1. What does the competition try to find this year?
| A．The best dancer. | B．The best actor. | C．The best singer. |
| A．By fax. | B．By phone. | C．Through the Internet. |
| A．At 10:30 pm. | B．At 9:00 pm. | C．At 8:00 pm. |
| A．It is bigger than the old one. |
| B．It will be free for the first week. |
| C．It will be open earlier than planned. |
2 . It’s time to sign up for Kids Bowl Free 2023!
Dates range from center to center and state to state. The center my family signed up for starts from May 3rd but I saw a couple of centers in Pennsylvania and South Carolina that had start dates in APRIL!
Be sure the kids are signed up for Kids Bowl Free 2023.
The Kids Bowl Free 2023 program is not specific to a certain chain of bowling alleys (保龄球场). You can find a participating center near you. Kids (under 15 years old) can get TWO free games EVERY DAY at a participating center. Most places will require a bowling shoe rental-not included in the program.
But wait! That’s not all!
You can also sign up teens and adults for a summer pass for $39.95. Up to 4 people get two games every day during the summer with the family pass so that the whole family can bowl every day!
USE CODE: HOT25 on the Family Pass page * to save 25%! Making it just $29.95!
If the code HOT25 doesn’t work, when it asks if you want to sign up for the Family Pass, find the tiny “No Thanks” button and click it. When you do that, you’ll be offered a discount code!
Shoe rental not included.
Save even more on your kids bowl free when you don’t have to rent shoes! Search Ebay for bowling shoes and get a great deal! I got us each a pair for this year and if we bowl 6 times our shoe cost will be less than if we rented shoes 6 times. And with our own shoes, we can go more often!
1. What benefit does the program offer?| A．Free summer passes. | B．Free games for young kids. |
| C．Discounted shoe rentals. | D．Discounted goods at Ebay. |
| A．$10. | B．$29.95. | C．$39.95. | D．$89.85. |
| A．An Ebay seller. | B．A shoe producer. |
| C．A participating parent. | D．A bowling center operator. |
3 . On Nov 20, the world’s biggest international soccer tournament(大赛) kicked off in Qatar, in which 32 national teams compete with each other for about a month. Different from previous World Cups, is the first held in the northern hemisphere(北半球) during winter. Does the change influence players and fans?
European Leagues face challenges
FIFA’s decision to move this year’s World Cup may upset European Leagues. Teams in European Leagues usually play their seasons from August to the following May. During the last two months, they would be busy with domestic(国内的) competitions and group matches in the Champions and Europa League. But to prepare for the World Cup in the winter, many soccer clubs in Europe could face a six-week shutdown to provide players with enough time to recover. During this time, fans will be upset about the delay of domestic soccer matches.
Is a “black horse” likely to appear?
The answer is “yes”. Though the weather gets cooler in the winter, the conditions in Qatar are challenging for some teams. Take some players from European teams for example. They must transition(过渡) from much colder playing conditions, which will increase their sweat loss and influence their performance.
But this influence will likely not change the final result.
“This yeas World Cup falls on the world stop leagues’ mid-season. That means players are coming into this World Cup after playing 25 games. So they will be arriving fresh and excited. Their energy is going to beat the top level,” former England captain David Beckham told the AI Jazeera website. He added that the players from the elite(精英的) soccer clubs will perform better.
Watching matches with coldness
Traditionally, many Chinese soccer fans gather together in restaurants in the summer, with beer and peanut. But now the matches are in the deep night during winter, with the cold weather making it hard for friends to gather to watch matches together. To solve the problem, some Chinese soccer fans joked on the internet that hotpot restaurants maybe the best places to watch the World Cup.
1. Why is this year World Cup different from others?| A．It’s the first held in Qatar. |
| B．Up to 32 national teams compete in it. |
| C．It takes place in the winter of the northern hemisphere. |
| D．It lasts longer than before. |
| A．They have to call off domestic matches to build up the players’ strength. |
| B．More fans will lose interest in their matches. |
| C．They will provide more money to train their players. |
| D．Many players won’t perform well as usual. |
| A．The final result will be greatly changed. |
| B．Some players will perform beyond their level. |
| C．Weather won’t have any effect on players’ performance. |
| D．The time for this year World Cup is most suitable for players. |
