The FIFA World Cup 2022 has kicked
From a stadium to souvenirs, from transportation to
The Lusail Stadium, the biggest one in Qatar and the venue for the final with 92, 000 seats, covering
Goods from Yiwu in Zhejiang Province also have an enormous presence during the World Cup,
The FIFA World Cup 2022 kicks
Enner Valencia scored two first-half goals as Ecuador beat hosts Qatar 2-0 in the opening match. It’s the first time that a host team
Even without a home team to cheer for, Chinese fans and enterprises remain
Thin, average, and undisciplined, I was the underdog of the boys’ basketball tryouts (选拔赛) in seventh grade. Making the team was very important to me. Although I was extremely nervous, I truly thought I would make the team. But I went in overly optimistic, and quickly faced a cruel reality check.
When on the court, I huffed and puffed like an old man on his last legs; clearly, I was out of shape and having trouble keeping up. When it hit me that this was only the first day, and that there was a second to follow, I realized I would have to step it up in order to gain a spot on the team.
Unfortunately, day two went exactly like day one: I missed shots, passed badly like an out-of-breath fool. Hoping the coach was not watching all my bad moves, I had trouble keeping a positive attitude. Finally, Coach-who at five-foot-four usually seemed small, posted the lists of the Boys A and B Teams. Everybody quickly ran to catch a glimpse of the chosen few.
After scanning the list once, twice, three times, my name was nowhere. Although I had predicted the disaster that had now settled on me, with my head hanging. I slowly walked to the car. This experience definitely had not gone as I planned.
On the way home, I complained “How could that foolish boy is a better choice than me? And…”
“Adam!” my mom cut me off. “Why don’t you realize maybe you need a little more practice? You’d better go to basketball camps next summer.”
Although I did not want to believe her, I knew it was true. Failing to make the team was nobody’s fault but mine. Right then and there, in the middle of my anger, I realized I had to get my act together.
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Then I threw myself into as many basketball opportunities as I could find.
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When I took part in the eighth-grade basketball tryouts,I was moderate,swift and strong.
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1. What will the monthly winners get?
| A．An opportunity to exhibit their photos. |
| B．Free accommodations in London. |
| C．A trip to Swedish Lapland. |
| A．It is only open to professionals. |
| B．Its theme varies with the season. |
| C．Participants must be in the UK for some time. |
| A．A guide. | B．A photographer. | C．A show host. |
| A．Write a report. | B．Show their prizes. | C．Photograph winter subjects. |
The game of weiqi can date back to 4000 years ago. There are mentions of a similar game
The name “Go” comes from its name in Japan. Like many Japanese traditions it
Everyone wants a blue ribbon (丝带). Blue. First place. The best. In sports,1 was never a blue-ribbon girl. In a race, I was always last. In baseballl was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball. Where I got my horrible sports ability, I don't know.
During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park. Looking back now, I don't remember much of that day. I'm sure we ate our sack lunches and played on the swings typical 6-year-old stuff. Then it was time for the races.
These were no ordinary races. Some parents had come up with the idea to have the picnic kind of races, like passing the potato under your neck and holding an egg on a spoon while you run to the other side. I don't remember too much about these, but there was one race that will forever be lodged (牢记) in my memory - the three-legged race.
The parents decided not to use potato sacks for this particular race. Instead, they tied our feet together. One lucky little boy got me for a partner. This little boy was the second most athletic boy in our class. I'm sure he knew he was in trouble the second they laced his foot to mine. As for me, I was embarrassed. This guy was a winner. He almost always won, and I knew that, with me, he didn't have a chance.
He laced his arm with mine, the gun sounded, and we were off to the other side. Couples were falling and stumbling (绊脚) all around us, but we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side. Unbelievably, when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one other couple even had a chance, and they were a good several yards behind us.
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Then only feet from the finish line, disaster struck.
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After the race, we were awarded a red ribbon instead of the blue one.
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7 . To discuss bow to improve the game of football, President Roosevelt called coaches and athletic advisers from Yale University, Princeton University and Harvard University to White House.
The changes caused by the President were the first steps in a long line of reforms to make American football safer.
At that time, football was very dangerous and violent. In 1904 alone, at least 18 people died and more than 150 were injured because of playing football. According to The Washington Post, at least 45 football players died from 1900 to October 1905.
Roosevelt liked football and thought being violent wasn't necessarily a bad thing. But his son was injured while playing as a freshman at Harvard, bleeding badly from a cut over his eye, and the nation was shocked at the number of young men who died or were seriously injured in playing the game. People were especially shaken by the death of Union College player Harold Moore, who died after being kicked on the head.
A movement rose up to ban the sport, which was led by the president of Harvard and a number of other well-known people. They thought football had no place in civilized society and wanted to throw it away. Roosevelt wanted to reform the game and complained in a letter that Eliot wanted to kill it.
Roosevelt again called Harvard, Yale and other football coaches and officials to the White House with a view to a taking away its dangerous features. A committee was formed after the 1905 season to look at changing the rules.
The rules were changed for the 1906 season, but there were still some doubts. The head coach at Swarthmore College wrote a series of articles called How to Play Football. And it took several years for the rules to be accepted.
1. How does the author show the violence of football?| A．By providing some data. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By telling personal experiences | D．By showing research findings. |
| A．He hoped it would disappear from the world. |
| B．He took pleasure in it although it was violent. |
| C．He thought football was a bad and violent sport. |
| D．He didn't like it at all because of his son's injury. |
| A．Because of the support from athletes. | B．Because of Harold Moore's death. |
| C．Because of the public's angry feelings. | D．Because of the anti-football movement. |
| A．Players were required to wear helmets. | B．People accepted them slowly. |
| C．Elite played an important role in making them. | D．Players found football was much easier to play. |
