Sports Day was getting close in the school. All the children were very excited and were practicing for the big race. John, one of the fast runners of the school, was confident that he would win for he was not doing anything at all. “You have to work hard to come first in the race John. You are not practicing at all,” said John’s mother.
“Mom, you know how fast I am! Why should I waste my time running? Only I will win; no one else will win!”said John. “John, you may be right but talent (天赋) without hard work is not good at all. This laziness of yours will cost you greatly,” his mother warned him. John just laughed. He was so confident that he would win the trophy (奖杯) as no one else in his class was as fast as he was!.
Tim, a classmate of John, was also participating (参加) in the running race. He was not a fast runner. However, he practiced till late at night and had developed great endurance (持久力) to run the race.
There were a few days left for the Sports Day but John did not practice at all. On the other hand, Tim practiced day and night.
The Sports Day was almost around the corner but John was confident that no one could beat him and had not practiced at all. But Tim with his hard work had become a very great runner.
At last, the Sports Day arrived. All the students showed up on the ground to cheer their favorites. The coach blew the whistle (口哨) and everyone began to run toward the finishing line. It was so exciting. John and Tim left all the racers far behind. Both of them were neck to neck.
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Suddenly, John went ahead of Tim.
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FIFA World Cup is going on in Doha, Qatar (卡塔尔). Its mascot is La’eeb, a cute figure
Qatar FIFA World Cup has also made a Qatari youngster a social media sensation (网红) in China. During the live broadcast of the opening match
Chinese fans began posting screenshots of him next to La’eeb
It was found out later that
“Hello, this is my message for all of my Chinese fans,” he said in the video. “I’m here just
It was the final sprint (冲刺) of the Santa BarbaraXV Grand Prix cyclo-cross race in Spain. Fans lined the road to the finishing line, cheering on the
Ismael Esteban, in third place, was just ahead of another cyclist, Agustin Navarro, with only 300 metres to the finishing line. Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in
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6 . When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant
Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for
One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller stuck going over a fence-which wasn’t
His words freed me from my bad
| A．cheering for | B．beating out | C．depending on | D．staying with |
| A．practice | B．show | C．comfort | D．pleasure |
| A．school | B．vacation | C．hospital | D．training |
| A．applied | B．broke | C．challenged | D．designed |
| A．and | B．then | C．but | D．thus |
| A．behaviour | B．mistake | C．accident | D．failure |
| A．steady | B．challenging | C．unique | D．fluent |
| A．praise | B．advice | C．assistance | D．apology |
| A．narrow | B．ready | C．nice | D．safe |
| A．fine | B．wrong | C．quickly | D．normally |
| A．making up | B．taking control of | C．filling in for | D．cleaning up |
| A．memories | B．comments | C．attitudes ` | D．dreams |
| A．still | B．also | C．yet | D．just |
| A．challenged | B．cured | C．invited | D．admired |
| A．advanced | B．bigger | C．cleverer | D．cooler |
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Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua
8 . Every year, millions of teenagers in the USA participate in team sports. Gallup research shows that over 50 percent of teenagers are on a school sports team. But, what about the remaining 50 percent? Certainly, plenty of those teenagers are happily involved in other extra-curricular activities. After all, not everyone prefers sports.
Still, there’s a sad story here, too. A significant number of teenagers once enjoyed sports, but no longer participate. They say it’s just not worth it. Why do promising athletes walk away from school sports, and what should you do if your athlete decides he or she no longer wants to play team sports?
Take Madeline, for example. When she was living with her family in Texas a few years ago, Madeline joined her middle school’s track team. She was new to the sport, but she was fast. She worked hard and won medals. Then one day, Madeline fell while taking a hurdle. She cracked a bone in her wrist. Her track season was over.
Her coaches were upset, but probably not in the way you’d expect. Rather than comforting (安慰) their promising athlete suffering from a disappointing sports injury or encouraging her to return next season, they turned their back on her. “They shunned me for the rest of the year,” recalls Madeline, who has since moved to the East Coast. “I guess because I would no longer be winning them any medals.”
“Sports lost their attraction to me,” says Madeline, adding that her coaches also verbally abused (辱骂) the team at practices. “I did end up trying out for the track team last year, but I actually found myself filled with memories and emotions from my experience the previous year and ended up dropping out. That’s the biggest regret in life.”
Talk to coaches, parents and teenagers about the problems of sports, and you’ll hear the same answer: by middle school and certainly by high school, it has, more often than not, become a game of medals. Not the plain old fun of playing. Not the benefits that sports offer. But winning period.
1. What is the real concern of the author?| A．The general state of teenagers’ participation in sports. |
| B．The reasons for hopeful teenage athletes’ quitting sports. |
| C．The major benefits that school team sports offer to teenagers. |
| D．The relation between emotional support and sports involvement. |
| A．took control of | B．got responsible for |
| C．kept away from | D．showed concern for |
| A．She lost interest in the once-favorable sport. |
| B．She failed to win medals in the team sports. |
| C．The coach’s verbal abuse hurt her emotionally. |
| D．The serious injury reduced her confidence in sports. |
| A．Hard training may take fun off sports. |
| B．It is related too much to coaches’support. |
| C．It has totally become an industry for profits. |
| D．People focus too much attention on winning. |
9 . Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor (家教)?These are all
My daughter plays on a recreational (业余) soccer team. They did well this season and so
It seemed that something clicked with the girls between Saturday and Sunday. When they
It came to me that playing against the other team was a great
| A．public | B．traditional | C．informal | D．special |
| A．passes | B．works | C．lies | D．ends |
| A．trip | B．holiday | C．weekend | D．flight |
| A．won | B．entered | C．organized | D．watched |
| A．painful | B．strange | C．common | D．graceful |
| A．less | B．poorly | C．newly | D．better |
| A．imagined | B．hated | C．avoided | D．missed |
| A．if | B．or | C．but | D．as |
| A．dressed up | B．showed up | C．made up | D．gave up |
| A．not | B．hardly | C．narrowly | D．completely |
| A．styles | B．training | C．game | D．rules |
| A．even | B．still | C．seldom | D．again |
| A．touching | B．thinking | C．encouraging | D．learning |
| A．Experience | B．Independence | C．Curiosity | D．Interest |
| A．difficult | B．meaningful | C．attractive | D．possible |
“You’ll have to be quicker to beat Kendall on Friday,” Coach Dugan said. For weeks, I’d been hearing about how fast he was. I was tired of it. But I stll walked back to the starting line. A good start gives you a half success.
Eric said to me, “I heard that Kendall trains with Olympic coaches.”“What? No way,” I said. Not only that, I heard he cheats and does whatever it takes to win.
“Let’s go, boy,” Coach shouted. I got ready and exploded, driving hard toward the finishing line. I crossed two full steps ahead of everyone else. Coach clicked his stopwatch and nodded.“Better, Alex. But let’s do it again.” I couldn’t get any faster. Besides, Kendall trains with Olympic coaches!“You have to work harder,” Coach Dugan said. Easy for him to say, he wasn’t racing Kerry Kendall.
Then came the day to compete. The infield bustled (忙乱) with kids from every middle school in our district. I sat on the grass, looking for Kendall and preparing for the competition.
“Are you Alex?” a voice asked. I looked up over my shoulder, Kerry Kendal. I nodded. Kendall sat down next to me.“Heard you’re fast,” he said, touching his nose to his knee. I checked him out. His leg muscles (肌肉) looked like he worked out plenty. After a minute, he asked,“Is it true you have a private (私人的) trainer?” I laughed.“Coach Dugan was good, but he was no private trainer. Well, I heard you trained with Olympic coaches.” He was surprised. “You’re kidding, right? I train by running the hills. After practice I run those hills until my legs ache. That sounds like Olympic coaches to you?”
I finally learned the truth that for this competition Kendal had worked hard. Running the hills was tough, but he did it after his regular practices every day. I wonder how those foolish rumors (谣言) started and why I believed them. Seeing Kendall stood in place, I said, “Nice talking to you. Good luck in the dash.” He stopped and turned.“The same to you.” We looked at each other and smiled, and then he started over to join his team.
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Then the competition began.
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