1 . 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。

All eyes are on Qatar as the 2022 FIFA World Cup began on Nov 20. The competition, the first to take place in the Middle East, is     1     opportunity for the small country to show     2    (it) on one of the world’s biggest stages. But just     3    will the World Cup impact (影响) Qatar? And will it lead to any long-term change in the country?

As the smallest country to ever host the event, the whole country has been trying its best to make it happen. A total of $220billion (about 1.55 trillion yuan) has been spent     4    (prepare) the stadiums, building miles of new highways, a subway system, a whole new airport, and high rises for the World Cup, according to The New York Times. “We’re using this tournament(比赛)    5     a [tool] for change,“ Hassan Al Thawadi, the secretary general of Qatar’s World Cup organization, said in an interview.

Whether the tournament will bring economic benefits to the country, however, is still     6    (know). Although the tourism industry(旅游业)will experience a boost during the event, it is to be seen    7     this will have a     8    (last) impact on Qatar’s economy. The oil-filled country’s main driver of economic     9     (grow) has been its energy exports. Hosting the World Cup likely only     10     (bring)investment into areas which are not that important to the economy as a whole.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. What did the man do last night?

A．He visited a friend.

B．He went to a party.

C．He watched a table-tennis game.

2. What does the woman think of the game?

A．Exciting.

B．Boring.

C．Interesting.

3. What do we know about the man?

A．He doesn’t want to watch games on TV.

B．He regrets missing the game.

C．He is quite a table-tennis fan.

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。

China beat South Korea 3-2 in the     1     (dramatic) fierce final of the AFC Womens’ Asian Cup. It was the ninth time that the team     2     (win) the championship.

    3    being 2 goals behind in the first half, the Chinese women’s national football team kicked 3 goals in the second half with two goals     4     (score) in just 5 minutes.

Winning the championship for the ninth time 16 years later, the team beat twice-defending champions Japan 4-3 in a penalty shootout and entered the final, for     5    it hadn’t qualified since 2008.

Media reported that head coach Shui Qingxia said at a press conference before the game that “the whole team is adjusting physically and mentally in preparation for     6     (variety) of difficulties in the final.” She inspired her team to have faith in     7    . The team held the champion Trophy at the award ceremony with laughter and     8    combination of complex feelings. There were thousands of views and comments on the social media. The netizens advocated more attention     9     (give) to the women’s team.

They     10     (expect) to depart Mumbai on Monday and will be under quarantine after arriving in Shanghai, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

4 . Every year, dozens of teams from all over Japan travel to the Japanese town of Ito to compete in one of the world’s most unique sporting events-All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships.

Pillow fighting is an age-old pastime (消遣) practiced by children of all ages all over the world. Japan is no different; only here the game has been promoted to the status of national sport, with teams made up of people of all ages competing against each other for fame and fortune. After first battling it out in regional qualifying events, winning teams meet up in the small fishing town of Ito, south of Tokyo, to compete in the All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships, for the title of Japan’s best pillow fighters.

The All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships were inspired by makura-nage, the fun pillow fights that Japanese students do before bedtime when out on school trips. It’s a ritual (仪式) experienced by many Japanese, and one day some of them decided that it would be fun to relive those days as part of a competitive tournament (锦标赛). The tournament started in 2013 and has been held yearly ever since.

Started by a group of high school students in Shizuoka, competitive pillow fighting is based on a set of quirky (古怪的) yet relatively simple rules. A game is played between two teams of five players wearing yucatas, a kind of traditional summer clothing, and starts with the players pretending to sleep on futons (床垫), until the referee(裁判) blows their whistle, signaing (发信号) them to get up and reach for a pillow.

From this point on, pillow fighting is similar to dodgeball, in that the goal is to hit the opposing (对手的) team’s players, preferably their captain, with pillows to send them out of the game. Still, it remains a very unique sport with unusual rules, such as shouting the phrase “The teacher is coming", thus forcing the opposing team to retreat to their futons for 10 seconds, allowing them to move around and fetch pillows from the other side of the court.

The final goal in competitive pillow fighting is to hit the opposing captain. When that happens, even if all the opposing players are still in the game, the round is over. The first team to win two two-minute rounds wins the game. To make sure the captain is protected throughout the rounds, one player on each team can use a duvet (羽绒被) to protect them against pillows.

1. What can we know about pillow fighting in Japan?

A．It is only practiced there.	B．It is only practiced by students.
C．It has become a national sport.	D．It was started by the government.

2. Which best describes the rules?

A．Strange but fun to follow.	B．Clear but difficult to practice.
C．Interesting but hard to understand.	D．Simple but uncomfortable to observe.

3. What does the underlined word “retreat” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Step forward.

B．Move back.

C．Stay still.

D．Turn around.

4. What are players supposed to defend (保护) in order to win the competition?

A．Their futon.

B．Their pillow.

C．Their duvet.

D．Their leader.