To get to the tennis court, Conner Stroud has to push his wheelchair there .

The 15-yea-old from North Carolina, US was born without_______________. But when he picks up his racquet( 球拍 ) and begins to_______________ a ball, you quickly see that the young man just want to_______________ .

Stroud began playing tennis at age 5 at the small tennis club his parents own . For years, he played against able-bodied _______________ by putting rubber on the stumps ( 残余部分 ) of his legs . Though he was a foot (30 . 48cm) or two _______________ than many of the players he played against, he won a number of matches . He became well-known enough that he got to_______________ Rafael Nadal, his favorite player at the US Open in 2013 .

“The most important thing is that he’s_______________,” Nadal told reports about Stroud after that 15-minute meeting . “He’s playing _______________. That’s a great example of being happy even if_______________doesn’t give you everything . ”

Stroud started playing wheelchair tennis at 13 and now he is No 1 in the US .

Earlier this summer, he played for____________________in the world’s biggest junior wheelchair team tennis event — the World Team Cup . He played six matches and won five of them as the US won the cup for the first time since 2000.

“He is a polite boy, __________________he will rip(撕扯)your heart out trying to beat you,” Jason Harnett, a United States Tennis Association coach, said of Stroud . “You see that attitude in a lot of the best players, whether they are able-bodied or__________________.

Teenage players can often get disappointed and angry . They may __________________ their racquets or shout at themselves after missed shots . Stroud __________________ does that .

“ I just try to stay positive,” Stroud said . “After every point, I try to say I’m going to win the next point, or the next game, or the whole match if I __________________ the whole match. “ There’s always room to be positive . You can always win another time .

1.A.legs B.arms C.feet D.hands

2.A.pick B.choose C.hit D.discover

3.A.act B.win C.play D.show

4.A.parents B.players C.fans D.coaches

5.A.longer B.taller C.farther D.shoter

6.A.treat B.guard C.meet D.follow

7.A.polite B.brave C.patient D.happy

8.A.basketball B.tennis C.volleyball D.badminton

9.A.life B.coach C.family D.friendship

10.A.Britain B.Canada C.America D.France

11.A.but B.and C.so D.or

12.A.sick B.disabled C.hurt D.scared

13.A.kiss B.repair C.clean D.throw

14.A.ever B.sometimes C.never D.always

15.A.lose B.play C.prepare D.prefer

LONDON—Manchester is Britain’s fattest city, a survey for “Men’s Health” has found, beating Glasgow for the first time since the magazine started examining the issue three years ago.

Editor Pete Muir said the survey had looked at a variety of factors from gym membership to heart disease rates to find the fattest city. “Manchester has more fast food restaurants than anywhere else in the UK,” he told Reuters. “People are taking the easy choice—eating and then just sitting in front of the TV.”

Manchester’s problem is part of a wider trend. On Thursday, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) blamed a lack of exercise and poor diet for a fifth of adult Britons being obese (过度肥胖的). “Obesity is a major risky factor connected with heart disease, diabetes and premature death (糖尿病和早亡).” said an ONS survey. “None of the 108 young men in the survey reported eating five portions of fruit or vegetables on average each day.”

In Manchester, the head of the city’s public health programs said he did not believe that they were necessarily the fattest city, but that they did have problems and were aiming to address them. Social deprivation (贫困) was a major factor. “One of the myths is that the stressed-out rich businessman is the one who is overweight,” David Regan told Reuters. “In fact, it is the poor areas that have the most problems. We aim not to be the fattest but the fittest city but we have a long way to go.”

Second in the survey is Stoke-on-Trent, followed by Liverpool, Swansea and Lecicester. Glasgow is sixth.

1.Manchester took the place of __________ and became Britain’s fattest city.

A.Liverpool B.London C.Stoke-on-Trent D.Glasgow

2.Obesity may lead to the following EXCEPT __________.

A.Heart disease B.diabetes C.premature death D.a lack of exercise

3.This article is most probably taken from __________.

A.a newspaper B.a science book C.a novel D.a biography

I had an old neighbour, a doctor named Gibbs. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives,he was planting trees. He had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things difficult for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Sometimes I walked by his house and looked at the trees I'd watched him plant 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted several trees myself a few years ago. Two years of caring for these trees meant they grew up weakly. Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees,they could never relax.

Every night before I go to bed,I check on my two sons. I often pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to experience difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be separated.

1.What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A.He let them grow quickly. B.He beat them to get their attention.

C.He helped them search for water. D.He read a newspaper near them.

2.What does the word "Adversity" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Difficult living conditions. B.Little water.

C.Enough care or attention. D.Bad weather.

3.What does the writer learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A.Elders are treasures.

B.No pain,no gain.

C.Two heads are better than one.

D.Only those who bear(容忍)the most become the highest.

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