Basketball is much more than a sport. It is both exercise and excitement. Apart from keeping you fit, basketball helps you get social, make new friends, and learn the art of defying（藐视）failure and overcoming challenges. It allows you to enjoy basketball at your personal basketball goal and make the most of the advantages that this great game offers.
1.Spending an hour at basketball court helps you burn around 630-750 calories（热量）. It also helps you stay in shape and fit. When you run, and jump while playing basketball, blood pumping and breathing get increased which acts as an amazing workout for your mind and body.
2.Basketball is a healthy sport for children. It helps them stay active. Playing together for a team success also helps kids to realize the importance of team work, and hard work while going for a common goal. For a shy child, it provides him with the opportunity to meet new people and get friends.
3.A few rounds of shooting at your basketball goal can reduce your stress and anger. Hitting the mark at the basketball backboard will help you focus on your work when you return to your work place. The confidence and self-belief you get while playing make you face challenges with a better attitude.
4.Basketball is treated as a social sport. It develops friendships. People of all ages enjoy trying some shots at the basket. Organizing friendly matches of basketball on weekends at your home will provide you an opportunity to meet with your dear ones and having a wonderful time together.
A. Good for Health B. Easy to Get Social C. Useful for kids’ Growth D. Effective（有效的）to Reduce Stress |
5.The passage is mainly about the _______ of playing basketball.
A. advantages B. skills C. rules D. popularities
Lei Feng（1940-1962) is one of 1. （famous）soldiers in Chinese history. He lost his parents when he was very young. His neighbors brought him up. He did many good deeds in his life. For example, he gave his own money to the parents of 2. soldier, and bought tickets for a woman he didn’t know 3. telling her his name.
Lei Feng died in 4. accident at 22. Late Chairman Mao Zedong called on people 5.（learn）from him. Lei Feng is more than a name in China. He 6. （regard）as a model for all.
Half a century has passed. Is the spirit of Lei Feng’s outdated?
Gu Xiulian, director of China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth, said that we still need the spirit 7. makes the world full of warmth today. However, the way we learn from Lei Feng should be improved with time.
Some people have 8. （show）us their understanding of Lei Feng.
Zhao Xinying, who has been a volunteer for 18 years, believes everybody can do a little bit. “No matter how small it is, it does make a 9. （different）and helps to lead to a hopeful society.
“Development makes the spirit of Lei Feng’s more valuable as Lei Feng’s 10. （story）have spread all over the world ”,Ludy ,a foreigner also announces.
One cold, rainy evening last October, I was in the hospital collecting medical records. A 43-year-old patient, whom I called Ms A, was 1. （躺） in bed. There were no relatives or friends with her. Even the bed 2. （旁边） her was empty.
After I finished my work, I was about to leave when Ms A spoke up in her weak 3. （声音）. “I haven’t seen you here 4. （以前）, doctor. Are you new?” “Not really. It’s just that I don’t come here every day,” I replied. I was 5. （惊奇的） someone in her condition would want to talk.”
Ms A started talking about 6. （她自己）. She told me that she had three children, “My husband 7. （死） a year ago and I’m the only breadwinner of my family. We are not rich and my pay 8. （作为）a cleaner is exactly enough for me and my kids.”
I just sat 9. （安静地） while she talked. She shared her difficulties and sufferings. She also expressed her fear if something bad happened to her. A few days later, when I 10. （返回） to the ward, I discovered that Ms A had left as her condition had improved.
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1.The products made in China are used in the world.
2.Many come to visit China every year.
3.If you hold on,you’ll be .
4.They _______ by our home yesterday.
5.We are going to have a party for my father’s _______ birthday.
Music education hasn’t changed much since the 1970s. Students are still taught to read notation（乐谱）so they can recite compositions that they would never listen to on their MP3 players or play with friends. Playing music enriches life. The question is: Why do schools teach music in a way that turns off so many young people rather than catch their imagination? Can we do a better job of using the power of music to get kids excited about school?
The experience of an organization called Little Kids Rock suggests the answer is yes — if we change the way music is taught. Little Kids Rock has helped music programs in over a thousand public schools and served 150,000 children. The organization has given 30,000 free instruments out, mainly guitars, and trained 1,500 teachers to run music classes in which students quickly experience the joys of playing their favorite songs, performing in bands（乐队）, and writing their own music.
The key to Little Kids Rock is that it teaches children to play music the way many musicians learn to play it — not by notation, but by listening, imitation（模仿）and meaningful experimentation. “The knowledge you need to get started playing rock music is very limited,” explains Dave Wish, the founder of Little Kids Rock. “In high school, my friend Paul taught me a couple of chords（和弦）and my life was changed forever. On the first day of class, Little Kids Rock teachers place guitars in the hands of their students and get them practicing chords that will enable them to play thousands of songs. The kids decide what songs they want to learn and the class is off and running. Their progress is surprising. Within a year, eight and nine-year-olds are playing musical instruments, and giving concerts, even performing their own songs.
One of the biggest advantages that music offers is the ability to encourage students who are otherwise bored by school. “I’ve had students start coming back to school because of this program,” said Adkison Thomas, who heads up music for the Dallas Independent School District. He added, “One of the best things is that the teachers discover a new side of their students. They see kids become successful who weren’t before.”
1.The expression “turn off” in Paragraph 1 means “______”.
A. make kids feel cool
B. make kids feel bored
C. make kids feel confident
D. make kids feel nervous
2.How did Little Kids Rock help the school?
A. By writing music for kids.
B. By playing kids’ favorite songs.
C. By making instruments for school.
D. By training teachers for music classes.
3.Little Kids Rock is successful because ______.
A. it encourages kids to experience music
B. it helps kids learn from great musicians
C. it allows kids to decide how to learn music
D. it offers musical programs all over the country
4.What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Learning music is a good way to become successful.
B. Teaching in a proper way does good to students’ development.
C. It’s necessary for students to practice a lot in learning music.
D. It’s important for teachers to discover the new sides of students.
A few months ago I was at a bus stop in town in the evening. The bus came on time and I took the window seat. The bus was running by the seashore and I was enjoying the wind while watching the sea waves. After a few minutes the bus made its next stop. A young boy and a girl got on. They were standing on my left when the bus pulled off. I looked at them curiously and realized that all the window seats were taken up. They could sit but not together. Suddenly a different wave passed through my body and my mind gave me the advice to get up. I got up and gave them my seat. The young lady smiled kindly and said thanks. I took another seat. I don’t remember whether I got off the bus before them or not.
Months passed by. Suddenly one day while I was standing at the same bus stop waiting some time for the bus to arrive I heard a voice.
“Excuse me, Uncle.” I looked in the direction of the voice. It was a beautiful young lady.
Puzzled, I said, “I do not recognize you.”
She said, “Do you remember you gave us your window seat?”
Puzzled, I said, “Maybe, but what is so great in that?”
She said, “If you had not given your seat that day, perhaps I would have not sat with my friend. By sitting together it helped us break up a misunderstanding that had been between us for a long time. Do you know we are getting married next month?”
“Good! God bless both of you,” I replied.
The young lady again said thank you and went on her journey. I realized the importance of giving that day.
1.What does the underlined word “curiously” mean?
A. 生气地 B.好奇地 C. 惊喜地 D. 失望地
2. Why were the young boy and the girl standing on the bus?
A. Because they wanted to enjoy the sea view.
B. Because they couldn’t sit together.
C. Because there were no empty seats.
D. Because they preferred to stand.
3.The author’s act of kindness helped the young boy and the girl ______.
A. begin to talk to each other again after a quarrel
B. sit together and become friends very soon
C. clear up a misunderstanding between them
D. know each other and get married
4.From the story, we can conclude（推断）that ______.
A. small things can create great happenings in life
B. it is giving rather than receiving that is important
C. offering one’s seat to others may win respect
D. we sometimes forget what happened in the past
