People all over the world enjoy sports, because sports can help them keep 1 and live long. Some sports or games go back 2 years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are very new. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
Many people like to watch 3 play sports or games. They don’t play themselves. They buy tickets or 4 their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very 5 and happy when “their” player or team 6 the match.
People play different games in different seasons. Swimming is fun in warm weather, 7 skating is good in winter.
Some sports are 8 interesting that people everywhere enjoy them. For example, basketball 9 by about 100 million people in more than 200 countries. People can play it in parks, schools, or factories. 10 fun it is to watch an NBA match!
1.A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. healthier
2.A. thousand B. thousand of C. thousands of D. thousands
3.A. another B. the others C. the other D. others
4.A. turn on B. turn off C. turn down D. turn to
5.A. interested B. exciting C. excited D. interesting
6.A. beats B. wins C. fights D. hit
7.A. though B. so C. but D. and
8.A. much B. quite C. very D. so
9.A. plays B. is played C. is playing D. played
10.A. What an B. What a C. How D. How a
Middle school days are both fun and busy. Students spend their days in class, 1 to the interesting or sometimes boring words of their teachers. At break (休息) , they run, play and shout happily . But 2 should students spend their free time after school?
In western countries, 3 is normal for students to have a part-time 4 after school or at weekends. Students can make their 5 money and learn more about the real world. They enjoy the independence (独立) and money, and their parents enjoy the quiet house. However, it seems that, in China, parents 6 so much about their children’s studies that they would like to see their children spending most of their time 7 for all those exams. It is natural for Chinese parents to feel that 8 , but I think everything should be kept in balance. Sometimes, western school children 9 long hours after school to make money, so they 10 too tired to listen in class or do their homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that all else becomes less important.
1.A. adding B. getting C. replying D. listening
2.A. what B. how C. when D. which
3.A. this B. that C. it D. such
4.A. work B. job C. program D. plan
5.A. rich B. any C. own D. some
6.A. laugh B. worry C. cause D. concentrate
7.A. chatting B. studying C. succeeding D. obeying
8.A. race B. point C. way D. license
9.A. study B. solve C. regard D. work
10.A. face B. matter C. achieve D. become
I’m new at the party and I don’t have a friend ____.
A. to talk with B. talking to C. to talk D. speaking to
This kind of cloth feels _____ and sells_____.
A. softly; nice B. soft; good C. soft ; well D. soft ; nice
The problem children often get into trouble ____ teachers.
A. on B. at C. in D. with
The art club is for members only. You can’t go in ____ you are a member.
A. unless B. because C. if D. though
