U1 Sporting events巩固训练
I. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. For some blanks, there is a word given in the brackets. Fill in each of these blanks with the proper form of the given word. Fill in the other blanks with words that are correct in structure and proper in meaning.
Amelia Adams is a 16-year-old British girl. She has become _______ person to the South Pole so far.
Eight hours of skiing a day was quite normal on the trip. The trip was led by Mr. Adams, Amelia’s father, _______ is believed to be the first British man _______ to reach the South Pole by himself.
Amelia said it was hard to keep on _______ through 17 nights on the ice. On her way to the South Pole, the very cold weather was hard for her to stand, and 24-hour daylight was _______ great challenge to her. Amelia said, "It gets much harder after _______ into nothing for a long time. You have to think about _______ you are going because it was all white around them. I just think about home."
"My friends have all been _______ favor of me and they all sent me messages which kept me going on and on."
_______ is no wonder that exercise is good for you, but most people really know very little about _______ they can exercise properly. So when you try, you may run into trouble. Many people believe that _______ specific muscles are exercised, the fat in the neighbouring area is "burned up". Yet the truth is _______ exercise burns fat from all over the body. Studies show muscles which are not exercised lose their strength very quickly. To regain it again requires _______ for 48-72 hours and taking exercise every other day will keep a normal level of physical strength. To lose weight, you _______ always "work up a good sweat" when exercising. Sweating only reduces body temperature to prevent _______. This is nothing but water loss. Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise because it helps the circulation of blood throughout the body, and has a direct effect on your overall feeling of health. Experience says that 20 minutes’ exercise a day is minimum amount. But if your breathing doesn’t return to normal state within minutes after you finish exercising, you _______ too much.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. overlooked B. favorite C. athletes. D. injured AB. required AC. competitive AD. involved BC. combination BD. desire CD. event ABC. participate |
The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized ___17___ struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their ___18___ team to victory; athletic games, played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. Some sports are called spectator sports, because the number of spectators are much more than the number who ___19___ in games.
Basketball, one of the TOP sports in America, is a ___20___ of sports and American culture. Basketball is the winter sport and can be played throughout the spring and summer. Some professional baseball teams play well into the fall. Nowadays, if basketball is talked, the NBA can’t be ___21___. The NBA All-Star Game is a great ___22___ of the year and will attract a large audience.
Football is also a popular sport in the United States. Unlike European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team, and they are ___23___ to wear padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and players might get ___24___.
Other spectator sports include wresting, boxing, and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who are ___25___ in the races can be considered ___26___. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do “not as百度竞价推广ble” primarily to see the horses race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
II. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Winter is the season of snow. The most common way to ___27___ the snow in France is to ski. My heart beat faster when my host mother announced a trip to the Alps； it meant that I，a girl who had had little ___28___ with snow before, would be able to explore the beauty of the most famous European ___29___ range.
As our car moved slowly ___30___the snow to the ski resort, I found myself in a ___31___ world of giant peaks and branches yearning upward to the sky.
My first skiing lesson was all about falling down and ___32___. At the beginning, ___33___ the sense of motion, I deliberately fell each time I started to move. After falling facing the ___34___ and with my legs twisted ，and after losing my ski canes ，I was a ___35___ in getting up. On the ground, I would pull off my skis and make them parallel to each other, then move my weight forward ___36___ I could stand up. But ___37___ got used to skiing and soon fell in love with the wind whistling in my ears as I sped ___38___ the slopes. Over the holiday，I learnt to turn left and right to ___39___ snow ploughs On the final day, I ___40___ skied the off-tracks so that I could visit some of the lovely snowy villages in the area.
Skiing was not only an amazing and enjoyable journey, but also a continuous ___41___. The spirit of skiing says：Life is all about falling down and getting up.
27. A. clear B. enjoy C. watch D. remove
28. A. contact B. interest C. difficulty D. desire
29. A. ground B. earth C. river D. mountain
30. A. beyond B. from C. beneath D. through
31. A. hard B. dream C. modern D. mad
32. A. getting up B. getting along C. turning up D. turning away
33. A. surprised at B. frightened of C. relieved at D. conscious of
34. A. wind B. village C. resort D. slope
35. A. judge B. instructor C. expert D. learner
36. A. in case B. while C. so that D. because
37. A. regularly B. instantly C. gradually D. strictly
38. A. down B. on C. around D. toward
39. A. supply B. avoid C. rent D. produce
40. A. ever B. almost C. even D. just
41. A. challenge B. example C. pain D. action
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
In the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has greatly increased，and so has the number of injuries. It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million people in the US each year. Study findings revealed a 65 percent increase in the number of patients that were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.
The study, published in the online issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine，found that about 40,000 patients were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.The most common types of rock climbingrelated injuries were fractures and sprains ．The ankle was the most common body part to be injured ．Climbers in the study ranged in age from 2 to 74，with an average age of 26.The study also found that women took up a quarter of the injuries.
Falls were the primary reason for injury with over three quarters of the injuries occurring as the result of a fall. The severity of fallrelated injuries had a lot to do with the height of the fall. Patients who were injured after falling from a height over 20 feet were 10 times more likely to be treated than patients who were injured falling from 20 feet or lower.
"We found that the climbers who fell from heights higher than 20 feet took up 70 percent of the
patients treated for a rock climbingrelated injury，" explained the study author Lara McKenzie，PhD，director at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Hospital." This trend，combined with the fact that rock climbers have a higher hospitalization rate than other sports and recreational injuries，__________ the need to increase injury prevention efforts for climbers."
42．Which body part is most likely to get injured for a climber?
A. The arm. B. The ankle. C. The knee. D. The hand.
43．The severity of climbers’ fallrelated injures is mainly related to ________.
A. the height of the fall B. the climber’s age
C. the climber’s health conditions D. the climber’s climbing experience
44．The underlined word "demonstrates" in the last paragraph can be replaced by "________"．
A. demands B. prevents C. proves D. describes
45．The purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. show that rock climbingrelated injuries have increased
B. tell readers rock climbing is an adventurous sport
C. warn readers of the danger of rock climbing
D. call on doctors to increase injury prevention efforts.
After ruling the tennis world for almost five years, is adjusting to life at NO. 1. But, like any king whose throne
2. 尽管困难重重，他还是设法参加了一系列的课外活动。
3. 大家已定下一个规矩：大家会每隔一周去看望那些需要照顾的老人。
4. 显而易见，首次滑雪时，你应该一步步地按着教练的指示做，不然就会不断摔跟头。
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1. 支持你信守诺言。（favor）
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2. 需要学生们按部就班学英语。
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3. 许诺不把工作与娱乐混为一谈。
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4. 设法帮我一个忙。（favor）
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5. 不应该忽视你的错误。 )
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6. 祝贺你在期末考试中获得全A。
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7. 每隔一年带我度一次假。
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8. 急于去机场接我的滑雪教练。（pick）
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9. 不管他说过什么。（despite）
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10. 与其他运动员争夺这枚金牌。
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11. 达成他参加奥运会的梦想。
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12. 迫不及待登记入住旅馆。
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13. 梦想见到你刚刚提到的那个人。
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14. 不可以忍受测试全方位的体能。
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15. 首次在圣诞节假期飞往巴黎。
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16. 把他卷入一系列的案件中毫无意义。
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17. 在某种程度上语文和数学同等要紧。
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18. 渴望再过一个美妙的滑雪假期
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19. 乘摆渡车去那个拥有悠久历史的旅游胜地。
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20. 那位大有前途的运动员的座右铭是：永不舍弃。
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答案
I. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
1. the youngest 2. who 3. to reach 4. going 5. a 6. skiing 7. where 8. in
9. It 10. how 11. when/if 12. that 13. exercising/to be exercised 14. should/must 15. heating 16. have done
Section B
17. AC. 18. B 19. ABC 20. BC. 21. A 22. CD. 23. AB. 24. D. 25. AD 26. C.
II. Reading Comprehension
Section A
27-31 BADDB 32--36 ABDCC 36--41 CABCA
Section B
42--45．BACA 46--49. CDAD
III. Fill in the blanks with proper words.
1. What 2. that 3. that 4. how old 5. whose
6. who 7. How 8. whether 9. where 10. what
IV. Translation
1. 需要学生们将课堂所学与实践相结合。
Students are required to combine what they’ve learned in class with practice.
It is required that students combine what they’ve learned in class with practice.
2. 尽管困难重重，他还是设法参加了一系列的课外活动。
Despite all kinds of difficulties, he managed to participate in a series of after-school activities.
3. 大家已定下一个规矩：大家会每隔一周去看望那些需要照顾的老人。
We have made it a rule that we will go to see those old people who require looking after every other week.
4. 显而易见，首次滑雪时，你应该一步步地按着教练的指示做，不然就会不断摔跟头。
It is obvious that the first time you ski/is skiing/go skiing, you ought to follow the instructor's instructions step by step, or you will keep on falling down.
