The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent ____ and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge ____ in competitions.
“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you ____ ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to ____ , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone ____ hard. Everyone does the work. What ____ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.”
Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or ____ , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of ____ found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated ____ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental ____ can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that ____ weight lifting caused ____ changes in muscle activity.
“Mental imagery ____ many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the ____ is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and ____ your brain for success.”
____ visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. ____ athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye.
“During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her ____ into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post ____ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race ____ before executing (完成) her performance.”
1.A. lucky B. intelligent C. mental D. strategic
2.A. difference B. importance C. improvement D. challenge
3.A. so long B. so far C. so much D. so high
4.A. turn on B. show off C. take up D. set off
5.A. thinksB. moves C. runs D. trains
6.A. breaksB. pushes C. decidesD. distinguishes
7.A. activation B. visualization C. motivation D. perception
8.A. athletes B. gymnasts C. weightlifters D. skaters
9.A. regularly B. normally C. finally D. similarly
10.A. connection B. practice C. performances D. directions
11.A. imagining B. considering C. reviewing D. dreaming
12.A. few B. usual C. actual D. strange
13.A. impacts B. increases C. slows D. follows
14.A. brain B. body C. attention D. memory
15.A. help B. apply C. useD. prepare
16.A. Though B. But C. Thus D. Otherwise
17.A. Unless B. After C. When D. Until
18.A. observations B. spirit C. determination D. senses
19.A. to B. for C. about D. with
20.A. in surprise B. in detail C. on time D. for example
—Do you think Real Madrid will win the UEFA Champions League?
—________.Barcelona is much stronger,I think.
A.Of course B.It depends
C.Don’t mention it D.By no means
I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was ____ simple.
A. anything but B. nothing but C. something of D. all except
It doesn’t _______ if you are late to my party. I just want you to come.
A. take me by surprise B. make sense C. take a chance D. make a difference
—Did any signs come up before the earthquake?
—Yes. Unusual things all those days. For example, a number of animals got out their homes.
A. happening B. were happening C. has happened D. had happened
The agent was about to sign his name to the document ________,to our surprise,a stranger broke in to prevent him.
A.while B.when C.as D.until