1 . In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves to achieve a new personal best. Aiming to ______ his own record, Cerveny pushed himself hard. However, his legs cramped(抽筋)and ______   him with only 200 meters to go. Determined to ______, Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 50 meters.

______, his coach asked Cerveny if he wanted to stop. He didn't. With great ______ Cerveny pulled himself up and with a(n)   ______ pace, moved forward for one final push. ______, it wasn't enough. 100 meters from the finish line, his legs simply ______ .

Before his coach could ______ him, another runner- Brandon-was at his side to help. His first attempt to get Cerveny up failed, but he   ______ to quit too. With a second pull, Cerveny was ______. At a measured jog, the two completed the final 100 meters of the course, with Cerveny holding Brandon for ______ Brandon even made sure Cerveny crossed the finish line first,securing his______a faster time

In today’s ______ world in which the emphasis in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it was ______ to see that for an athlete like Brandon, the value of true sportsmanship still had legs.

1.

A．play

B．beat

C．check

D．measure

2.

A．failed

B．warned

C．dragged

D．raised

3.

A．rest

B．win

C．leave

D．finish

4.

A．Relieved

B．Exhausted

C．Concerned

D．Disappointed

5.

A．luck

B．effort

C．passion

D．respect

6.

A．rapid

B．relaxed

C．unsteady

D．impatient

7.

A．Normally

B．Eventually

C．Unbelievably

D．Unfortunately

8.

A．gave out

B．broke up

C．fell down

D．slowed down

9.

A．guide

B．reach

C．serve

D．blame

10.

A．refused

B．hesitated

C．regretted

D．pretended

11.

A．in his hand

B．out of breath

C．on his feet

D．out of danger

12.

A．direction

B．support

C．courage

D．comfort

13.

A．assistant

B．teammate

C．follower

D．opponent

14.

A．diverse

B．well-developed

C．competitive

D．ever-changing

15.

A．urgent

B．common

C．confusing

D．inspiring

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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Climate protection strategy is fascinating the globe during the 19th Asian Games, not just athletic talent .    1     (boost) climate cooperation, China, with the centuries old history and unique culture, is using green measures. Hangzhou city has adopted a     2     (practice) eco approach. The emphasis of the Asian Games     3     (be) on “green, intellectual, frugal, and civilized” contests, reflecting a trend toward more ecologically friendly and sustainable practices in major events.

Avoiding fireworks during the opening ceremony promotes environmental awareness. Traditional fireworks displays are fun     4     pollute the air. The Asian Games intend to exhibit a     5     (commit) to sustainability while providing an engaging and memorable experience     6     all guests by replacing this event with digitally powered visual effects and sound presentations. The Asian Games’ eco friendly licensed items include backpacks     7     (make) from recycled bottles and frisbees from rice husks (谷壳). As all Asian Games venues and facilities employ green energy, the event’s green elements demonstrate China’s recent green transformation and     8     (it) responsibility and promise to meet the dual carbon goals.

The Games Village gave residents a “Low Carbon Account” as part of the green measures. Carbon points     9     (use) in promoting low carbon habits including p late recycling, green commuting, and plastic-free purchasing. Points could be traded for low-carbon Olympic mascots and other prizes. China continues to carry out a climate change policy, develop     10     better carbon market, and participate in global climate governance. China aims to peak and neutralize carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and 2060.

3 . 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。

It was the Annual Inter-school Primary Sports Meet at the National Stadium. I sat down next to my principal, Mr Tan, in the preparation room as he gave me some words of encouragement. I was taking part in the 100-metre race event.

“Just one more gold medal from the last event, Tyson! You can do it! Nila Primary School will win the Champion School Cup!” Mr Tan encouraged me before he left the room. Just then, I saw Robert, the best runner from Sunshine Primary School, walking towards me. Suddenly, he grabbed my T-shirt and pulled me towards him. I could smell his terrible breath. “You are nothing! You will never beat me!” Robert said, trying to make me angry.

I pushed him away and shouted at him. “The same to you! I’m not frightened by your threats!” I replied with a fearless glare. Hearing this, Robert walked away, speechless. Soon, we heard an announcement to gather at the starting point. As I looked up and heard the deafening cheer from the sea of spectators (观众), I was awed. The atmosphere was exciting!

“On your mark. Get set!” the judge announced. There was dead silence in the air. Suddenly, I heard the firing of the starter’s gun and I burst forth. Robert and I were neck and neck until I spotted a frog leaping towards us. Robert screamed and ran into my lane suddenly. Unfortunately, we tripped over each other and landed hard on the tracks. There was a loud gasp from the spectators stand. Other competitors rushed by and none stopped to help us. Sportsmanship arose from my heart suddenly. I got up and helped Robert to his feet. He could not run so I put my right arm over his shoulders and we walked slowly past the finish line. The crowd cheered. The moment we crossed that, Robert thanked me and sat down heavily to the ground. I later knew that he had suffered an ankle injury.

注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After the race, I slowly went to my team, realizing I had destroyed the hopes of bringing honor to my school.

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The awards ceremony took place two days later.

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4 . 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。

The students from China did well at the English Speaking Union’s 2023 International Public Speaking Competition, in London, England. The competition, which     1     (hold) from May 8 to May 12, chose “Relations between nations are too important to be left to the government alone”     2     its subject for the final. The competition brought together students     3     (age) 16 to 20.

Liu Bowen,     4     was from Peking University, said he was very proud to stand among all the international contestants from over 30 countries and regions, which means China is having     5     increasing voice in the world and the competition was not only presenting speeches but a very     6     (forgettable) journey for him to enjoy the cultural communication.

The other contestant from China, Wu Dongxu, talked about his hometown, Hangzhou, in East China’s Zhejiang province, during his speech and     7     (eager) welcomed the audience to visit the city. He thought this was a very good opportunity for him to say something about China     8     introduce China to the outside world. It was also an opportunity to see how different     9     (culture) can meet, and help him know what career we should do in the future and how     10     (do) it.

5 . A photo of a Kentucky coal miner with his family at a college basketball game is going viral (疯狂传播). The photo shows Michael McGuire and his son sitting in the stands at the University of Kentucky Wildcats game on Saturday. McGuire is still wearing his work uniform and his face and arms are covered in black coal dust, which makes him different from others.

Kentucky’s head coach John Calipari put the picture online and expressed admiration for McGuire’s hard work and love for his son.

“My family’s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home, ” Calipari wrote. “From what I’ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son and watch our team. I don’t know who this is, but I have tickets for him and his family at Rupp to be treated as VIPs!”

McGuire had not yet been identified at that point, but Kentucky fans quickly found him and connected the coach with the family.

MeGuire’s wife, Mollie, replied on social media with a photo she had taken at the game. She wrote: “My amazing husband started his day at 4:45 am that morning and worked all day and then drove straight to the arena to meet us and enjoy the game with our son! We are truly blessed with such an amazing man! We love our coal miner. ”

McGuire told local station WKYT that he didn’t want to miss his son Easton’s first basketball experience. He said Easton had a good time.

Coach Calipari said he hopes McGuire will be a lesson for his players. “I talked to my guys about it. It’s just a great lesson, and I showed them the picture yesterday of Michael and his son. I talked about hard, tiring work that’s honorable work, adding that he made time for his son, even when he knew he couldn’t shower. It didn’t matter what he looked like. He just wanted to be with his son,” Calipari said.

1. What was special about McGuire while he was watching the basketball match?

A．His love for his son.	B．His dirty appearance.
C．His interest in basketball.	D．The expression on his face.

2. What was the probable reason for the coach’s posting the picture?

A．He wanted to attract more worker fans.

B．He was moved by McGuire’s happy family.

C．No one was so interested in his team as McGuire.

D．His family was connected with a coal mine.

3. What can we feel from Mollie’s statement about her husband?

A．Her pride.

B．Her regret.

C．Her expectation.

D．Her worry

4. What did Calipari prefer his players to do?

A．Offer help to the family.	B．Learn from the coal miner.
C．Try to be the best sportsmen	D．Never judge a person from his looks.

6 . Without three key players, including the former captain, how did 55-year-old Jenny Lang Ping and her girls spent the 20 days before winning against Japan with 3-1? Getting the world title at the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup is _______. The three players, namely, former captain Hui Ruoqi, Yang Fangxu and Xu Yunli, all _______ a lot to Chinese national women’s volleyball team. Hui Ruoqi and Yang Fangxu helped the country win the silver _______ in last year’s World Championship, while Xu Yunli helped China win the third _______ at Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Facing this, Jenny Lang Ping, who is called “Iron Hammer”, never _______ in her weak team and prepared for the coming competitions at the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup by _______ the confidence of her girls. Head coach Lang Ping and her girls met their first _______ after failing to beat US women’s volleyball team on Aug 24, 2015, two days after the start of the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup. The girls couldn’t help crying in the face of the _______, but Lang Ping _______ them around and said: “Calm down, girls, it’s still too ________ to see who will win, since we can learn lessons from this failure”, after analyzing Chinese team’s problems during the game and thinking about the ________.

________ encouraging words and smiles, the head coach watched the video of that game until late night and just had a two-hour light sleep. But the 55-year-old did not fight ________. Her girls returned with ________ to fight until the end. And finally, they ________ it.

1.

A．possible

B．unbelievable

C．confusing

D．unique

2.

A．mean

B．explain

C．admire

D．master

3.

A．honour

B．source

C．medal

D．glory

4.

A．place

B．number

C．detail

D．arrangement

5.

A．worked out

B．lost heart

C．checked out

D．gave up

6.

A．sweating

B．tracking

C．increasing

D．encouraging

7.

A．challenge

B．survival

C．match

D．tour

8.

A．success

B．fitness

C．failure

D．strategy

9.

A．narrowed

B．gathered

C．showed

D．focused

10.

A．short

B．flat

C．slim

D．far

11.

A．flight

B．end

C．fight

D．solution

12.

A．Below

B．Behind

C．Between

D．Beside

13.

A．gracefully

B．alone

C．bravely

D．still

14.

A．stress

B．agreement

C．determination

D．legend

15.

A．made

B．played

C．decided

D．realized

7 . When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the world’s governing body for soccer, claimed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would be “a fully carbon-neutral (碳中和) event”, it attracted worldwide laughter from the environmentalists.

World Cup hosts often maintain that stadiums built for the event will remain in constant use after its conclusion—a claim that allows them to spread their carbon footprint over many years. But it’s hard to believe the claim. After all, Qatari soccer culture is still undeveloped. Even soccer- mad countries such as Russia, Brazil and South Africa-hosts of the previous three men’s World Cups-have been left with a group of relatively useless stadiums.

In addition to the carbon cost of the stadiums, Qatar expects to see 1, 300 daily flights to and from the country during the World Cup. But that’s not the only source of airplane emissions. The grass seeds to give rise to the tournament’s green pitches (球场) have been flown in from North America on climate-controlled planes. And these fields won’t water themselves. The groundskeepers who maintain the eight stadium pitches, as well as the 136 practice fields, douse each field with 10, 000 liters of water every day in the winter. In the summer the pitches require a surprising amount of 50, 000 liters each.

Soccer isn’t alone in this. Three recent Olympics-Tokyo 2020, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Sochi 2014-earned some of the worst environmental sustainability scores. All this raises an important question: Is it even possible to stage a carbon-neutral sports mega event? The ever- expanding size of these events likely puts net-zero emissions out of reach. One recent study found that between 1964 and 2018, the soccer World Cup and the Olympics were about 60 times as large in terms of the number of sports, athletes, journalists, spectators, marketing and costs involved.

The large sports events, as they are currently organized, are unsustainable. Since FIFA and the International Olympic Committee made more environmental claims back in the 1990s, their events have only become bigger, and their effects have only become more severe.

1. What did environmentalists think of FIFA’s claim about the 2022 World Cup?

A．It made no sense.

B．It was worth promoting.

C．It attracted no attention.

D．It lived up to their expectations.

2. What do we know about the stadiums for the previous three men’s World Cups?

A．They are of great cultural value.

B．They are of not much use.

C．They have been completely transformed.

D．They have produced long-term benefits.

3. What’s the third paragraph mainly about?

A．The great scale of the 2022 World Cup.

B．The difficulty in hosting the 2022 World Cup.

C．The high carbon cost of the 2022 World Cup.

D．The huge economic input of the 2022 World Cup.

4. What’s the author’s attitude to the large sports events?

A．Critical.

B．Mixed.

C．Favorable.

D．Unclear.

8 . Standing at the finish line, 70-year-old Bob Long spent a while reflecting on the achievement he’d just made. Behind him was the wild, endless Mongolian grassland extending into the distance. This American had just become the oldest person ever to complete and win the Mongol Derby, the world’s longest horse race.

Long, a rider all his life, entered the race after being inspired by All the Wild Horses, a movie based on the grueling event.

Fearing that he wouldn’t be able to complete it, he set about preparing his mind and body for this “hardest, toughest, most demanding thing you can do on a horse”, an annual 1,000-kilometer race that was recognized as the world’s longest horse race by The Guinness Book of Records in 2011.

Although Long had been riding horses for many years, the hardship and uncertainty of the task pushed him to his limit and forced him to depend entirely on his own will. The race organizers had provided an extensive support network to keep an eye on the participants from afar. Despite that, the physical strain of riding such a long distance made simple things like squatting (蹲) down at the end of the day almost impossible.

Along the vast race course there were unpredictable circumstances beyond Long’s control, however well prepared he’d been. Weather was one of them, which could switch from heavy rain to burning sun unexpectedly.

Above all else, the biggest obstacle was the state of mind. Without a living soul in sight, Long was desperate for interaction, guidance, and comfort. This feeling of loneliness accounted for his hope that one of his fellow competitors would catch up.

Regardless of the hardship, Long felt a sort of spiritual adventure while traveling through the wilderness. He was provided with some memorable moments while connecting with nature. Still holding the passion for riding, Long never dismisses the idea of competing in another Mongol Derby.

1. What distinguished Bob Long from other competitors in the Mongol Derby?

A．He rode the whole race course alone.

B．He was the oldest participant of the horse race.

C．He was most likely to enter the competition again.

D．He was made into The Guinness Book of Records in 2011.

2. What does the underlined word “grueling” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Pains-taking but senseless.	B．Comfortable and pleasant.
C．Difficult and exhausting.	D．Romantic but time-consuming.

3. What was the biggest challenge that Long faced during the race?

A．The changeable weather.

B．The mental state in the course.

C．The difficulty in finding the right route.

D．The physical strain of riding a long distance.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．An introduction to the Mongol Derby.

B．A review of a film based on the longest horse race.

C．The contributions Bob Long made to the horse race.

D．The experience of the Mongol Derby’s oldest winner.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How often is the Noetic Learning Math Contest held?

A．Twice a year.

B．Once a year.

C．Once every two years.

2. What are students required to do during the contest?

A．Solve 15 problems in 45 minutes.

B．Solve 20 problems in half an hour.

C．Solve 30 problems in 45 minutes.

3. What will the top 10% of teams receive?

A．A “Team Winner” medal.

B．A “Team Achievement Plaque” medal.

C．A “National Honor Roll” medal.

10 . The Tour de France is a bike race, which lasts over three weeks and covers 3,351 kilometers. Held in France in July, it is really tough and bikers have to race up and down mountains, on winding, dangerous roads. Every day, he riders finish a different part of the race, called a "stage". Every stage can have a different winner, and each lay, the total time is added up. The person who is leading wears a yellow shirt to show that they are winners.

But there are no women in the Tour de France. For years, women have been trying to change that. From 1984 to 2009, there was a women's Tour de France, run under different names by different organizations. But in 2009, it ended completely.

The Tour de France is organized by Amaury Sport Organization (ASO). In 2014, ASO began holding a race for women called La Course. But La Course is not a long, challenging race.

To make people more aware that a women's Tour de France is necessary, a French cycling club has taken on an unusual project called "J-1". As part of J-1 , since 2015 , a group of women has been riding the exact same come as the men' s Tour de France，just one day earlier.

Women look part in the J-1 project again in 2021. But next year, they won't have to. That's because ASO has announced that in July of 2022, they will be holding the Tour de France Femmes.

The Tour de France Femmes will be an eight-day race with many stages which will start when the men's Tour de France is finished. Christian Prudhomme, the organizer, says this time they are hoping to set the race up in a way that it will make money, allowing the event to continue.

1. What is mainly talked about in paragraph 1?

A．The challenges bikers face in races.

B．The symbolic meaning of yellow shirts.

C．The introduction to the Tour de France.

D．Different winners in the Tour de France.

2. What is the purpose of holding "J-1"?

A．To satisfy women's desire to cycle.

B．To raise people's awareness of exercise.

C．To select excellent riders for big competitions.

D．To call attention to the need for a women's Tour de France.

3. What can we learn about the 2022 Tour de France Femmes?

A．It will involve more participants.

B．It will be sponsored by Prudhomme.

C．It will be designed to make no profit.

D．I will be after the men's Tour de France.

4. How does the author develop the passage?

A．By listing figures.	B．By following time order.
C．By providing examples.	D．By making comparisons.