1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

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.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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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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2 . Sportsmanship isn’t just about shaking hands after the game. It’s about helping young athletes enjoy the spirit of competition, deal with adversity.     1    

Character is a word that gets used often, but its true meaning may be hard to explain to a young mind.     2     By raising standards early, an athlete can both give and expect mutual respect during their course of competition.

One way to teach the idea of sportsmanship is to let the athlete know that they should do their personal best and to treat teammates and opponents in the same fashion they wish to be treated.     3     It also helps them off the field as well.

It’s important to the young athlete to understand that for as many victories as they hope to have, they must face losing if they’re going to play their sport. An effective method is to have a young athlete pick out well-known popular athletes, particularly in their sport or sports of interest, and look up their statistics.     4    

    5     Practice and skill building should be offset by times of goofing off (偷懒), perhaps practicing with crazy costumes or with fun music, and not coaching in the traditional sense. This one little thing can do wonders in reminding the athlete not to take anything too seriously and to have fun doing what they have chosen to participate in.

A．Sports are designed to be enjoyable.

B．Having sports is a course of sweat and tears.

C．Sport is a matter of failure and success to some degree.

D．It’s ultimately a choice to hold oneself to a higher standard.

E．This age-old idea will help them become a respected competitor.

F．Here are tips to young players’ sportsmanship and prepare them for their future life.

G．Knowing professional athletes have faced defeat can teach the young competitor to face loss graciously.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who played in last night’s Super Bowl?

A．The Kansas City Chiefs vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

B．The Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs the Oakland Raiders.

C．The Kansas City Chiefs vs the Oakland Raiders.

2. What was the ending score of last night’s game?

A．48 to 21.

B．31 to 19.

C．31 to 9.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man say will happen to the Olympics?

A．They will go ahead.

B．They will be moved.

C．They will be put off.

2. Where were the last Olympics held?

A．In Paris.

B．In Tokyo.

C．In Rio de Janeiro.

3. Which is a new Olympic sport this year?

A．Running.

B．Baseball.

C．Long jump.

4. Which sport does the woman disagree with?

A．Skateboarding.

B．Karate.

C．Climbing.

5 . Book Cover Art Contest

Do you have a passion for painting? Are you wild about watercolor? Are you a photographer who loves to record moments in the click of a button? Then this is your chance to see your work displayed on the cover of a book!

Teen Ink is seeking out a teen to create cover art for Teens Talk: Are You Listening? By teen author Maria Proulx! Written by a teen for teens, the book discusses matters relevant in a teen’s life. Teen Ink is interested in all mediums and the sky’s the limit!

Deadline: November 15, 2022

Guidelines:

● Format: 6×9,300dpi.

● Teen Ink will only consider photos and artwork by teens.

● The best images for the book cover are clear, close up and high resolution.

● Artwork must be well photographed (no flash) and submitted.

● There is no limit to the number of images you can submit!

● Be creative; don’t be too literal in your interpretation of the author’s point.

● Consider the theme of the book; Please download an outline of the book here.

Submissions:

● Submit entries through this link. All photographs and artwork submitted to Teen Ink are automatically considered for the cover art contest. See our submission guidelines for more information.

● To make sure your artwork is included in the contest, include “Teens Talk Contest” in the first part of your artwork’s title (e.g., Teens Talk Contest: Digital Addiction).

1. What does the book “Teens Talk: Are You Listening?” concern?

A．Issues related to teenage life.	B．Skills at designing a book cover.
C．Teenagers’ comments on artwork.	D．Various mediums of communication.

2. Which of the following entries may be considered?

A．A photo taken by a middle-aged person.	B．A photo submitted just one day after the due date.
C．A painting photographed with flash from a distance.	D．A painting with creative ideas and based on the theme.

3. Where is this text probably taken from?

A．A book review.

B．An official website.

C．A training brochure.

D．An advertising poster.

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

A mural (壁画) dating back to more than 1,000 years ago was discovered in Altay city, northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.     1     described a scene of hunting and skiing by ancient people, the     2     (early) record of human ice and snow activities ever found.

The development of ice and snow activities over the centuries has had     3     important effect on modern ice and snow sports. Since the 1950s, skiing and skating games     4     (hold) widely in northern China. In 1980, China took part in its first Winter Olympics     5     won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in 2015.

The Games started on February 4,     6     (last) for 17 days in three competition places in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Nearly 3, 000     7     (athlete) from more than 90 countries and regions gathered under the banner of the Five Rings to share the passion, joy and friendship     8     (bring) by sports, build a bridge for understanding and communication, and unite people     9     all over the world. “Together for a Shared Future” is the     10     (office) motto (格言) for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which is also the attitude towards current difficulties.

7 . 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。

Team China     1     (identify) as the third-place finisher of the     2     (man) 4x100m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the official website of IAAF on March 21st.

The Chinese team of Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang and Wu Zhiqiang finished     3     (four) after clocking     4     national record of 37.79 seconds at last year’s Tokyo Olympics with Italy, Great Britain and Canada     5     (rank) the top three.

    6     , Team Great Britain was stripped of (被剥夺) its silver medal after its first-leg runner Chijindu Ujah was confirmed to     7     (break) anti-doping (反兴奋剂) regulations,     8     resulted in the upgrade of Canada and China to silver and bronze     9     (medal) respectively.

It was the first Olympic medal won by China in a relay event and the second overall in a sprint event     10     retired track star Liu Xiang’s gold medal finish in the 110m hurdles at the 2004 Games in Athens.

8 . The Chinese women’s soccer team rekindled their famous fighting spirit to end a 16-year wait to lift the Asian Cup. Having trailed 2-0 in the final in Navi Mumbai, India, on the night of February 6, 2022, the team summoned all of their determination and resolve to battle back and tie the game before Xiao Yuyi fired home a dramatic 93rd-minute goal from Wang Shanshan’s assist to secure the title.

The victory earned China a record ninth Asian Cup title, which atoned for their disappointing performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. China’s Tokyo 2020 participation ended with a shocking 8-2 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands, showing just how far Chinese women’s soccer had fallen behind the game’s elite nations. The huge turnaround in fortunes made the win extra special for fans.

“Although the players come from different cities, we need to come together. We never let our heads drop when we were 0-2 down. The players overcame both their opponents and themselves,” said the head coach Shui Qingxia.

The Steel Roses’ victory completely dominated discussion on Chinese social media. The topic “Chinese women’s team wins Asian Cup” was viewed over 1.1 billion times by February 7, but that was just one of 10 trending topics related to the women’s team on Weibo. Countless thrilled people commented that “The whole team is worthy of every praise.” After their victory, media and experts urged for greater support for the development of the women’s game. A number of Chinese companies have already taken it upon themselves to reward them, with dairy giant Mengniu Group gifting the team 10 million yuan after its heroics.

Now the work is to continue to revive past glories, as well as improve the standard of the domestic leagues and youth training to give the country a better chance of producing more great players. This victory certainly showed that such targets can be realized. The women’s soccer team has great spirit and skill. They are our role models!

1. What do we know about the Chinese women’s soccer team from paragraph 1?

A．They won the Asian Cup for the first time.	B．They turned defeat into victory in the game.
C．They made a miracle at the Tokyo Olympics.	D．They earned China a leading role in world soccer.

2. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The public response to the Steel Roses’ victory.

B．The development of the Chinese women’s soccer.

C．Effects of Chinese social media on soccer athletes.

D．Companies’ support for the Chinese women’s team.

3. What does the author think of the goal of producing more great players?

A．It is ambitious.	B．It is achievable.
C．It is impractical.	D．It is controversial.

9 . When Baron Pierre de Coubertin set up the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, he declared that “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering, but fighting well.”     1    

The hosting countries spend huge amounts of money to hold the 16-day event.     2     And that money is not spent to come in fourth; the only thing that matters is having “the best Games” and winning medals—preferably gold.

The figures are enormous! Depending on who you ask, China spent 40 billion dollars on the Beijing Olympics and Russia invested 50 billion in Sochi. In terms of money for athletes, the UK spent over 400 million dollars supporting 1,300 top competitors. This funding is directly linked to success: those who fail to achieve their targets will have their funding cut and, in some cases, completely removed.     3    

In both sports and life, you tend to get what you pay for.     4     China came in first in Beijing, and Great Britain got its highest ranking in over 100 years in 2016. The question is whether this search for success at all costs comes at the expense of investing in something which is arguably more valuable: local clubs and competitions; facilities for people to stay healthy and play for fun.

    5     However, this feeling is only temporary, while taking part in regular exercise and sports has been shown to have long-term physical and psychological benefits. Given this, surely spending more money on increasing sports participation from the lowest levels up would be a better way of tackling some of the health and social challenges that many countries face.

A．So much for the value of just “taking part”.

B．The more money you spend, the better the results.

C．Seeing your team win can obviously lift your spirits.

D．The Rio and London Games each cost between 14 and 18 billion dollars.

E．Many of the countries taking part invest huge sums in programs for elite(精英的) athletes.

F．There are around 400,000 young people in this system, whose main purpose is to win glory for their nation.

G．These days, it can seem that this core principle has been forgotten, overtaken by the other motto de Coubertin is known for: “faster, higher, and stronger”.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker announcing?

A．He is leaving the team.

B．He has signed a new play.

C．He is selling the club to new owners.

2. Where is the soccer team based?

A．In America.

B．In England.

C．In Canada.

3. What has the speaker been asked to do?

A．Draw up training plans for the team.

B．Write a list of new coaches.

C．Pick a new player.

4. How does the speaker feel?

A．Proud.

B．Guilty.

C．Sad.