1 . Photographers from China were among the top prize winners at the 14th Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in London.
Chinese photographers featured significantly and won
The official awards news release described their picture as “a
The image was
Hanwen, one of the two Chinese winners, says, “I think this photo shows how
“The
A.diplomas | B.fortunes | C.titles | D.prizes |
A.effect | B.motivation | C.success | D.enthusiasm |
A.imagination | B.image | C.exploration | D.reflection |
A.fascinating | B.terrifying | C.puzzling | D.disturbing |
A.colors | B.shapes | C.structures | D.sizes |
A.temperature | B.darkness | C.coldness | D.cloud |
A.presented | B.stored | C.highlighted | D.introduced |
A.created | B.predicted | C.tracked | D.observed |
A.processing | B.analyzing | C.designing | D.appreciating |
A.quiet | B.beautiful | C.distant | D.mysterious |
A.demand | B.persuade | C.allow | D.attract |
A.atmosphere | B.environment | C.universe | D.earth |
A.standard | B.intention | C.desire | D.application |
A.enjoyed | B.challenged | C.treated | D.devoted |
A.slight | B.ordinary | C.familiar | D.temporary |
The basketball court was filled with eager students and cheerleaders were waving their pompoms at the stands. Excited cheers could be heard from all sides of the court. My teammates and I got fully prepared for our basketball competition. Our hearts were pounding in expectation of the competition ahead.
“And let’s all welcome the Blue Team!” the emcee (主持人) announced through the microphone. All of us marched in proudly as everyone cheered at the top of their lungs. “And welcome the Red Team!” the emcee announced, and the Red Team came in. We were astonished to see that the Red Team was filled with tall and strong members! We were trembling with fear as we walked slowly towards the centre of the court. As we were short of teammates, our confidence in winning wavered (减弱).
The judge threw the ball and the other team quickly caught it! The ball danced between their hands. Our defence seemed to be in slow motion compared to the Red Team’s swiftness. Soon, the other team scored!
We were losing the match as time passed. To make matters worse, our star player, Tom, even tripped and fell, hurting his ankle! We were losing hope as our best player was gone. Just then, our captain called for a time-out. On the bench, our captain announced that this would be his last match. “Come on! Don’t give up! I want to win one last trophy (奖杯) before I quit. Let’s do it!” he insisted, giving us a wide smile. Hearing this, our team held our fists tightly. We were focused on winning this match and making our captain proud! The judge threw the ball once more. I jumped as high as I could and caught the ball. I ran as fast as lightning and scored. Our opponents were nervous but they still scored a few goals to catch up. A few minutes later, we were neck to neck, locked in a tie.
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Whoever scored this one goal would win the competition!
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . Courtney Rich is a mother of two, whose journey through the Big Cottonwood Marathon was a familiar marathoner’s battle. Her
Then, from the sidelines
As Avery
The onlookers
As they approached the finish line, the crowd’s applause grew louder, and Avery’s mother’s tiredness began to
A.independance | B.courage | C.image | D.attraction |
A.assistant | B.principle | C.determination | D.reputation |
A.escaped | B.stretched | C.returned | D.emerged |
A.disappointedly | B.instantly | C.regretfully | D.proudly |
A.relieved | B.amused | C.worn | D.excited |
A.reached | B.congratulated | C.challenged | D.moved |
A.limited | B.significant | C.responsible | D.complicated |
A.meant | B.missed | C.differed | D.repeated |
A.chose | B.comforted | C.recognized | D.cheered |
A.search | B.display | C.demand | D.condition |
A.realize | B.predict | C.hope | D.explain |
A.treat | B.visit | C.help | D.respect |
A.practice | B.explore | C.match | D.provide |
A.take over | B.flood in | C.die away | D.blow up |
A.victorious | B.similar | C.painful | D.plain |
Climate protection strategy is fascinating the globe during the 19th Asian Games, not just athletic talent .
Avoiding fireworks during the opening ceremony promotes environmental awareness. Traditional fireworks displays are fun
The Games Village gave residents a “Low Carbon Account” as part of the green measures. Carbon points
5 . 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
Facing this, Jenny Lang Ping, who is called “Iron Hammer”, never
A.possible | B.unbelievable | C.confusing | D.unique |
A.mean | B.explain | C.admire | D.master |
A.honour | B.source | C.medal | D.glory |
A.place | B.number | C.detail | D.arrangement |
A.worked out | B.lost heart | C.checked out | D.gave up |
A.sweating | B.tracking | C.increasing | D.encouraging |
A.challenge | B.survival | C.match | D.tour |
A.success | B.fitness | C.failure | D.strategy |
A.narrowed | B.gathered | C.showed | D.focused |
A.short | B.flat | C.slim | D.far |
A.flight | B.end | C.fight | D.solution |
A.Below | B.Behind | C.Between | D.Beside |
A.gracefully | B.alone | C.bravely | D.still |
A.stress | B.agreement | C.determination | D.legend |
A.made | B.played | C.decided | D.realized |
The students from China did well at the English Speaking Union’s 2023 International Public Speaking Competition, in London, England. The competition, which
Liu Bowen,
The other contestant from China, Wu Dongxu, talked about his hometown, Hangzhou, in East China’s Zhejiang province, during his speech and
1. What is different about the bicycle tour every year?
A.The distance. | B.The route. | C.The time. |
A.12,000. | B.30,000. | C.45,000. |
A.Bringing some water. |
B.Taking candy and chocolate. |
C.Having a good lunch before the tour. |
A.A cyclist. | B.A host. | C.A government official. |
8 . 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. |
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. |
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. |
A.Critical. |
B.Mixed. |
C.Favorable. |
D.Unclear. |
9 . Kazunori Takishima has been traveling the world to support Japan at every Olympic Games for the past 15 years, so he intended to see the event in his home city of Tokyo. But when a ban on audience was announced, that dream was over.
He had spent nearly $40,000 on 197 tickets for him and his friends to see as many events as possible during Tokyo 2020, which started on July 23.
“It took an unbelievable amount of time, effort, and passion,” Takishima told CNN. “But I was so passionate about the Olympics that even though it was very difficult and challenging, I enjoyed the process of buying the tickets.”
The 45-year-old businessman worked out that if he watched all the events he had booked, he would have broken the Guinness World Record for attendance at Olympic events. He got a refund (退款) on the tickets he had purchased.
Takishima’s love for the Olympics started in 2005 when he saw a figure skating competition for the first time and immediately bought tickets for the 2006 Torino Olympics in Italy. He was infatuated. It inspired him so much that he has been going to the Olympics ever since.
But this year, only members of the media and the selected people were allowed to watch the events. The decision by Olympic officials to ban audience was designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“And it’s the athletes that will suffer the most from the lack of support in the stands,” Takishima said.
“It’s a great loss when your family can’t come,” Takishima said. “So I hope everyone will at least cheer for them in front of the TV.”
Despite his disappointment, he said the experience wouldn’t stop him from being an Olympic superfan. “I will continue to visit and support the Olympics until the day I die,” Takishima said. “While I’m still able to move, I plan to see all the Games from the opening to the closing ceremonies.”
1. What was Kazunori Takishima’s dream?A.To break the Guinness World Record. |
B.To support Japan at every Olympic Games. |
C.To compete in the Olympic Games as an athlete. |
D.To watch the Tokyo Olympic Games on the scene. |
A.His efforts got nowhere. | B.He failed to get enough tickets. |
C.His business suffered a great loss. | D.He had to watch the Games alone. |
A.Upset. | B.Ambitious. | C.Interested. | D.Surprised. |
A.The sponsors. | B.The judges. |
C.The Olympic officials. | D.The athletes. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
A.By listing figures. | B.By following time order. |
C.By providing examples. | D.By making comparisons. |