeling of swinging at a baseball going 100 miles per hour—without leaving your living room, or being in race car as it roars down the track, while you are sitting on the couch.
These are just some of the ways that sports business leaders say virtual reality (VR) will revolutionize how people train for and experience sports. Virtual and augmented（增强的）realities are together known as mixed reality (MR). “American footballers are already using VR to better train their minds and read the field,” Ludden said. “This can allow players to perfect their skills without risking injury.”
Canadian company D-BOX Technologies designs and produces moving seats found in cinema and theme parks. It is now moving into sports, and shows its Formula One (F1) racing simulator （模拟器）. The seats stimulate the force of gravity, speed and every shaking as Fl champion Lewis Hamilton zips around city streets.
A simulation seat uses pre-programed data now. Someday, though, it could use real-time information sent by the car. “They could broadcast live content through a network in pop-up theaters around the world,” Ludden said. Say you want to experience the true stress of a batter being up against major-league baseball pitcher. “You can have a heartbeat added to the sensation on the seat and then you can feel it, boom, boom,” Maheu explained. “When he swings and hits the ball, you can have an impact.”
One day, fans around the world could physically experience every game from their favorite player in real time. Ludden said that current and near-future technology could create “augmented stadiums” for live audiences. Panasonic launched its “Smart Venue” plans which included the overlaying of graphics, advertisements, player statistics and replays on the field of play at a pro football game. “If you are seated in the cheap seats, you can see this really useful.” “Fans may someday join in stadium wide games, using the field as a virtual gaming platform,” Ludden added.
1. What does the underlined phrase “read the field” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Get off the playing field. | B．Build up a football court. |
| C．Judge the situation on the field. | D．Ask players to play on the spot. |
| A．Enjoy live content in any theater. |
| B．Program the simulation seats in advance. |
| C．Control the force and speed of the baseball. |
| D．Experience the real time game with the player. |
| A．The origin of VR. | B．A future stadium. |
| C．An advertisement platform. | D．The expectations of audiences. |
| A．VR can improve players' skills for sports. |
| B．VR increases fans' joy in the baseball game. |
| C．VR can improve sports experience for players and fans. |
| D．VR promises a new future for football players and games. |
For me, it was normal to feel lost at the inter-camp track. Four camps of kids were ready to lead their teams to a blue ribbon andwinthe day. Not me. I was too little to be the leader and too skinny to be anathlete. I knew this by the time I was twelve, because my camp counselors and the other kids reminded me of it every chance they got. So when our camp needed a fourth runner in the two-mile race around thelake, I knew I was no one's first choice.
I hid in the shade of a maple tree as they called the names of the runners, my body tensed as I heard a counselor call, “Fred! Where is Fred! He is in this race!” It wasBarry. He spotted me under the tree. “Fred! We need a 12-ycar-old who hasn’t been in other events to run the two-mile!”
He gave me a push towards the starting line. Having noconfidenceand trying to save myself from the shame of taking the last place as four camps watched, I pleaded with him.
“But I don’t know the way around the lake!”
“You’re in. Just follow Bill!” Barry smiled.
Bill was my friend and the fastest runner in our camp. And then Barry said, “When you make it to the last stretch on the field, just throw yourheadback and run.”
At the starting line, I stood next to Bill and trembled.
“On your mark... Get set...” The gun cracked and sixteen of us took off. I stayed close on Bill's heels, a little too close for Bill, I guess. He shouted at me, “Back off!”
I did. Two guys passed me, but I kept my eyes on Bill.
It was tiring. The distance was widening between Bill and me. We made the turn from the dusty road onto the muddy, wooded trail that would go around the lake back to the field. Through the trees, I saw Bill trip over a tree root and fall. A runner from another camp passed him.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语：
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好：
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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In a moment. Bill was up again and running.
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I didn't blow when I crossed the finish line.
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1. 告知运动节信息；
2. 呼吁学生参与；
3. 提供报名方式。
注意：1. 词数 80 词左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Tom and his friend were walking to work. They were talking about the big football match.
"Are you going to see the match?" Tom's friend asked him.
"No, I must go to work." Tom said.
Tom worked in the office of Mr. Bates. When Tom got to the office a letter was waiting for him. He opened it.
"Dear Tom." the letter began. "I'm writing to thank you for all your help. I'm sending a ticket for the big match. I cannot go to the match because I am ill. I shall see it on TV. You can go to the match with my ticket."
Tom looked at the ticket. He could not believe that he had it. A ticket for the big match!
He looked at the ticket again. "I must go to the match." he thought. "I must. But how can I go? How can I get out of the office? I can't tell Mr. Bates that I'm ill. He will know what I'm doing. He'll know I'm trying to get out of the office and go to the big match."
Tom thought and thought. He could not do any work. Then, at twelve o'clock, he knew what to do. He stood up and walked to a telephone at the end of the street. He spoke to his sister, Jean. "Jean, this is Tom," he said. "I want you to make a telephone call to my office. Ask to speak to Mr. Bates. Tell him you are speaking from a doctor's office. Tell him that my mother is ill."
He put down the telephone and went back to the office. At one o'clock, Mr. Bates came up to him.
"I have had bad news for you, Tom," he said. "Your mother is ill. The doctor telephoned. You must go to her."
"Thank you." Tom said. "I'll go now. I'll come back as soon as I can." He left the office quickly for the football ground. The big match did not start until three but the ground was nearly full. But Tom's ticket was a good one. He could stand near the front. The football match was very good. Many people saw the match on TV. People at home could see everything in the football ground.
1.所续短文词数应为150词左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段开头已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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The next morning, when Tom walked into the office, Mr. Bates came up to him.
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Turning around, Tom saw a new television on the wall.
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