1、t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. Th
2、ats 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to
3、 relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well.1. A. class B. club C. team D. board2. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working3. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra4. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure5. A. f
4、ree B. private C. good D. basic6. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs7. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot8. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training9. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical10. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing11. A. used B. intended C. made D. descr
5、ibed12. A. till B. since C. before D. because13. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big14. A. size B. share C. space D. state15. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked16. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious17. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt18. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. re-formed D. repl
6、aced19. A. at B. by C. for D. around20. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed阅读理解(40分)AAbout three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, a new word may be coined after the inventor or
7、 scientist.It is interesting to observe how many common words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718 1792 used to sit at the gambling (赌博|) table eating slices (片) of bread with meat in between. As the Lord was the only one among his friend
8、s who ate bread in that way, his friends began to call the bread sandwich for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language.The word boycott means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. It comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent (代理人)in 1880 an
9、d he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually (终于)word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain B
10、oycott.21. Lord Sandwich was fond of_.A. eating bread all the time B. sitting with his friendsC. playing games with words D. eating bread with meat22. The tenants did not like_.A. to collect rents and taxes B. the harsh land agentC. the English landowner D. to speak23. When the landowner found out t
11、hat the tenants were boycotting his land agent, he_.A. dismissed the CaptainB. praised the Captain and made the word popularC. removed the poor tenants.D. increased the rents and taxes24. The writer mainly tells us_.A. two interesting storiesB. how to use the two wordsC. Lord Sandwich and Captain Bo
12、ycottD. something about the origin of wordsBSay No to Your KidsIt hurts me more than you. and This is for your own good. These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.That was before we entered the permissive period in e
13、ducation in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators,
14、 turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing weve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students so passive and
15、 wonders what happened. Nothing, was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to childrens passivity (消极). Were not training kids to work any more, says Klompus. Were talking about a generation of kids whove never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will alwa
16、ys do it for them. Instead of saying go and look it up ,you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid. Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. Its time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. Its time to take the car away, to turn TV off, to tell them
17、 it hurts you more than them but its for their own good. Its time to start telling them no again.25. To such children as described in the passage_.A. neither is easy to say yes or say noB. it is easier to say no than to say yesC. it is easier to say yes than noD. neither is difficult to say yes or s
18、ay no26. We learn from the passage that the authors mother used to lay emphasis on (强调)_.A. natural development B. education at schoolC. learning Latin D. discipline (纪律)27. Children are becoming more inactive in study because_.A. they watch TV too muchB. they have to fulfill too many dutiesC. they
19、have done too much homeworkD. teachers are too strict with them28. The main idea of the passage is that_.A. its time to be more strict with our kidsB. parents should always set a good example to their kidsC. parents should leave their children aloneD. kids should have more activities at schoolCNow i
20、s the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of goods in this city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise at this time of year. Lovers will
21、surely have an exciting Christmas and New Years Eve celebrations at the Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several package tours are available from GZL Travel Service, with four-day tours for less than 15 000 yuan.Tour package 1(3 200 y
22、uan):a 4-day-tour including three nights accommodation, scenic helicopter flight, night ferry (渡船)tour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus (公共汽车)to the Peak to view the city at night.Tour package 2(1 880 yuan) : a 4-day-shopping tour including three nights accommodation, tours to Golden Beach and the
23、 Vexwork Museum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.Tour package 3 (1 480 yuan) :a 4-day-DIY-tour including three nights accommodation in a four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want, when you want.29. This advertisement is given by_.A. a shopping center B. a Travel Servic
24、e CompanyC. a hotel D. Hong Kong government30. According to the text, if you want to visit the Victoria Harbor at night with the tour guide, you can choose tour package_.A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 1 & 2延伸探究题I完形填空(20分)Every country has its heroes. The heroes are the people the nation and especially the young
25、people _1_ . If you get a list of the heroes of a nation, 2 will tell you the potential (潜力)of the nation.If today in America, you ask the high school students 3 their heroes, their 4 would probably fall into three groups. The first group of heroes would be the rock stars the people 5 with rock musi
26、c. There is no doubt that such people do have talent but one 6 if one should hold up rock stars as a 7 The rock stars are too often mixed with drug and their personal life is not all that 8 . The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles. However, one should put more in a hero than 9 th
27、ings as money and fine clothes.A 10 type of heroes for the American youth are the sports stars. Again you have a person who has a great talent in one area 11 . However, too often the personal like of the sports stars is 12 discovery. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of life of the sports
28、 stars.A third group of heroes are TV or movie stars. These people may have lots of 13 talent and are quite handsome. It is quite sad that they 14 be held up as a model for young people.Today, the rock stars, the sportsmen, and the actors 15 have become the models of the youth in America. Really, do you hear a young person say that his 16
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