1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Technology in sports is a beautiful thing. With the help of modern technology, including AI, sports coverage     1     (get) more interesting recently. However, this doesn’t mean technology is flawless.

In October, a Scottish soccer club decided to livestream its matches due to the pandemic, using an AI robot camera to track the ball.     2    , the camera appeared to mistake the bald(秃头的) head of the referee for the ball, so it repeatedly     3     (swing) back to follow the referee instead of the actual game.

Many viewers who paid for the match complained they missed their team scoring a goal because of this error. Some suggested that the referee should be given a hat.

2 . The dogsled (狗拉雪橇) race was about to begin. Julie’s team of dogs was lined up at the sating gate. Julie stood behind them. The air was so cold that she could see her breath. The other teams were lined up, too, and the dogs were excited. Julie kept her eyes on the clock. At exactly ten o'clock, she and the other racers shouted, “Mush!” The dogs knew that meant “Go!” They jumped forward and the race began!

Julie had trained months for this race, and she hopes she and her dogs would win. Hour after hour, day after day, Julie’s dogs pulled the sled in order to get in shape for the race.

Now, they ran over snowy hills and down into frozen valleys. They stopped only to rest and eat. They wanted to stay ahead of other teams. The racers got them to go a thousand miles across Alaska. The dogs, thick fur coats helped keep them warm in the cold winds and weather. In many places along the way, the snow was deep. Pieces of ice were as sharp as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs’ feet. To keep that from happening, Julie had put special booties (短靴) on their feet.

At first, the dogs seemed to pull the sled very slowly. They were still getting used to the race.

But on the the third day out, they began to pull more quickly. They worked as a team and passed many other racers. Once, one of the sled’s runners slid into a hole and the sled was broken. Julie could have given up then, but she didn’t. She fixed it and they kept going.

When they finally reached the finish line, they found out that they had come in first place! It was a great day for Julie and her dogs.

1. What does the passage tell us about the race?

A．It was a single-day race.	B．It was a race for children.
C．It was a race of a thousand miles.	D．The racers came from different countries.

2. How were Julie’s dogs prepared for the race?

A．They were fed enough food.	B．They wore warm clothes.
C．They were put on special shoes.	D．They were trained to get up early.

3. How did Julie and her dogs perform in the race?

A．They were the first to reach the finish line.	B．They had an accident and gave up.
C．They ran slowly and lost the race.	D．They ran faster at the beginning.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Girl and Her Dogs	B．Winter Sports in Alaska
C．Training for a Dogsled Race	D．The Story of a Dogsled Race

3 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. aired；B. insured；C. operation；D. streaming；E. equivalent F. driver；G. wide-ranging；H. involved；I. additional；J. injected；K. brand

Japan's Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Summer Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision, announced Tuesday, has    1    ramifications for the sports world as well as for NBC, the network that has become synonymous with the event.

The Olympics, which were scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, are both a global athletic competition and a major television event in which NBC and its parent company, Comcast (CMCSA), are heavily invested.

NBC has    2    every summer Olympics since 1988. Postponing this year's games disrupts multiple pans of NBC, from its ad revenue business to the promotion of Peacock, the, network's new     3    service. “This is significant to NBC because They've built their    4     around it. They're the network of the Olympics, said Jay Rosenstein, a former vice president of programming at CBS Sports. "The peacock is intertwined with the rings.” Rosenstein added that nearly every part of NBC is    5    with putting together the games, including its sports, news and cable divisions.

Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021. "This is much more than just a two-week    6    for them. They have to prepare for it for years. Pausing and restarting it is a big challenge, Rosenstein told CNN Business. 'It's also a(n)     7    challenge because the Beying Winter Games in 2022 would likely only be six months later now."

Patrick Crakes, a media consultant and former Fox Sports executive, said that the Olympics are a “top-five investment for Comcast." "Every two years the whole company goes all in to present one of the world's unifying premiere events,” M Crakes told CNN Business, Ulf’s    8    to turning around an aircraft carrier to do all this again next year.

The games are a huge advertising and ratings    9    . NBC Sports announced that it exceeded $1.2 billion in ad sales for the upcoming Olympics - a new record for the games.

Brian Roberts, Comcast’s CEO, said earlier this month that he was "optimistic" that the Olympics would lake place as scheduled, but added that the company is    10    if the games are interrupted or canceled by the outbreak.

4 . I imagine there might be a footballer or two who has woken from a terrifying dream where they can’t see the ball, or the coming opposite player. In the middle of the game, they’ve ended up lost, unable to momentarily know in which direction they are playing. Such is the usual world for players in blind football where getting the wrong direction on the pitch is only an occasional problem, quickly corrected.

Blind football is played worldwide, in England, in Japan, in China and so on. The rules are simple, the action fast. The ball is filled with ball bearings that make sounds as the ball moves, enabling the players to spot the ball very accurately—although if the ball is too fast or too slow, the sound becomes small and spotting it is harder.

It’s five-a-side, including a sighted goalkeeper but plus a “caller” for your team behind the opponent’s goal. All the players on the pitch wear a blindfold to avoid any potential cheating from anyone sighted or partially sighted. But many players are totally blind. For example, Japanese player, Yasuhiro Sasaki, can see nothing, though he was partially sighted when younger, when he was a fan of regular football. The “caller” is an essential aid to the players, calling out directions to the ball, and, importantly, distance and angle to the goal. A caller has to be quick-minded and train with team-members.

Now happily, many people come to blind football “from an interest in football foremost, rather than any interest in the disability.” All in all, blind football might become popular with more blind people.

1. The author mentions a terrifying dream in the first paragraph to ________.

A．introduce the fear a professional player may suffer

B．warn players not to get the wrong direction

C．describe the difficulties a blind footballer might have

D．analyze why a football game may end up in failure

2. According to the rules of blind football, which of the following is right?

A．There are five players on each team, including a caller.

B．The callers provide necessary information for the players.

C．The ball should be passed neither too fast nor too slow.

D．The caller is the only person who can see on the team.

3. Why do players wear a blindfold while playing?

A．To ensure an honest game.	B．To keep partially blind players out of the game.
C．To make the game more exciting.	D．To check that all players are totally blind.

4. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．A football game for the blind.	B．A new way to play blind football.
C．Blind football around the world.	D．How to play blind football.

5 . 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 dragon boat is a boat driven by human power,     1     (make) of wood and its body is dragon-like,     2     a dragon head at the bow.

Dragon boat racing is a religious and entertaining activity. Moreover, dragon boat racing has a    3     (culture) meaning, being in memory of the great poet, Qu Yuan. Large-scale dragon boat racing is held at the Dragon Boat Festival,     4     is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month. On that day, Qu Yuan drowned    5     (he) in the Miluo River because his country was defeated. When the news    6     (come) to people’s ears, people rowed boats fast so that they could find his body because they were afraid that his body would    7     (eat) by fish, but their efforts had no gains.

Dragon boat racing nowadays uses professional dragon boats and has professional racing teams. Team for dragon boat racing    8     (normal) consists of 22 members: 20 paddlers (桨手), 1drummer (鼓手) and 1 steersman (舵手). 20paddlers are in pairs, whose work is paddling, and the drummer usually sits at the bow    9     (face) the paddlers, whose work is to command the team by beating the drummer and using the drummer beats, hand signals    10     voice calls, and it is important to the team racing. The steersman stands at the end of the boat, whose work is to control where the boat goes.

6 . Darius and Johntel both love basketball and are captains of their high school basketball teams. They didn’t know each other. _________, one Saturday night, they were forever linked in the minds of all who were present at a game between Darius's small town team and Johntel’s big city team.

Just hours before the game, Johntel’s mother died from cancer. Her sudden_________made Johntel very sad. So Johntel’s coach wanted to_________the game. But Johntel_________that the game should be played. So with_________hearts, his teammates prepared to play and hopefully win without him. _________, Johntel appeared in the gym mid-way through the first half.

Seeing him, Johntel’s coach called a time out, and players and fans_________the sad young man to offer love and_________. Johntel wanted to_________ but putting him in the game at that point would__________a technical foul (犯规) and two free throws for the opposing team.

The opposing team understood the__________and told the referees (裁判员) to let Johntel play and to__________the technical foul. The referees__________that a rule is a rule, and the free throws would have to be taken before the game could__________.

As the team captain, Darius__________to take the shots. The free throw line is 15 feet from the basket. However, Darius’s first shot traveled about 4 feet. His second shot__________traveled 2.

Immediately, Johntel and his teammates__________what Darius was doing. They stood up and applauded (鼓掌) for the gesture of sportsmanship as Darius walked back to his bench.

Johntel’s team won the game in the end. But as the two__________met after the game for pizza and sodas, __________on either side was too concerned with wins or losses. That would be one of the most__________games in their basketball careers.

1.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

2.

A．disease

B．wound

C．death

D．accident

3.

A．cancel

B．watch

C．defeat

D．organize

4.

A．suggested

B．expected

C．ordered

D．insisted

5.

A．kind

B．heavy

C．healthy

D．cheerful

6.

A．Fortunately

B．Expectedly

C．Surprisingly

D．Hopefully

7.

A．surrounded

B．comforted

C．encouraged

D．called

8.

A．luck

B．fun

C．advice

D．support

9.

A．speak

B．play

C．study

D．work

10.

A．put off

B．give up

C．result in

D．escape from

11.

A．situation

B．lesson

C．meaning

D．mistake

12.

A．perform

B．accept

C．admit

D．avoid

13.

A．agreed

B．argued

C．proved

D．guessed

14.

A．start

B．lose

C．continue

D．stop

15.

A．offered

B．refused

C．hesitated

D．pretended

16.

A．already

B．even

C．only

D．still

17.

A．understood

B．wondered

C．believed

D．asked

18.

A．coaches

B．classmates

C．games

D．teams

19.

A．somebody

B．nobody

C．everybody

D．anybody

20.

A．disappointing

B．exciting

C．memorable

D．scary

7 . Youth Stories is a magazine popular with young people in China. We share the best stories of the youth, and provide an opportunity for publication. The magazine is published twice yearly in Spring and Autumn.

New Competition in 2021: My China Story

As China is well on its way to achieving its 14th Five-Year Plan goals, the country is more open than ever and more appealing to every member of society. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to share your memorable moments of China? Thanks to the Bank of China’s generosity, the New Competition in 2021: My China Story is on! School students between the age of 12 and 16 are welcome to share your stories!

Requirements:

●Your submission(提交) must be made via this online form by June 30th.

●Your stories should be limited to 500 words.

●Entries with pictures are preferred.

●The entry fee is 3 yuan per person.

Prizes:

Winners will be honored at a special ceremony on Friday, July 30th. Guest speakers will present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in our magazine, about two months after the ceremony date of July 30th. All the winners will receive two copies of the magazine with your articles in it.

For further information, please click here: http://youthstories.com.

1. What do we know about the new competition?

A．It is held every two years.	B．It is aimed at all school students.
C．It is supported by the Bank of China.	D．It is totally free for all the participants.

2. What is the requirement for the competitors?

A．Sending their articles by email.	B．Writing more than 500 words.
C．Submitting their articles on July 30th.	D．Including no pictures in their articles.

3. Where is this text taken from?

A．A story book.

B．An official report.

C．A text book.

D．A website.

8 . Sports are popular for a number of reasons. Sports are even more popular with people who do not necessarily participate in them, but love being spectators (观众). Here are several most popular sports in the world.

Football (Soccer)-4 billion fans

Football, better known as soccer in the US, is the most popular sport in the world. It is said that the origin of football may go as far back as two thousand years, beginning in China. One reason for football’s popularity is that unlike other sports that require expensive equipment, all you need to play football is a ball and your feet.

Hockey-2 billion fans

Hockey, both on ice and in a field, wins a following of two billion people. Field hockey is mainly played in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, while ice hockey is particularly popular in Canada and the US. Unlike ice hockey, field hockey usually does not involve body contact in the form of checking.

Tennis-1 billion

An estimated one billion people world wide follow tennis. In tennis, players on both sides of an elongated (偏长的) net try to hit a ball with a racket so that it either goes past their opponents or bounces on their opponents' side twice to score points. Pro tennis players, like Roger Federer and Serena Williams, are now household names around the world.

Volleyball-900 million

Volleyball involves two teams, each on one side of a raised net, trying to “volley” a ball onto the ground of the opposing team's side for points. One popular game, known as beach volleyball, is played on sand with two people on each team, as opposed to regular volleyball, where there are normally six players on each team.

1. What is special about field hockey?

A．It requires little training.	B．It allows body contact in checking.
C．It is only played in four continents.	D．It is the main branch of hockey.

2. What can we learn about beach volleyball?

A．It has different features from regular volleyball.	B．It is played on sandy flat grounds.
C．It's not as popular as traditional volleyball.	D．It only needs two players for a game.

3. Which sport costs the least money?

A．Tennis.

B．Hockey.

C．Football.

D．Volleyball.

9 . 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。

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is the     1    (nation) sport China. On average, 10 million Chinese people play ping pong in     2     single day.

Ping pong is built on Chinese culture, down to the roots. Ping pong tables     3    (see) in almost every park, which means that the ping pong experience is practically at everyone's doorstep.

In China, the government plays a huge part in developing sports. Children talented in table tennis attend special schools in     4     they are set aside to grow their talents.

China     5    (be) the face of ping pong during all the recent Olympics. China is     6     good at the game that the Olympics committee had to create a rule that only two players in each country could be allowed     7    (compete) in the game after the 2008 Olympics. They planned to prevent Chinese from     8    (control) the event. It     9    (obvious) did not work. The Chinese table tennis team went on to win the Olympics, pocketing almost all gold     10    (medal).

Many countries have only one “World Class” ping pong player, but China has a pool of great talent. Ping pong is a game of Chinese people. They own it. The rest of the world borrows it from them.

10 . Being seventeen without money can be depressing. When the opportunity arrives to earn some needed cash, it would be foolish to pass it up. It is for this reason that when the opportunity to referee elementary basketball came my way, I jumped at the chance. I thought it would be a fun way to earn some “easy money”.

During the years I played on the court and watched the games, I often found myself criticizing the referees. I was completely convinced that I could do a much better job because of my love for basketball and my familiarity of the game. How difficult could it be, especially with a bunch of third graders?

I looked forward to my first night as a referee, but all of my fantasies wore off from the beginning of the game. These sweet and innocent third grade boys immediately transformed into horrible creatures right before me. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine the extent of competitiveness in the game. A battle was in progress on the court while the inhumane bystanders cheered and yelled from the stands. My only companion, the whistle, suffered from a severe case of stage fear, filling my head with doubt every time I wished to blow it. My lack of action fueled the heartless crowd. Even on the rare occasions when my whistle gained enough courage to pause the fighting, the pitiless bystanders still couldn't calm. The sense of failure flooded every inch of my soul. With only five minutes remaining, Michael, another referee, came in time, saving me from losing my mind. In a flash, I passed my whistle and quickly ran to the safety of the stands.

I realized just how difficult refereeing was. I could have let this heartbreaking evening ruin my future on the court, but instead it stimulated a sense of determination in me to do it better. I still hope to become a great referee someday. In order for this to become a reality, it will take many hours of practice and hard work. No matter how much I wish the cash would be handed to me without requiring any effort, I learned from this experience that there is no such thing as “easy money”.

1. What made the author accept the offer to serve as a basketball referee?

A．His desire for money.	B．His passion for basketball.
C．His poor family background.	D．His academic qualifications.

2. What did the author initially think of the third grade boys before refereeing the game?

A．Lovely.

B．Mature.

C．Impolite.

D．Competitive.

3. What happened to the author during the game?

A．He was too nervous to blow the whistle.

B．He was at a loss how to announce the results.

C．He couldn't avoid the bystanders' physical attack.

D．He couldn't handle the tough situation on the court.

4. What can we learn from the author's experience?

A．Lazy hands make for poverty.	B．Money does not grow on trees.
C．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.	D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.