1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.

A．His regular water therapy.	B．His disability to swim like others.
C．Lack of proper training.	D．A terrible experience in a pool.

2.

A．He wanted to train an Olympic champion.

B．He hoped kids like Zulfic could learn swimming.

C．He wanted to improve physical education for kids.

D．The existing swimming equipment wasn’t standard.

3.

A．He will soon compete in a world game.

B．He could swim twice as fast as average swimmers.

C．He could swim the length of Olympic-sized pools with help.

D．He won a local swimming competition for disabled people.

2 .

A．She became the club champion though her leg muscles tightened.

B．She lost to the club champion because of her leg muscle pain.

C．She failed to win the club championship for her leg muscle pain.

D．She lost to the match because of proud.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．15,000

B．5,000,000

C．15,000,000

D．50,000,000

2.

A．The Chinese people are really good at the world’s most popular sport, soccer.

B．Within next decades, more than 90,000 soccer fields will be built across the country.

C．Chinese men have qualified for the World Cup final twice in history.

D．In contrast to men, Chinese women soccer players are more successful.

3.

A．Some billionaires in China.	B．President Xi Jinping.
C．Jackson Martinez.	D．The Chinese people.

4 . The TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab:

a development space for worldwide writers

24-HOUR WRITING COMPETITION

A programme of TheatreWorks Writer’s Lab

LET YOUR IDEAS SPARK

5 Stimuli

24 Hours

1 script

Are you up for it? Anyone can discover a new you through the competition!

The 24-hour writing competition organized by TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab is back for its 9th year!(Held at the peaceful seaside resort, Aloha Changi, the challenge is on again to stimulate one’s heart and mind to produce a script within 24 hours.)

TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab has for the past 16 years discovered and nurtured new talent, and provided research and development opportunities for existing writers.

Dates: Thu 29 July (4 pm) to Fri 30 July(4pm) 2010

Venue: Aloha Chanji

Competition Categories     Prizes for each category

Youth Category 1st Prize: $800

15 to 18 years 2nd Prize: $500

Open Category 3rd Prize: $200

19 years and above Merit Prize: $100

Registration Fee Registration Deadline

Youth-$25   15 July 2016

Open-$25     Limited to 100 places

Visit www.theatreworks.org for a registration form.

1. The underlined word “nurtured” probably means _________.

A．discovered

B．provided

C．emphasized

D．cultivated

2. This event has been held for _________ years.

A．5

B．8

C．16

D．24

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The event was held by TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab.

B．The highest prize is $800.

C．The competition is limited to existing writers.

D．The registration forms can be downloaded online.

5 . In sport the sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called the weaker sex, or, if men want to please them, the fair sex. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker?

The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes. Women’s time is always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 meters in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first ‘Tartan’ in film was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes 49.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!

1. Women are called the weaker sex because _________.

A．women do as much as men	B．people think women are weaker than men
C．sport is easier for men than for women	D．in sport the two sexes are always together

2. Which of the following is true?

A．Boys and girls study separately everywhere.

B．Women do not run or swim in races with men.

C．Famous Prime Ministers are women.

D．Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.

3. The underlined part “That at least is what people say” means people _________.

A．say other things, too	B．don’t say this much
C．say this but may not think so	D．only think this

4. In this passage the author implies that _________.

A．women are weaker than men, but faster	B．women are slower than men, but stronger
C．men are not always stronger and faster than women	D．men are faster and stronger than women

6 . Kobe Bryant

After 10 seasons wearing the No. 8 on his back, Kobe Bryant will become No. 24 next season. The reason for the surprising decision by the Los Angeles Lakers super guard last week has become a hot topic for debate.

Bryant wore No. 8 when he was in early high school, but he changed to No. 33 in his senior year. He switched to No. 8 when he was selected by the Lakers in 1996, and has been not changed since.

Bryant has refused to explain the decision until the end of the play-offs. So guessing Bryant’s motive has become a popular game among NBA fans and newspaper columnists.

There are all kinds of speculations. Many say that Bryant wants to leave the past behind and have a fresh start. He has often been criticized for playing to benefit himself and not the team as a whole. Others say that he may be trying to compare himself to Michael Jordan. Jordan was famous for his No. 23 jersey. Some, such as NBC Sport columnist Michael Ventre, argue that it is “all about money”. Bryant will make more money by selling new jersey to his fans.

Some speculations are more about fun. For example, there is an opinion that Kobe is actually just a dihard fan of the popular TV drama “24”.

All this talk has turned the number changed into a major issue. It seems that there is a lot of fuss over something that should be pretty simple.

Jersey numbers have their own special significance in American sports, especially basketball. Players choose their number when they join a team and they usually stick with that number for the rest of their career. When a great player retires, his team will honor him by retiring his number.

To some extent, the jersey is the player, and the player is jersey. Thus, when you see the famous No. 23 for the Chicago Bulls, you immediately think about Michael Jordan. A No. 32 Miami Heats jersey recalls the image of Shaquille O’ Neal, and the Houston rockets’ No. 11 belongs only to Yao Ming.

Lots of stories are behind players’ jersey number selections. Jordan said that he chose No. 23 because it was roughly half of 45. Jordan’s elder brother wore the No. 45 in college. Yao Ming once revealed that the No. 11 stands for two people in love—meaning him and his girlfriend Ye Li.

1. Which team has Bryant played for?

A．The Los Angels Lakers.	B．The Houston rockets.
C．The Chicago Bulls.	D．The Miami Heats.

2. How long has Bryant Wore No. 8?

A．For two years and a half.	B．For ten years.
C．Since he entered high school.	D．Since he left high school.

3. Which of the following is NOT a speculation about Bryant’s motive to change his number?

A．He wants to leave his past behind and have a fresh start.

B．He wants to compare himself to Jordan.

C．He wants to earn more money.

D．He wants to show that he is man of great importance.

4. Why did Jordan choose No. 23?

A．Because that number would make him famous.

B．Because that number will make you miss him.

C．Because that number was related to the number his brother once wore.

D．Because that number was easy to remember.

7 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. aired；B. insured；C. operation；D. streaming；E. equivalent F. driver；G. wide-ranging；H. involved；I. additional；J. injected；K. brand

Japan's Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Summer Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision, announced Tuesday, has    1    ramifications for the sports world as well as for NBC, the network that has become synonymous with the event.

The Olympics, which were scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, are both a global athletic competition and a major television event in which NBC and its parent company, Comcast (CMCSA), are heavily invested.

NBC has    2    every summer Olympics since 1988. Postponing this year's games disrupts multiple pans of NBC, from its ad revenue business to the promotion of Peacock, the, network's new     3    service. “This is significant to NBC because They've built their    4     around it. They're the network of the Olympics, said Jay Rosenstein, a former vice president of programming at CBS Sports. "The peacock is intertwined with the rings.” Rosenstein added that nearly every part of NBC is    5    with putting together the games, including its sports, news and cable divisions.

Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021. "This is much more than just a two-week    6    for them. They have to prepare for it for years. Pausing and restarting it is a big challenge, Rosenstein told CNN Business. 'It's also a(n)     7    challenge because the Beying Winter Games in 2022 would likely only be six months later now."

Patrick Crakes, a media consultant and former Fox Sports executive, said that the Olympics are a “top-five investment for Comcast." "Every two years the whole company goes all in to present one of the world's unifying premiere events,” M Crakes told CNN Business, Ulf’s    8    to turning around an aircraft carrier to do all this again next year.

The games are a huge advertising and ratings    9    . NBC Sports announced that it exceeded $1.2 billion in ad sales for the upcoming Olympics - a new record for the games.

Brian Roberts, Comcast’s CEO, said earlier this month that he was "optimistic" that the Olympics would lake place as scheduled, but added that the company is    10    if the games are interrupted or canceled by the outbreak.

8 . Charlie Boice from Georgia has been crowned this year’s “Papa” Hemingway at a look-alike contest. The 56-year-old retired air traffic controller won the annual competition at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida—a place Hemingway often visited during his time in Key West in the 1930s—on his 15^th attempt.

Dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater in a bid to imitate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of the world-famous American writer, Boice looked extremely happy as he was declared winner. He was chosen as the winner by the judging committee made up of former “Papa” Hemingways, all of whom look strikingly similar. Speaking to CBS Miami, Boice said. “Winning the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest is fantastic. I feel like a champion. Hemingway was a champion.”

During the contest, the 122 competitors had to take to the stage and attempt to convince the judges that they were the most similar to the “Papa” character of Hemingway, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 but committed suicide in 1961.Many did so by performing poetry or singing.

The competition, which helps to raise money for a Hemingway Look-Alike Society-administrated college scholarship fund, is a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the author. Just before the competition, an unusual event Running of the Bulls took place with the look-alikes. The video made by Florida Keys News Bureau shows the white-bearded men chanting and singing as they march through Key West's historic downtown with several life-sized, but fake bulls.

Also on Saturday, a California community college professor won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, which attracted as many as 857American and international entries. Riba Taylor of Palm Springs won the first award with her story titled “Between My Ribs.” Lorian Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, said Taylor displayed deep sympathy in her story to the woman who lost her love, a life changed and the power of memory.

1. What did many competitors do to prove that they were the most similar to Ernest Hemingway?

A．They should wear fisherman’s sweaters.

B．They should pay a visit to Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida.

C．They should perform poetry or sing on the stage.

D．They should march with several life-sized fake bulls.

2. What is the significance of the annual Hemingway Days festival?

A．The event takes place to raise money for a college scholarship fund.

B．The festival is held in memory of Ernest Hemingway.

C．The event takes place in honor of the Nobel Prize winners in literature.

D．The festival is held in hope of passing down the local traditions.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Many people look like Ernest Hemingway in the US.

B．Bull fighting is very popular throughout the world.

C．There are many people interested in writing short stories.

D．Ernest Hemingway is loved and respected worldwide.