1 . Skeleton is one of the three sliding sports at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, alongside the luge(单雪橇)and bobsleigh(大雪橇). With only six medals up for grabs, skeleton has the fewest events at the Winter Games—which means competition will be fierce.

The sport of skeleton has its roots in the most popular winter pastime: sleighing. In the mid-19^th century, British and American holidaymakers built the first toboggan(平底雪橇)run in Davos in 1882, and thus the sport of sleighing began.

Two years later, in 1884, the famed Cresta Run—a natural ice skeleton racing toboggan track—was built in St. Moritz, Switzerland(the course has hosted the annual Grand National championships since 1885).

In 1892, a new sledge made entirely of steel was introduced, and some claim that its bony appearance gave the sledge and the sport the name ‘skeleton’.

Men’s skeleton was first introduced on the Olympic program in the 1928 Games in St. Moritz. But due to the sport only being available at the Cresta Run at the time, it fell into obscurity(默默无闻)while the luge and bobsleigh grew in popularity. However, in 2002, the skeleton was reintroduced as a men’s and women’s event at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and has remained a part of the Olympic program ever since.

While Great Britain has the most medals(nine)in skeleton competition at the Olympics, the top spot belongs to the United States(eight medals)by virtue of having four silvers to Great Britain’s one(both nations have three golds, while Britain has five bronze medals, and the United States one).

Great Britain is the only nation to have won a medal every time skeleton has featured at the Olympic Games, and has won at least one medal in each of the five contests of women’s skeleton since its introduction.

1. How many events does skeleton have in the Olympics?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. When did skeleton first appear?

A．In 1882.

B．In1885.

C．In1892.

D．In 1928.

3. Why did skeleton fall into obscurity?

A．Because its material steel was rare.

B．Because there was only one run for it.

C．Because only men could take part in it.

D．Because it was not on the Olympic program.

4. What makes America top Great Britain in skeleton at the Olympics?

A．The number of medals.	B．The composition of medals.
C．The virtue of the athletes.	D．The times of hosting the Olympics.

2 . When Baron Pierre de Coubertin set up the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, he declared that “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering, but fighting well.”     1    

The hosting countries spend huge amounts of money to hold the 16-day event.     2     And that money is not spent to come in fourth; the only thing that matters is having “the best Games” and winning medals—preferably gold.

The figures are enormous! Depending on who you ask, China spent 40 billion dollars on the Beijing Olympics and Russia invested 50 billion in Sochi. In terms of money for athletes, the UK spent over 400 million dollars supporting 1,300 top competitors. This funding is directly linked to success: those who fail to achieve their targets will have their funding cut and, in some cases, completely removed.     3    

In both sports and life, you tend to get what you pay for.     4     China came in first in Beijing, and Great Britain got its highest ranking in over 100 years in 2016. The question is whether this search for success at all costs comes at the expense of investing in something which is arguably more valuable: local clubs and competitions; facilities for people to stay healthy and play for fun.

    5     However, this feeling is only temporary, while taking part in regular exercise and sports has been shown to have long-term physical and psychological benefits. Given this, surely spending more money on increasing sports participation from the lowest levels up would be a better way of tackling some of the health and social challenges that many countries face.

A．So much for the value of just “taking part”.

B．The more money you spend, the better the results.

C．Seeing your team win can obviously lift your spirits.

D．The Rio and London Games each cost between 14 and 18 billion dollars.

E．Many of the countries taking part invest huge sums in programs for elite(精英的) athletes.

F．There are around 400,000 young people in this system, whose main purpose is to win glory for their nation.

G．These days, it can seem that this core principle has been forgotten, overtaken by the other motto de Coubertin is known for: “faster, higher, and stronger”.

3 . 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。

A decision on whether international fans will be allowed     1    (attend) the Tokyo Olympics Games this summer will be taken by the end of this month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.

    2    is reported that fans    3    (ban) from traveling to Japan for the Tokyo Olympics or Paralympics this summer. The country made the decision to ban foreign visitors from the Tokyo Olympics because of the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic. The news has not yet been confirmed by the Japanese government or Olympic officials.

While to those     4    want to make the trip, the news may be     5    (disappoint), the country is being on the safe side. At one point, fans were unsure if there would even be a Summer Olympics, after the games were delayed from 2020 to 2021 because of the     6     (grow) worry about the pandemic. They still plan to have the Olympics in summer of 2021 despite the pushback from many fans, media members and Japanese     7    (city).

Last month, officials released a 33-page playbook telling the health and     8    (safe) protocols that will be in place. There are many guidelines in place for athletes,    9     (include) tracking, tests and mask mandates.

The Tokyo Olympics are set to start     10     July .23 and last until Aug. 8.

4 . I love outings to the ballpark. My ears perk (竖起) up at the whack of a precisely hit ball, my nose enjoys the scent of hot dogs, and my heart jumps at the possibility of winning it all. But a few years ago I discovered the best way to watch a baseball game might be not to watch at all.

This discovery arose the year I got married. The first apartment my husband and I rented could charitably be called “charming”, although “diminutive” better describes it. But to young newlyweds, the 41-square-metre apartment felt sublime. The best thing about the apartment, in my opinion, was its location a quarter-mile from baseball’s oldest stadium, Boston’s Fenway Park.

The only problem? My husband was not a Red Sox fan. I hadn’t anticipated this stumbling block. He was an avid sports fan, and he’d only just moved to Boston. Surely a love of the hometown team would seep into his heart as naturally as fish take to water.

My hopes faded as the season began. A Seattle Mariners hat remained firmly planted on his head. Matching Red Sox T-shirts earned a veto.

As newlywed disagreements go, this one wasn’t horrible. Plenty of couples flourish with dueling team loyalties. But a worry nagged: If he couldn’t root for the Red Sox, would he ever truly make Boston home?

As a student, when the magic in the air that season permeated (传播) the girls’ boarding school I attended outside Boston, we begged our house directors to let us stay up past curfew to watch the games on TV, and when they at first refused, we listened on radios in our rooms and gleefully burst into the halls to cheer.

So when my husband said he’d never be a Red Sox fan, my heart clenched. But one delightful spring day our teeny apartment came to my rescue. As we sat at our dining room table, we heard a roar swell to a crescendo. This was the first indication that we could hear the stadium crowds from our home.

1. What do we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?

A．She has a good appetite.

B．She used to be a very energetic player.

C．She is very alert to smell.

D．She is a baseball fan.

2. Which of the following best explains “diminutive” underlined in Paragraph 2?

A．Very smart.

B．Very small.

C．Extremely broken.

D．Extremely old.

3. How did the author deal with their disagreements?

A．She tolerated them.

B．She ignored them.

C．She argued with her husband frequently.

D．She attended school for baseball games.

4. How does the author satisfy her desire to enjoy baseball games?

A．Watching games with her husband at home.

B．Listening to the games from the neighboring stadium.

C．Communicating with her husband while dining.

D．Listening to the games on radios at home.

5 . In the sport world, athletes usually compete to achieve a new personal best. For one Nebraska teen Brandon Schutt, his personal best turned out not to be about marking the fastest time but _______ the biggest heart.

Before the race, Schutt knew if his time was good enough, he had the _______ to be the winner. _______, a mile into the 3.1-mile race, Schutt realized he wasn't going to _______. Rather than risk injury, he _______ to a comfortable pace to simply enjoy the day.

Meanwhile,another runner, Blake Cerveny, aiming to _______ his own personal best record, was running a very different kind of race with all his _______. With less than 400 meters to go, Cerveny's legs _______ him.

His _______ did not. Determined to finish, Cerveny ________ from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 150 meters..and again, he got up. This time he'd run only 25 meters more before going down. Taking great ________, he pulled himself up and moved forward. However,about 100 meters from the finish line, he lay curled (蜷缩) on the ground. His legs had simply ________.

Before medical workers ________ him, Brandon Schutt was at his side to offer a helping hand. He failed to get Cerveny up at first,but like Cerveny, he too refused to ________. With a second ________, Cerveny was on his feet. With Cerveny holding Schutt for support and Schutt helping Cerveny keeping ________, the two completed the ________ 75 meters of the race.

In today's ________ world where the emphasis (重点) in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it was ________ to see that for an athlete like Brandon Schutt, the value of true ________ still shines.

1.

A．exhibiting

B．opening

C．winning

D．breaking

2.

A．target

B．strength

C．potential

D．future

3.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Consequently

D．Moreover

4.

A．make it

B．drop in

C．give up

D．go on

5.

A．applied

B．slowed

C．contributed

D．accustomed

6.

A．keep

B．enjoy

C．break

D．get

7.

A．energy

B．support

C．pain

D．expectation

8.

A．kicked

B．failed

C．moved

D．shook

9.

A．brain

B．memory

C．body

D．will

10.

A．shot

B．dropped

C．jumped

D．rose

11.

A．efforts

B．risks

C．steps

D．measures

12.

A．held back

B．bent down

C．gave out

D．backed away

13.

A．cured

B．remembered

C．recognized

D．reached

14.

A．complain

B．quit

C．leave

D．run

15.

A．chance

B．escape

C．attempt

D．rescue

16.

A．silent

B．calm

C．still

D．balance

17.

A．final

B．enough

C．light

D．easy

18.

A．competitive

B．fantasy

C．physical

D．material

19.

A．challenging

B．astonishing

C．inspiring

D．puzzling

20.

A．friendship

B．sportsmanship

C．leadership

D．ownership

6 . Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, made history on Monday. At the Tokyo 2020 Games, she took home the first women' s street skateboarding Olympic gold medal. Standing next to her on the podium (领奖台) was Rayssa Leal, also 13, from Brazil. Japanese skater Funa Nakayama, 16, took bronze.

The women's skateboarding final was a huge moment for the Games. Some of the Olympic youngest competitors appeared there. Half of the skaters in the final were younger than 18. In Tokyo's burning heat, they decided to try their best. They managed to fill the mostly empty skatepark with joy as hip-hop music sounded in the background.

After winning gold, Momiji was asked what she wanted to tell young skaters.“Skateboarding is fun and interesting,” she said. “I hope everyone can give it a try.”

And the young medalist is already offering powerful inspiration for new skaters. Outside of the skateboarding field, 9-year old Keito Ota and 8-year-old Ayane Nakamura were eagerly waiting to catch sight of the new Japanese medalists. The two friends started skateboarding about a year ago. They arrived at the park wearing Team Japan skateboarding shits. Every time a bus left the field, they held up pieces of paper that said,“Thank you for your hard work" and “Congratulations on your gold medal.”Keito says he' s adding Momiji to his list of favourite skateboarders. In August, Keito will enter his first competition at a skateboarding student cup.

Just 13 years and 330 days old at the time of her win, Momiji is Japan's youngest-ever gold medalist. She’s one of the youngest in Olympic history. That record, though, goes to American diver (跳水选手) Marjorie Gestring. Gestring to the gold medal at the Berlin 1936 Games at the age of 13 years and 267 days. At age 13 years and 203 days, Leal would have set a new record had she finished first.

1. What can we know about the women’s street skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 Games?

A．It is included in the Olympic Games for the first time.

B．It produced the first gold medal of the 2020 0lympic Games.

C．It was the first event in which the Japanese won the gold medal.

D．It was the sport whose winner was the youngest in the Olympics.

2. Which of the following might be good for the performance of the athletes?

A．No audience.	B．Difficult moves.
C．The hot weather.	D．The background music.

3. Why does the author mention two boys in paragraph 4?

A．To present a fact.	B．To give an example.
C．To introduce a topic.	D．To make an expectation.

4. Who is the youngest gold medalist in Olympic history?

A．Rayssa Leal.

B．Momiji Nishiya.

C．Funa Nakayama.

D．Marjorie Gestring.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who are the judges for the first stage?

A．Professional cooks.

B．Local citizens.

C．School teachers.

2. Where is the local final held?

A．At a college.

B．At a restaurant.

C．At a middle school.

3. What is the hardest part of the third stage?

A．Working out the exact cost of a meal.

B．Cooking a meal to a fixed budget.

C．Sticking to the time plan.

4. What is unknown about the national final?

A．What meal will be cooked.

B．How much time will be given.

C．How many people the meal will be cooked for.

8 . The official line on Marie-Eve Chainey in the women’s high jump read “NH” — shorthand for “No Height” — not exactly a fitting designation for an athlete who truly jumped very high.

For some athletes at the Canadian track and field championships in August 2010, a prideful return meant posting fast times after a slow season. For Chainey, it meant returning to top competition after a nine-year battle with kidney (肾) disease. Three years ago, she was unable to walk and even had no strength to wash her hair.

As a 14-year-old, Chainey would often travel 820 kilometres from Kapuskasing to Toronto to train under coach Gary Lubin at York University. At 18, Chainey went to Spain to learn the language and continue her high-jump training. While there, she became so dizzy (晕) she had to be hospitalized. That’s when she got the news: Her kidneys were no longer working. She hasn’t known life without dialysis (透析) since.

Healthy kidneys remove waste products from the blood. In dialysis treatment, a machine cleans the blood at regular periods, for example, three times a week. Chainey has been using nightly dialysis, which works while she sleeps.

Since her original diagnosis, Chainey has had to face four returns and countless other difficulties, including going blind for two months. She was told over and over she’d never jump again because her muscles were too damaged. But for Chainey, jumping is like breathing.

“From when I got sick, the goal that I had was to just be back jumping,” she said. “Jumping was basically my happy place. Even now more so. Because I’m sick and there’s so much going on, when I go to high jump, I don’t think about anything else than just high jump and enjoying it. It is surely my getaway. I feel normal because I don’t have to think about anything else.”

So on the eve of the national championships, the 27-year-old was not about to be deterred by a difficult night of dialysis. “I’m very stubborn (执着), I’m very hard-headed … I just had to find a way that I would be able to jump, no matter what.”

Chainey certainly felt nervous at the championships; her hands wouldn’t stop shaking once the competition began. She didn’t clear the starting height of 1.50 meters, which she had managed to get over in practice. Still, you’d be hard pressed to find a happier last-place finisher anywhere.

“Just being out there, especially when they lined us up and they introduced us to the crowd, it was a special moment that I’ll always remember,” she said. “I didn’t feel comfortable at first because I didn’t feel I belonged. But although I didn’t get a height, I still feel I belonged there. It felt wonderful just to have the opportunity and experience this.”

Chainey says kidney disease has cured her of her perfectionism. “I’ve always been a straight A student, always done well in sports and piano,” she said. “So when I got sick, my life wasn’t perfect anymore. I had to learn how to live with what you have, that I had limits. That was a very good lesson for me, to know that things aren’t always perfect but you can still make the best of it.”

Lubin is not surprised by her determination. “She used to come down from Kapuskasing, a 12-hour train ride... in order to train. When I talk to my athletes about devotion, I say, ‘Don’t tell me you came from Burlington. You think that’s far? How about Kapuskasing?’ This is the type of person she is.”

1. Early on, how did Chainey prove her devotion to high jumping?

A．She went to Kapuskasing to train competitively.

B．She competed at the Canadian track and field championships.

C．She frequently travelled long distances to train at York University.

D．She competed even though she had received dialysis treatments.

2. How is the information in paragraphs 1 to 3 organized?

A．cause and effect	B．present to past
C．similarities and differences	D．more important to less important

3. How does Chainey like jumping according to paragraph 6?

A．Chainey does not like jumping at all.	B．It’s OK that Chainey can’t jump.
C．Chainey is fond of jumping.	D．It’s dangerous for Chainey to jump.

4. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined “deterred” in paragraph 7?

A．stopped

B．punished

C．confused

D．influenced

5. What impact did kidney disease have on Chainey?

A．Chainey became dissatisfied with anything less than a win.

B．Chainey stopped using jumping as an escape from her troubles.

C．Chainey no longer expected to be perfect in what she attempted.

D．Chainey valued her fellow competitors as encouraging supporters.

6. Why was Chainey satisfied with her finish at the national championships?

A．She had jumped her personal best.	B．She had met her coach’s expectations.
C．She had defeated her closest competitor.	D．She had returned to the sport she enjoyed.

9 . 假定你是李华，你的美国笔友和乒乓球爱好者Mike对去年世乒赛中美选手配对参赛很感兴趣，来信向你了解中美两国“乒乓外交”的情况。请你给他回信，内容包括：
1. 中美两国球员之间的 “乒乓外交” 始于 1971 年日本名古屋 (Nagoya) 世乒赛，并直接促成了尼克松 (Richard Nixon) 总统 1972 年的访华破冰之旅；
2. 邀请他在方便的时候来中国进行训练和比赛。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： the Ping-Pong Diplomacy 乒乓外交
Dear Mike,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . 假定你是李津。你校最近举办了一场运动会，请给你的美国笔友Jonah写一封邮件，介绍运动会的相关情况及比赛中一件令你难忘的事。
注意：(1) 词数不少于100；(2) 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；(3) 开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：
4×100米接力赛 4×100m relay race；田径比赛 track and field competitions
Dear Jonah,

I have something exciting to tell you.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Jin