All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace (优雅).
1.According to this passage, which of the following isn't true?
A.Sports help to train a person's character.
B.People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.
C.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.
D.Sports and games can develop the friendship between peoples all over the world.
2.The writer didn't tell us in this passage that ________.
A.basketball was invented in America
B.sports change with the seasons
C.games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities
D.football is played all over the world
3.From this passage we can see that _______.
A.sports and games are unimportant things that people do
B.sports and games should be treated (对待) only as amusement (娱乐活动)
C.sports and games are only useful to the old
D.none of the above is true
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。 续写的词数应为150左右。
A couple of years ago, a day before Christmas, it was so cold in Nebraska. The high temperature for the day had been below zero. Even though it was so cold that it hurt to be outside, I tried to complete some Christmas shopping during my lunch hour. I thought many people would choose to stay inside until it got warmer and that there would be fewer people at the store.
The moment I got out of my house, I realized it was much colder than I had expected. On the way to the store, I could only see a few people on the street. To comfort myself, I kept telling myself that it was my responsibility to offer my family good Christmas gifts.
As I approached a store, hurrying in an effort to keep warm, I saw a young woman standing outside, seeming to wait for somebody, as I saw she kept looking in all directions. She was completely bundled up (裹得严严实实) from head to toe. But it was clear that she still felt cold. She kept stamping her feet because the motion (动作) could help her to warm up a little.
I greeted her and said, ''My Lady, you must feel very cold to stand here in such bad weather. '' She laughed and said, ''I'm so cold that I can't feel the cold anymore! '' She told me that she had been there since 8: 00 that morning. And it was noon when I saw her. And she also said that she might still have several hours to go. However, she didn't tell me why she was standing there and I didn't ask her why she did so, considering for politeness.
I went inside the store, and I was surprised to see so many people there. At last, I did not find anything to buy and I left. As I arrived at the front of the store, I saw the snack bar (小吃店).
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Suddenly, an idea came to me.
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As I went out of the store, I presented her with the warm drink.
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假定你是李华, 正在伦敦读书。请你给你们学校的校长史密斯先生写一封信, 建议学校开设天文学兴趣小组 (an astronomy interest group)。内容包括：
1、写信目的；
2、分析原因；
3、表达期待。
注意:1、词数80左右；
2、书信格式已给出（不计入总词数）；
3、可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Smith,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
One day Katy Qualls saw a post on her neighborhood’s Facebook page, 1. (say) an old man with dementia (痴呆) had got lost. She knew the man’s family and she wanted to help find him. Especially with the cold temperature, she was very 2. (worry) about the old man’s condition.
With her parents’ 3. (agree), she got dressed and set out to find the man along with other warmhearted neighbors 4. were looking for the elderly man. Almost all of the search teams went into the woods to find the elderly man, 5. Katy took a different route. “I walked around and I felt like that was good,” she 6. (explain). “ I heard something, and I turned to my left, finding he was lying on the floor on his side, backed up into the bushes (灌木丛).”
Katy was very gentle with the man and made him believe that she wouldn’t hurt him. She then picked the man up into 7. (she) arms and carried him to the police car. And she waited 8. (patient) with the old man inside the warm police car for his family 9. (show) up and his wife was very grateful 10. what Katy had done for them.
It was 4 pm. Ahmad was lying on a net _______ by two coconut trees. _______ he helped his parents take care of the farm recently, he was prepared to live a quite _______ life on his own.
“Boom!” A coconut fell onto his head. He was _______ about a bump (肿块) on his head. So he decided to cut it into pieces and make it one dish.
Ahmad was cooking when a strange old man knocked on the door. The old man _________ that the
rain was pouring down and that the only shelter _________ was this house. After the man came inside, Ahmad suddenly _________ that his food was boiling and quickly rushed to the kitchen.
After Ahmad finished cooking, his mom asked the old man to eat with them. The old man _________. After dinner, the old man said it was the most _________ food he had eaten. He told Ahmad there would be a(n) ________________ and that he was in charge of finding the best cooks and ________________ them to join in it. And he ________________ asked Ahmad to attend it. Afraid of losing face, Ahmad wanted to ________________ the old man’s good intention. However, with encouragement from his mom, he finally participated. And to his ________________, he won first place and was hired by a big restaurant. From this experience, Ahmad learned when the ________________ comes, we should take it bravely. Maybe the result is far beyond our expectation.
1.A.decorated B.controlled C.supported D.hidden
2.A.Since B.Although C.As D.If
3.A.peaceful B.healthy C.independent D.busy
4.A.annoyed B.careful C.anxious D.curious
5.A.whispered B.proved C.argued D.explained
6.A.in return B.in sight C.in use D.in public
7.A.admitted B.complained C.remembered D.ignored
8.A.left B.hesitated C.apologized D.agreed
9.A.expensive B.delicious C.popular D.ordinary
10.A.competition B.exhibition C.experiment D.ceremony
11.A.inviting B.begging C.preparing D.ordering
12.A.suddenly B.gratefully C.casually D.sincerely
13.A.accept B.refuse C.appreciate D.question
14.A.surprise B.embarrassment C.disappointment D.admiration
15.A.judgement B.adventure C.accident D.opportunity
Taking care of a sick loved one can put stress on your health. When taking care of the other person, you may ignore your own physical needs. You may find that your own health is failing. If you fall ill, you won’t be able to help. 1.
Eat well. When things seem out of control, you may have no time to focus on good eating habits. 2. Both of those put stress on you. Try to eat as healthily as you can, even if sometimes you have to rely on simple meals like salads.
Try to get enough sleep. Sleep can also be difficult when you're caring for a loved one. You may be too worried to sleep at times, or the task may interrupt your sleep. 3. Therefore, try to get as much as you can.
Take time to exercise. Exercising will also help you keep healthy while you're caring for a loved one. Exercise can reduce your stress level. 4. So you'll need to find ways to work it into your schedule. You can take a short walk a couple of times a day or do yoga at home.
5. It can be easy to overlook (忽视) the health problems in yourself when you're caring for someone else. If you fall ill, that does not do anyone any good. So it's best to make sure you're in good health.
A.Don't ignore signs of illness in yourself.
B.Therefore, it's important to take care of yourself.
C.You may not eat much, or you may end up eating junk food.
D.Not getting enough sleep can make you less effective in the task.
E.However, it can be difficult when you are taking care of a loved one.
F.The best plan is to visit a doctor regularly to make sure you're in good health.
G.Don't be afraid to ask for help when you're ill, as that can help take some of burden off you.
