The Olympics, an extraordinary sporting event was held every four
2 . My family first moved to Colorado 22 years ago. Los Angeles was too expensive and it was difficult to find well-paying jobs and affordable housing. Colorado became our next dream place. Settling into a small town in the Front Range, my parents found hard jobs.
Growing up in this small town, I remember my parents working hard to get past the language barrier. My mom, especially, tried her best to ensure she knew all that she needed to know about like my parent-teacher meetings and extracurricular (课外的) activities. One of those extracurricular activities that I signed up for was football. At that age, football was cool and all, but I was more into playing Pokémon and other video games. Football didn’t draw me in.
Big football tournaments (联赛) would come around like the World Cup, the Copa América and the Gold Cup, and the Mexican National Team would play in these tournaments. I would sit there in our living room and unmindfully watch the games while my parents would go crazy with enthusiasm ( 热情). I would sit there and play my game. My dad would look over and tell me that I should be paying attention carefully to the game and that I should care more about whether Mexico would win the match than my video games.
Both of my parents’ workspaces were crowded (占满的) with other workers. My mom worked with people from all over Latin America. Everyone’s topic of choice at work would always turn to how their national football team was doing. It was a way to show pride in the countries where they had grown up.
I grew up loving football more and more. The more I learned about my Mexican roots (根), the more I tried to find ways to express pride in them in the United States.1. Why did the author’s family move to Colorado?
| A．To make a better life. |
| B．To attend more activities. |
| C．To follow their football dream. |
| D．To receive a better education. |
| A．It was amazing. | B．It was important. |
| C．It was uninteresting. | D．It was difficult. |
| A．Remind the author to watch them carefully. |
| B．Play video games with the author. |
| C．Learn English in their living room. |
| D．Guess who would be the winner. |
| A．build a closer friendship |
| B．express their homesickness |
| C．share a common topic |
| D．show their pride in their motherlands |
1. What’s the woman doing for the sports meet?
| A．Making a timetable for the events. |
| B．Making a standard for the events. |
| C．Writing a report about the athletes. |
| A．The long distance race. | B．Throwing events. | C．Jumping events. |
| A．Only the 100-meter race. | B．Some events. | C．None. |
| A．It is more exciting than any other event. |
| B．It takes place at 6:00 p.m. |
| C．It demands less energy. |
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6 . While training for a half-marathon last fall, Janet Sherman, 57, started noticing pain in her left foot. A diagnosis of plantar fasciitis(足底筋膜炎)led to shoe inserts and cross-training. Before long, the Wyoming-based teacher was “just good enough” to go back to training, and so she did, although she chose to drop down to a shorter 10K race distance.
On race day, Sherman’s foot began bothering her early, and by a water stop two-thirds of the way through the course, she knew she should drop out. “It was so painful, but I was stubborn and finished out the race.” she said. “Afterward, I could barely walk.”
To the inactive, Sherman’s attitude might be hard to understand. But for amateur athletes and weekend warriors, pushing through pain is a common refrain.“As a society, we are more active in sports than ever before” said Adrienne Langelier, a Texas-based sports psychology consultant.“But at the same time, as a culture we have developed a “no-days off mentality”.
That needs to change, said Mark Cucuzzella, a physician and professor at the West Virginia University School Medicine. “ʻNo pain, no gain’—no, thank you”, he said jokingly. “For too long we have beautified that way of thinking. It’s not sustainable.”
Pressing too hard can lead to injury, illness and exhaustion. With running, for instance, pushing through pain can lead to a secondary injury, said Adam Tenforde of the Spaulding National Running Center at Harvard Medical School. “A stress fracture(骨折), if you continue to run on it, may progress to a full fracture and require a much longer recovery period, for example.” He said. “I advocate for addressing pain early, rather than ignoring it”.
1. From the text,what do we know about Sherman?| A．She gave up training because of pain in her left foot. |
| B．She insisted on finishing a half-marathon race. |
| C．She recovered from injury fully to get back to training. |
| D．She finished out a shorter 10k despite of severe pain. |
| A．It is very common to push through pain while doing sports. |
| B．We should drop out of training because of pain. |
| C．More and more people are addicted to sports nowadays. |
| D．People are bearing greater burden than reasonably supposed. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Neutral. |
| C．Disapproving. | D．Uncaring. |
| A．Develop a “no days off” mentality. |
| B．Deal with pain as soon as possible instead of ignoring it. |
| C．Carry on training regardless of pain. |
| D．No pain, no gain. |
7 . CWA Photo Competition 2021
Calling all photographers!
We've all been spending more time indoors lately. Whether you've been killing time looking back at photos from holidays past, risking taking walking to local sites, or busy working at home, we want to see your best photos on an archaeological theme. Send then to us for your chance to win the first prize in our yearly CWA Photo Competition and have your work shown in the magazine.
The winning image and three runners-up will be featured in CWA. The overall winner will get a free 2-year subscription to the magazine.
Closing date:1 October, 2021
The judge's decision is final, and the results of prize-winners will be announced by 15 October, 2021.
Rules:
▲All photos entered must be done under an individual's name. By submitting images you confirm that you are the copyright holder and creator of the images.
▲Entrants must be 18 or over. The competition is open to all amateur and professional photographers. Amateur and professional entries will not be judged separately.
▲Entrants can submit up to 5 images — please include details of the site of artefact photographed, when each image was taken, and your contact information, including a postal address.
▲Entrants can send your entries by email to cwa@world-archaeology.com with the subject line: CWA PHOTO COMPETITION 2021 or on a disc to CWA PHOTO COMPETITION, Current Publishing, Thames Wors, Church Street, London W4 2PD
1. What subject should the entries focus on?| A．Holiday experiences. | B．Archaeological findings. |
| C．Taking walks outside. | D．Working at home. |
| A．Submitting individual pieces. | B．Being a professional photographer. |
| C．Being a regular subscriber to the magazine | D．Mailing their entries before 15 October 2021. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
It was a cold winter. After work, I returned home. I started to take my coat off, when my son Justin ran through the door of his room. He shouted, “Dad! Dad! I’m going to play baseball tonight.”
“Where at?”
“I don’t know! It’s downtown somewhere. Dad, it’s just downtown. We’ll find it.” I pulled my jacket back on. He took the baseball glove. It fit his left hand; he was left handed—not a good match. “So where are we going?” I asked.
“ I don’t know, Dad.”He ran to the door. “It’s downtown.” Saint John was not a big city. There were only a few blocks in either direction. “ I think it’s in the south end, Dad.” My son stared at me and held his glove. “ We’ll find it.”
We crossed the city center and entered the south end. We saw a few kids with gloves on their hands. “ I guess we’re heading in the right direction, son. Those kids look like they are ready for a baseball game.”
Justin’s eyes were sparkled with excitement, “ See? I told you, Dad.”“ I always believe in you, Justin.” I replied with a big smile. We found the field. The wind froze the parents through to the bone, but the kids failed to notice it. Their minds were on baseball.
It was a rag-tag group of boys and girls, just enough to form three teams. It was a poor league and there were no uniforms. They were lucky to have shirts that matched. They played in T-shirts and jeans. The young kids had no idea where the ball was to be thrown. I would have laughed, but my son was one of the ones throwing the ball to the wrong base. The three teams battled with each other, won and lost. The coaches, who were actually just elder kids, were patient. It was a game and they treated it that way. At the same time, they taught and encouraged the younger players.
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I heard that they would take part in the city baseball competition the next summer.
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Nine months later, in winter, they attended the second city baseball competition.
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9 . Brazil sports are out of control! Brazil may be one of the most sportscrazy countries in the world. Whether you are into watching or playing, Brazil sports have a lot to offer everyone.
Football in Brazil is more than a sport. It's a way of life. Football is popular in Brazil for several reasons. One reason is that it is fast paced and fun to watch. This is the reason why the World Cup Soccer is the most watched sports event in the world aside from the Summer Olympics. Also, you don't need anything to play soccer except for something to kick, and a big area in which to play. Few will argue if you say that Brazil leads the world in football. No nation has won as many world cups as Brazil.
Volleyball is a close second in Brazil sports. In the world of international volleyball, Brazil wins many championships of all kinds, including indoor and beach volleyball. Brazil has nearly 5,000 miles of coastline. If you go to a beach in Brazil, there will always be a volleyball game going on somewhere, and usually two or three.
Footvolley was created in Brazil in the 1960s. It is a mix of football and volleyball, where the players must use their feet and head to get the ball over the net and into the opponents' court, and is also played in sand. It is one of the most popular beach sports in Brazil.
Swimming, tennis, rugby, boxing, judo, sailing, golf, surfing, and handball are all greatly popular in Brazil.
1. We infer that this passage was written to ________.| A．explain why football is so popular in Brazil |
| B．encourage us to do sports as people in Brazil do |
| C．tell us the history of several sports in Brazil |
| D．introduce several very popular sports in Brazil |
| A．Sports are extremely popular in Brazil. |
| B．All kinds of sports are played in Brazil. |
| C．Brazil athletes are out of control. |
| D．Brazil athletes are not well educated. |
| A．football is the most popular sport in every country |
| B．people don't need anything to play soccer |
| C．Brazil has won every World Cup Soccer |
| D．Brazil leads the world in football |
| A．Football. | B．Volleyball. | C．Footvolley. | D．Tennis. |
10 . Race walkers are conditioned athletes. The longest track and field event at the Summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact(接触) with the ground at all times. It’s this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, an assistant professor of exercise science at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.
Why are race walkers conditioned athletes?
| A．They must run long distances. |
| B．They are qualified for the marathon. |
| C．They have to follow special rules. |
| D．They are good at swinging their legs. |
