A report found that over half of the high school boys and two-thirds of the girls never shower after sports at school. Researchers suggest students don't want to sweat 1. take a shower, so they are less active. The researchers questioned almost 4,000 children. Lead researcher Dr Gavin said he was surprised 2. how rarely students showered. He said children were getting poor health because of less exercise. He said: " 3. the unwillingness to shower is a barrier（障碍）to playing sport, we need to do something to promote activity at schools."
4. , the BBC says the study did not look at the exact reasons 5. students do not shower. Maybe there are some other reasons. Undressing in front of 6. may be too much for some children. A spokeswoman for a health organisation said children worry about their body image. She said schools had 7. role to play in changing attitudes. She said schools should encourage students to do physical activity and let 8. know they need to shower after.
From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building and working toward a goal.
One recent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and my 68-year-old father play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, too many of us do. But he wasn’t stuck in the past. When he retired three years ago, he his church music director to take him as .
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress: the notes and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so ,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
1.A. reflected B. meant C. explained D. proved
2.A. self-confidence B. self-control C. self-defense D. self-discipline
3.A. kept B. sent C. watched D. felt
4.A. miss B. afford C. select D. understand
5.A. as B. once C. if D. while
6.A. allowed B. invited C. inspired D. persuaded
7.A. a teacher B. an old man C. a student D. a singer
8.A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons
9.A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted
10.A. pass over B . turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on
11.A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud
12.A. nicely B. anxiously C. casually D. frequently
_______ China views US-Japan relationship will have an effect on China’s military policy.
A. When B. Why C. What D. How
What our parents expect from us is going home and greeting them frequently, ________ giving them much money.
A. less than B. rather than
C. as well as D. as much as
_______ by a great demand for environmental-friendly cars, those factories has produced more green ones.
A. Driven B. Being driven
C. Having driven D. To drive
______the civil servants want a pay increase, they will have got promoted as well.
A. Not do only B. Do not only
C. Only not do D. Not only do
