1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

From the day Tony was born, Jeff refused to let his son’s disabilities hold him back. Tony has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), making it difficult for him to walk. Determined to show Tony that he could pursue his dream of being an athlete, when he was 15 years old, Jeff signed him up with Team Triumph, an organization that helps kids with disabilities engage in endurance sports.

“It gave me a new perspective on life, Tony said. He even dreamed of walking marathon one day. From then on, Tony became addicted to racing, and Jeff also wanted to be a part of it. Though Jeff had been a minor league baseball player, endurance (耐力) sports were new to him. He made up his mind to achieve Tony’s dream and started doing things he never dreamed about. He began waking up at 4 a. m. So he could run in the silent street while pushing Tony in a special wheelchair called a racing chair. Every morning, he drove himself to run increasingly longer distances. Soon, he and Tony were entering 5K races, then on to Iron-man triathlons.

Finishing the Iron-man competition in under 16 hours would be another dream for Jeff and Tony. The big day came. The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the river. Jeff helped Tony into a kayak (皮船). With one end of a rope tied to a belt around his back and the other end to the kayak, Jeff eased himself into the water. Swimming while dragging another person is quite tough. The pair completed the swim in 90 minutes, and then it was on to the next leg; a 112-mile bicycle ride. Their custom-built bike had an additional seat in the back for Tony that faced backward.

After completing the demanding bike part in roughly nine hours, they set their sights on the final leg of the race-a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff pushing Tony in the racing chair. They’d been competing for 10 hours, with only 6 hours left for the race. The first 7 miles went smoothly.

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But at mile 19, Jeff began to worry they were going too slow.

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Jeff handed Tony his rolling walker (助行器).

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2 . Poetry Writing Contest

Contest information

Deadline: November 30th

Results: Announced on December 31st

Prizes: Win $ 1,600 in prize money

Guest judges: Ken Liu, Brian Evenson, and Faylita Hicks

Entry requirements

Your poetry can be laid out as you wish, as we understand that form often relates to the effect of a poem. However, please be sure to stick to a maximum of 3 pages per poem.

Submission guidelines

We accept works, written in English, from anywhere in the world. But we don’t accept works previously published elsewhere.

Writers over the age of thirteen are welcome to participate. Please note that if you’re aged 13-16 and your work is selected for publication, we’ll require a signature from a parent or a guardian.

Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted work and the file name.

We edit every piece accepted for publication whether your work is selected for publication through our online blog or in our print magazine. For this cooperative process we’ll pair you with one of our senior editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This doesn’t mean we’ll take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed thoughts.

Notes

The contest reserves the right to NOT award a winner if the submissions don’t reach a publishable standard. In this case, the winner won’t be announced. Although this has rarely come to pass in our six-year publishing history, our top priority must remain with the quality of the work we publish.

1. What do you have to avoid in order to participate in the contest?

A．Writing a 3-page-long poem.

B．Writing your work in English.

C．Providing your contact information.

D．Submitting your entry after November 30th.

2. What do we know about the contest?

A．It is held on an annual basis.

B．It is intended for teenagers only.

C．It is open to global poetry lovers.

D．It is aimed at making poetry more popular.

3. What are you expected to do if your poem is selected for publication?

A．Make sure that it is original.

B．Polish it as you’re required to.

C．Go to receive the prize on time.

D．Give your permission to publish it.

3 . Fourteen-year-old Quan Hongchan has struck gold for China at the Tokyo Olympics. Starting the competition as a dark horse on the national team, she’s made _______ with amazing performances in the 10-meter women’s diving platform event. She _______ her name in the history books.

Quan is a genius who walked out of a small seaside town. She started _______ at the of seven. In her first training school, the springboard was made of _______ and it got burning hot in the summer. She could only use a towel to squeeze the water to _______ the springboard, and then jumped into the water again and again in the terrible _______.

“Even in such tough_______ Quan Hongchan’s hard work and seriousness in training slowly showed,”   Coach Chen Huaming said, “Her success is not entirely _______ talent”

“Our coach often reminds us that we should take those successful big brothers and sisters as our role models. However hard the training is, they just _______ it to the last second. ”   Quan told China Daily. With the role models in her heart, Quan Hongchan became more __________in training. She kept practicing physical stamina and basic skills, fuming on the tossing machine and jumping off   the platform repeatedly.

Having stood out in a series of competitions, Quan Hongchan managed to __________ the national team at the end of 2020. Due to the __________ training, talent and hard work could finally be perfectly __________ to achieve her goal. This little genius __________ the world with three perfect 10 scores out of five dives after she __________ a near splash-less dive.

1.

A．attempts

B．money

C．surprises

D．history

2.

A．called

B．spelt

C．secured

D．reported

3.

A．jumping

B．swimming

C．training

D．performing

4.

A．rubber

B．wood

C．bamboo

D．iron

5.

A．cool

B．protect

C．clean

D．wet

6.

A．fog

B．sunlight

C．rain

D．snow

7.

A．conditions

B．surroundings

C．races

D．tryouts

8.

A．consistent with

B．equal to

C．free from

D．dependent on

9.

A．stick to

B．subscribe to

C．side with

D．rely on

10.

A．normal

B．engaged

C．realistic

D．gifted

11.

A．approach

B．anticipate

C．enter

D．explore

12.

A．mechanical

B．traditional

C．random

D．scientific

13.

A．recognized

B．combined

C．adapted

D．approved

14.

A．amazed

B．entertained

C．embraced

D．dominated

15.

A．arranged

B．performed

C．signaled

D．recognized

4 . All human societies play games．Kicking a ball can be found everywhere whether just a ball of cloth，or a skin stuffed with feathers or air．

But complex games and team sports have tended to arise in big civilizations - the higher the cultural level of a society，the greater the complexity of interaction，and hence perhaps the more complex the forms of sport．

This is not always the case．The ancient Greeks，for example，preferred individual not team sports．But in China for well over 2，000 years，people played the game of “kickball” - cuju．The members were often young men from wealthy families though there were also professional kickballers，whom you could stick with in your team as sleepers．

Cuju was played as entertainment at court banquets or the reception of foreign ambassadors．Even emperors played kickball．

As you'd expect in a Confucian society，kickball clubs were keen on the key qualities of mercy and courtesy．A great player was one who showed “the spirit of the game”．The “Ten Essentials of Kickball” included respect for other players，polite behaviors and team spirit．There was to be no ungentlemanly behavior，no dangerous play，and no hogging（独占）the ball．In other words，as we used to say，“play up and play the game．”

What a contrast with the ancient Greek athletics where only victory counted and if that needed gamesmanship，or cruel professional fouls（犯规），then so be it．

As a way of national culture protection，cuju was listed into the first batch of China's intangible cultural heritages（非物质文化遗产）in 2006．

1. What does the underlined phrase stuffed with"mean in paragraph 1？

A．Filled with．	B．Decorated with．
C．Surrounded with．	D．Covered with．

2. What probably contributes to the complicated games？

A．Teams．	B．Interaction．
C．Society．	D．Civilizations．

3. Who were the major members in a cuju team according to the text？

A．Sleepers．	B．The rich young men．
C．Emperors．	D．The professional athletes．

4. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about？

A．Kickball's popularity．	B．Kickball's development．
C．Kickball's importance．	D．Kickball's characteristics．

5 . As a short-distance track and field runner at high school and college, I often found myself wondering which of the eight or sometimes nine lanes (跑道) on the track was the fastest. It was conventional wisdom that the middle lanes — lanes three through six — were the best.

This idea, in a way, is baked into the rules of track and field. In events with multiple heats — from the college level all the way to the Olympics — the people who run faster times in earlier heats are assigned to middle lanes in later heats. In other words, the fastest runners are rewarded with what are, supposedly, better lane assignment (分配).

Using 20 years of track and field data from the International Association of Athletics Federations, I found that the long-held beliefs about lane advantages are not supported by the data. And in fact, for the 200-meter sprint (冲刺), the evidence suggests that lanes often regarded as the least desirable are actually the fastest.

In most races, the fastest runners are assigned to the middle lanes according to the competition rules. Not surprisingly, the fastest runners — who are in the middle lanes — often win. Are these racers winning because those lanes are the fastest or because those runners tend to be the fastest?

Next time you're watching any of the shorter track and field events in the Olympics, listen and see if anyone repeats the old adage that the middle lanes are the fastest. The data shows this isn't true, so if someone in the outside lanes takes a surprise gold, you'll know it is not because of their lane assignment, but because they were a slow qualifier (入围者).

1. What was the traditional belief in the track and field lanes?

A．All lanes were the same.

B．The inner lanes were the best.

C．The middle lanes were the best.

D．The outside lanes were the best.

2. How did the author get his finding?

A．By referring to long term data.

B．By using other research results.

C．By watching the latest sprinters' competition.

D．By experimenting which lane was the fastest.

3. What does the underlined word “adage” probably mean in paragraph 5?

A．Saying.	B．Style.
C．Package.	D．Stage.

4. Which of the following does the author approve of?

A．Losing racers tend to be in the slowest lane.

B．Winning racers tend to be in the fastest lane.

C．Winning racers often run fastest.

D．Racers win because their lanes are the fastest.