1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）。

Table tennis first     1     (appear) during Victorian England. Table tennis didn’t become a competitive sport until 1988. Now table tennis not only is a matter of competition, but also provides an opportunity for people to play together no matter what their ages are. There is a day for people     2     love table tennis to spread their love for the sport. It     3     (call) World Table Tennis Day.

The International Table Tennis Federation has taken table tennis to a     4     (complete) new level. ITTF tries to make table tennis popular around the world.     5     (achieve) this goal, in 2015 ITTTF created World Table Tennis Day to get people interested     6     table tennis. Since then it has been celebrating the day so that more people can learn about     7     sport.

World Table Tennis Day is celebrated by     8     (organize) activities in the streets, clubs, bars, schools, workplaces etc. People can register for all these     9     (event) on the Internet to join in the worldwide celebration. If you’re looking for other ways to celebrate World Table Tennis Day, you can choose to watch     10     (excite) table tennis games on TV on the day and tell your friends what day it is.

2 . The modern Olympics, which appeared in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, have become the world’s most important sporting competition. From the 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D., the the ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately every two years. The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed one year because of the COVID-19, was held in Japan in 2021.

The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location (位置) at Olympia, a place near the western coast in southern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the Olympic Games held every four years.

After the Roman Empire conquered (征服) Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality dropped. For example from 67 A. D., the Emperor Nero entered an Olympic horse race, announcing himself the winner even after he fell off his horse during the event. In 393 A. D., Emperor Theodosius Ⅰ ended the ancient Olympic tradition.

It was another 1,500 years before the Games rose again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Working hard at the development of physical education, the young man became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic building. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin suggested the idea of making the Olympics an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval (批准) he needed to found the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games.

1. What do we know about the modern Olympics?

A．The modern Olympics became famous in the 18th century.

B．The first Winter Olympics was held in 1994.

C．The first modern Olympics dates back to 1896.

D．The latest Winter Olympics will delay for two years.

2. How often were the ancient Olympics held?

A．Every year.	B．Every other year.
C．Every three years.	D．Every four years.

3. When did the ancient Olympics end?

A．In 393 A. D.	B．In 67 A. D.
C．In the mid-2nd century B. C.	D．About 1,500 years ago.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．The ancient Olympics

B．The modern Olympics

C．The Olympics developed through years

D．The Olympics are popular in modern time

3 . Many students love competing in contests. If you’re one of such students, here are some contests that might catch your attention.

Team America Rocketry Challenge

This is the world’s largest student rocket contest. The contest was created in the fall of 2002 as a one­time celebration of the Centennial of Flight, but by popular demand became a yearly program. It is meant to build a stronger US workforce (劳动力) in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Creative Communication Poetry Contest

Many students love writing poems, which can benefit them in various ways. Now this contest is a good choice for them. In addition to the winning poems, other poems of high quality are accepted to be published and will be read by more people. There is no entry fee and no required purchase (购买) in order to become published. But entries must be students in 9th grade or lower living in the United States.

Math Contests—Homeschool Division

The goal of the competition is to encourage students’ interest in math and to inspire students to do well in math. The contest is for students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 5. Any teacher from a public school or a private school is welcome to ask their students to compete. Open to homeschool students in grades 2­8.

National Constitution Bee

The National Constitution Bee will be held at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC. To reach the standard of joining in the contest, students must finish in the top 3 in their State Constitution Bee. The first­place winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship (奖学金). The second­place winner will receive one fifth of what the first­place winner will receive. And the third­place winner will receive half that much of the second­place winner.

1. Who would be interested in taking part in Team America Rocketry Challenge?

A．Students enjoying outdoor challenges.

B．Students loving joining in celebrations.

C．Students wishing to have a scientific career.

D．Students hoping to find a highly­paid job in the future.

2. Students who take part in Creative Communication Poetry Contest will ________.

A．win a tour around the US

B．get some cheap reading materials

C．be offered free training in poetry writing

D．have a chance to get their good poems published

3. Which contest is most suitable for competitors good at dealing with numbers?

A．National Constitution Bee.

B．Team America Rocketry Challenge.

C．Math Contests—Homeschool Division.

D．Creative Communication Poetry Contest.

4 . 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

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 suggest?

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.

3. From Paragraph 2, we learn most people believe that ________.

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

4. According to the writer, what is the second most popular sport in Brazil?

A．Football.

B．Volleyball.

C．Footvolley.

D．Tennis.

5 . In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. ______ then many countries have ______ held the Olympics, such as England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. ______ more than a century the Games returns to its hometown this year.

______ people hold the Olympic Games, they ______ make an emblem (会徽). The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games this year is a ______ circle of olive branches in the sky.

Now Athens is developing a ______ of`peace (和平). An officer said, while in Athens, the ______ should be at peace.We hope the peace is not just ______ a short time. We would like the ______ from the Athens Games to help countries come together and ______ their problems.

Four years ______ the Olympic Games will be held in ______ And China has already ______ a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.The emblem has a ______ Chinese character on a red seal and ______“ Chinese seal-dancing Beijing.” Below it, there are the ______“ Beijing 2008 ”. The character in the emblem is “Jing". It means “______” of China and it is also like a runner______ a dancer. The running figure (人形) of the emblem______ the spirit of the Olympics faster, higher and stronger.

1.

A．Since

B．Before

C．Although

D．For

2.

A．badly

B．successfully

C．directly

D．hardly

3.

A．As

B．When

C．After

D．For

4.

A．While

B．When

C．Because

D．Though

5.

A．sometimes

B．already

C．never

D．always

6.

A．red

B．blue

C．white

D．yellow

7.

A．spirit

B．song

C．conversation

D．mind

8.

A．earth

B．group

C．challenge

D．world

9.

A．as

B．for

C．in

D．with

10.

A．pride

B．mark

C．track

D．message

11.

A．watch

B．see

C．solve

D．fit

12.

A．ago

B．later

C．also

D．yet

13.

A．Greece

B．America

C．Canada

D．China

14.

A．found

B．got

C．made

D．set

15.

A．easy

B．shy

C．bad

D．single

16.

A．means

B．seems

C．treats

D．fails

17.

A．things

B．notices

C．words

D．lines

18.

A．story

B．capital

C．truth

D．interest

19.

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．while

20.

A．regards

B．points

C．keeps

D．shows

6 . The first Olympic Games at Olympia were held in 776 BC. They were held _______ four years from 776 BC to 393 AD. In _______ Greece, games were _______ connected to the worship(崇拜)of the gods and heroes. They were also held as part of religious ceremonies(典礼) to _______ dead heroes. But from the beginning the games at Olympia served to _______ the Greek sense of national unity. So every four years over 1,100 years, thousands of   _______ stopped all wars and _______ to a small sanctuary(圣殿) in northwestern Greece for five days in the late summer for _______ reason-to watch the Olympic Games. During that time, _______ from all over the Greek world competed in a number of athletic __________ and worshipped the gods at Olympic. The athletes competed not for __________ or material benefits, __________ only for the honor of being Olympic visitor. Like our Olympics, __________ athletes were heroes who put their hometowns on the map. However, unlike our Olympics, only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country and the games were __________ held at Olympic instead of moving around to different places every time.

The ancient Olympics had a __________ variety（种类) of games. Many of these are the ancestors(原型) of our modern Olympic Games and had rules and playing conditions.

1.

A．each

B．other

C．one

D．every

2.

A．modern

B．former

C．ancient

D．late

3.

A．much

B．little

C．less

D．closely

4.

A．meet

B．welcome

C．honor

D．call

5.

A．form

B．strengthen

C．invent

D．reach

6.

A．players

B．soldiers

C．athletes

D．people

7.

A．crowded

B．moved

C．rode

D．flew

8.

A．no

B．a single

C．some

D．a certain

9.

A．speakers

B．listeners

C．audience

D．competitors

10.

A．things

B．matters

C．events

D．accidents

11.

A．medal

B．money

C．fame

D．victory

12.

A．because

B．and

C．while

D．but

13.

A．brave

B．good

C．all

D．winning

14.

A．sometimes

B．always

C．again

D．seldom

15.

A．poor

B．rare

C．special

D．rich

7 . 假如你是张璐，你在报上看到上海电视台今年12月将举办外国人“学中文，唱中文歌”才艺大赛。你的美国朋友Tom正在上海一所大学学中文，你觉得他应该去试一试。请按以下要点给他写一封邮件告知此事。
1. 报名时间：11月16日前，比赛时间：12月30日
2. 报名地点：上海电视台
3. 鼓励Tom去参加比赛，相信他的唱歌才能
4. 表示给他提供帮助
注意：1. 信的格式已给出；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 词数：100左右。
参考词汇：“学中文, 唱中文歌”才艺大赛：
“Learn Chinese, Sing Chinese Songs” Talent Show
报名：   sign up        
电视台：TV Station
Dear Tom,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

Zhang Lu

8 . Lee Chong Wei, the 38—year—old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session(实况转播)on April 16.When he was _______ “who is the greatest badminton player of all _______ ” by Malaysia's former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ ,“You have to say it's Lin Dan. He's a legend. His _______ speak for themselves. We have to show our _______ for him.”

Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14,1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the _______ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _______ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982,the _______ of whose ancestors(祖先)is Fujian.

The two badminton titans(巨人) treat each other as _______ rivals(对手) on the court, but are ________ off the court. They met in 2000 and ________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 ________ from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant(胜利的)28 times, ________ Lee beat the difficulties and ________ 12 times.

Throughout the years, fans have ________ their friendly post—match ________. Their mutual(互相的)encouragement has been an inspirational ________ of sportsmanship. ________ that, Lee even attended Lin's wedding in 2012.

The two—decade long friendship has been such a ________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even ________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.

1.

A．asked

B．told

C．warned

D．reminded

2.

A．spirit

B．time

C．space

D．force

3.

A．concluded

B．questioned

C．whispered

D．replied

4.

A．titles

B．clothes

C．styles

D．habits

5.

A．skill

B．understanding

C．admiration

D．value

6.

A．art

B．tourism

C．business

D．sports

7.

A．urban

B．suburban

C．national

D．local

8.

A．grass

B．land

C．border

D．center

9.

A．thoughtful

B．painful

C．cheerful

D．powerful

10.

A．coaches

B．playmates

C．friends

D．neighbors

11.

A．looked after

B．stood for

C．took on

D．competed against

12.

A．discussions

B．matches

C．letters

D．reports

13.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．while

14.

A．won

B．ran

C．failed

D．tried

15.

A．introduced

B．explained

C．witnessed

D．described

16.

A．hugs

B．fights

C．reviews

D．ceremonies

17.

A．request

B．symbol

C．plan

D．law

18.

A．In place of

B．Except for

C．In case of

D．In addition to

19.

A．remarkable

B．simple

C．strange

D．correct

20.

A．impressed

B．armed

C．honored

D．supplied

9 . During the summer before third grade, Patty decided to try a new_________. Patty and her friend Darla got_________from their parents to join. The neighborhood was offering a tennis class.

On Monday morning, Mrs. Cane, the tennis coach,_________the basics. By the end of the week, Patty was really making_________. Mrs. Cane commented that Patty had lots of potential. Darla was struggling. The other girls were having a_________time of it, also.

That weekend, Darla_________her parents to hit with her, Patty wasn't really_________. She was such a "natural" at tennis that she felt she really didn't need to_________So, Darla was out in the August heat, practicing her serves (发球). Bу the end of the summer, Darla was_________to get the hang of (掌握……的要领) it.

Darla decided to join the neighborhood junior tennis team.____________would be every Thursday. Patty wanted to join, but she didn't want to____________the Youth Troop TV show. Several weeks passed, and Patty went to one of the matches one Thursday. She was really____________with the way the girls were hitting. Patty____________she had joined. But it was too____________, now. Patty was far behind the rest of the girls. All of that "natural talent" really, got her____________.That was one of the best lessons of her life.

1.

A．sport

B．job

C．task

D．solution

2.

A．information

B．permission

C．direction

D．decision

3.

A．gave away

B．stuck to

C．started with

D．insisted on

4.

A．progress

B．mistakes

C．trouble

D．preparations

5.

A．boring

B．hard

C．valuable

D．enjoyable

6.

A．taught

B．allowed

C．inspired

D．begged

7.

A．confused

B．curious

C．interested

D．ashamed

8.

A．practice

B．perform

C．explain

D．quit

9.

A．pretending

B．waiting

C．beginning

D．dreaming

10.

A．Breaks

B．Meetings

C．Classes

D．Matches

11.

A．miss

B．watch

C．focus

D．contact

12.

A．satisfied

B．impressed

C．delighted

D．frightened

13.

A．regretted

B．declared

C．wished

D．thought

14.

A．relaxed

B．obvious

C．awkward

D．late

15.

A．anywhere

B．nowhere

C．somewhere

D．everywhere

10 . 假如你校学生会要举办一次英语演讲比赛，请你用英语写一篇书面通知，以便张贴到布告栏上。内容如下:
1. 比赛目的:提高学生的英语口语水平
2. 比赛时间地点:2021年5月21日下 4点校学术报告厅
注意: 1.词数80词左右
2.可增加其他细节，以使行文连贯。如主题、评委、奖项等。