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A. take up B. suggested C. favorite D. career E. responded to F. in shape G. down H. at a certain time I. to have completed J. rather than K. setting the record for |
Mathea Allansmith isn’t your typical grandmother. She’s the oldest woman in the world
Mathea, now 94, of Koloa, Hawaii, USA, stays in shape all year round by running seven days a week, no matter what the weather is. Whether there is rain or sunshine, she covers 36 miles every week, even when she’s on holiday. The retired doctor didn’t
“The Honolulu Marathon is my
Mathea, who doesn’t allow her age to slow her
Mathea said it was her
Edward and Stephen were both eighteen years old. They were so together in friendship that they felt themselves to be brothers. They had known each other since childhood, growing up in the same block in Liverpool.
Edward was fair and lean, while Stephen was dark and short. Edward’s brown hair was always falling over his eyes, while Stephen wore his black hair in a natural style.
Each youngster had a dream of someday becoming champion of the world. Whenever they had time, the boys worked out at the Fencing (击剑) Club. Early morning sunrises would find them running along the Mersey River, wrapped in sweatshirts, with short towels around their necks.
Edward and Stephen studied hard and dreamt positively. Between them, they had a notebook filled with torn tickets of every fencing match they had ever attended. They each had taken part in many elimination bouts (淘汰赛) and had won many gold medals. The difference was in their style.
As fencers, Edward’s lean form and long reach made him better in attack, while Stephen’s short and muscular frame made him speed y in movement. Whenever they had met in the piste (击剑台), it had always been intense and competitive.
After a series of elimination bouts, they were informed that they were to meet each other in the finals next month —the winner to represent the Club in the Championship Tournament.
Fencing was like any other profession. The two boys knew friendship had nothing to do with it. But how would the competition affect their relationship? Everyday they continued to run together along the Mersey River. However, while joking with each other, they both sensed an invisible wall rising between them.
The day before the finals, they met as usual for their daily workout. After a mile or so, Stephen stopped.
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“I think we both got something to say to each other.” Stephen said.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________As the two went onto the piste, the audience held their breath.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . The greatest sports moments often have a wonderful flow state behind the victories or performances. Being in flow refers to the moments where distraction reduces, and concentration
It was a
Facing the desperate situation, I could
5 points to go, 4 points to go... My opponent started getting visibly
Despite a small game, it inspired me a lot. Not being able to control how our opponent plays, we can
A.limits | B.decreases | C.heightens | D.changes |
A.tough | B.competitive | C.crazy | D.close |
A.lose | B.win | C.tie | D.restart |
A.adjustments | B.reservations | C.efforts | D.mistakes |
A.call | B.make | C.leave | D.take |
A.defense | B.attack | C.celebration | D.relief |
A.figured | B.tried | C.pointed | D.stuck |
A.Sighing | B.Breathing | C.Regretting | D.Struggling |
A.attention | B.interest | C.insight | D.appreciation |
A.confused | B.desperate | C.exhausted | D.uneasy |
A.right | B.impossible | C.opposite | D.previous |
A.swollen | B.bright | C.sharp | D.bloodshot |
A.wild | B.silent | C.mad | D.deaf |
A.Going against | B.Cutting off | C.Holding to | D.Recovering from |
A.wonder | B.determine | C.predict | D.consider |
内容包括:
1. 介绍自己的英语水平;
2. 请求当面指导;
3. 表达感谢。
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2. 邮件开头及落款已给,不计入总词数。
Dear Paul,
How is everything going?
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1. 活动背景和意义
2. 表演内容、时间、地点(2024年4月9日下午3:50—5:20;演出中心)
3. 动员大家参加,欢迎对表演提出意见。
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Notice
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A. worthy of B. did their best C. competed in D. listening to E. with certainty F. more than G. dreaming of H. questioned about I. would rather J. was provided for K. adapted to |
In the ever-changing world of women’s artistic gymnastics, there has been a gymnast for
The 48-year-old had said
However, just a few months after the Tokyo Olympics, Chusovitina said that she would return to training,
Chusovitina first
And now, her story continues. The historic eight-time Olympian, whose motto is “I
At Piedmont Middle School, a kid could run track or play tennis, but everyone wanted to be on the soccer team. Laura had dreamed of earning glory for the Falcons ever since the first grade, when her older brother Toni scored the winning goal in the county middle school championship. The day she joined the team as a sixth-grader, she felt like she could fly.
But, unfortunately, her joy didn’t last. She spent most of the season on the bench. It was all because of the huge mistake she made in her first game. She passed the ball in the completely wrong direction! Straight to an enemy in blue, who quickly shot it into the corner of the net, scoring. The coach benched Laura for the rest of the game. When the Falcons lost 1-0,she was crushed.
Now that the season was over, she just wanted to forget about soccer. She clearly wasn’t good enough to play with the Falcons, and that was that.
A few days later, Laura’s mother found her lying on the sofa, watching music videos on her . phone.
“You’d be better off praticing,” her mother said.
“What for?” Laura said, rolling her eyes. “It won’t help me. I need someone to watch me and tell me how I can improve. I can’t get better by myself.”
Sighing, her mom sank down on the sofa. “Laura, for every lock, there is a key. We just have to find it.”
After a moment, she added, “What if I film you during practice to help you find ways to improve?”
“But the season’s over, Mom. No more practice, remember?”
“The best players keep practicing even when the season’s over,” her mother said. “You remember Toni spending all summer bouncing a ball off his head in the driveway. He used to run ten miles a day in the Arizona summer sun. You think he did that for fun?“
“But to practice plays I need at least one other person,” Laura protested.
Her mother patted her on the knee. “We’ll find that key, too,” she said.
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The next morning, Laura’s mother shook her awake early, “Come on, Laura; it’ s soccer time.”
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When the next season came around, Laura was ready.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Students to Compete in 34th National Science Bowl
Thousands of students from middle and high schools across the country have committed themselves to extra study hours as they prepare to compete in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)34th National Science Bowl(NSB). These students are hard at work now to win their regional competitions, hoping to advance to the final competition.
The first regional event will take place on January 13th with high schools from the D. C. /Maryland area. Teams will face off in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format, and their knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics will be tested. Regionals will continue weekly until mid-March.
The winning team from each qualifying regional competition will be qualified to compete in the National Finals to be held in Washington, D. C. , from April 25-29, 2024, with all expenses paid by DOE. The national event consists of several days of science activities and sightseeing, along with the competitions.
In the National Finals, the top two teams will earn $5, 000 for their schools’ math and science departments. Schools ranking in the top 16 will receive $1, 000 for their science departments. But to many, the ultimate prize is simply the honor of winning the National Championship.
Today, the NSB annually draws more than 10, 000 middle and high school competitors. Since the first competition in 1991, approximately 344, 000 students have faced off in the NSB Finals. The 2024 competitors will follow in the footsteps of previous NSB contestants and will blaze a trail for students in science, math, and engineering. For more information, please visit the Office of Science website.
1. Which word can best describe the regional competitions?A.Fair. | B.Interesting. | C.Special. | D.Challenging |
A.The championship victory is highly valued. |
B.The event only involves fierce competitions. |
C.Most of the expenses will be covered by DOE. |
D.The prize money will be awarded to individuals. |
A.A news release. | B.A survey report. |
C.A learning project. | D.A scientific review. |
9 . “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2—1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories.
I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do.
And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game.
1. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph?A.To introduce an original idea. | B.To show AI’s wide application. |
C.To bring in the opinion about AI. | D.To stress AI’s importance to news. |
A.Hopeful. | B.Eye-catching. | C.Competitive. | D.Far-reaching. |
A.Rich in contents. | B.Fair in comments. |
C.Centered on results. | D.Targeted on readers. |
A.News Organizations Are Abusing AI | B.High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t |
C.Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports | D.AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory |
10 . In late 2021, I began to have a little bit of a midlife crisis. When my father was 48 years old, he had a heart attack that nearly ended his life. As I
As I was trying to determine what kind of
I also did a detailed training
That day, Big Sky Montana, was unseasonably
A.finished | B.designed | C.approached | D.changed |
A.public | B.big | C.equal | D.dangerous |
A.record | B.test | C.goal | D.trap |
A.race | B.training | C.town | D.place |
A.adopted | B.created | C.covered | D.hosted |
A.distance | B.display | C.competition | D.game |
A.exciting | B.challenging | C.breathtaking | D.surprising |
A.ride | B.trouble | C.gain | D.show |
A.changing for | B.leaving for | C.paying for | D.looking for |
A.plan | B.service | C.exchange | D.center |
A.served | B.missed | C.offered | D.followed |
A.hot | B.cool | C.mild | D.common |
A.expected | B.used | C.exposed | D.proved |
A.kept | B.took | C.hid | D.dropped |
A.forgot | B.made | C.caught | D.appreciated |