Choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案)

The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds.

About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their spare time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen(职业运动员). They may be sportsmen for only few years, but during that time the best one can earn a lot of money.

For example, a professional football in England earns more than $ 30,000 a year. The stars earn lot more. International golf(高尔夫球) and tennis champions(网球锦标赛) can make more than $ 50,000 in a year. Of course, only few sportsmen can earn as much money as that. It is possible in sports for individuals like golf, tennis and motor-racing. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is this: The stars can earn more money from advertising than from sport. An advertisement for sports equipment(运动装备) does not simply say “Buy our thing”. It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as ...” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or photographs of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.

1.The word “sport” now usually means __________.

A.organized games B.hunting wild animals and birds

C.games played during people’s spare time D.professional games

2.“Professional” sportsman is someone who __________.

A.earns a lot of money B.plays a sport for a number of years

C.likes sport very much D.earns money by playing a sport

3.Famous sports stars can earn __________ money from advertising than sport.

A.less B.more C.no D.a lot of

4.“Spare time” in the 2nd paragraph means __________ time.

A.own B.great C.free D.home

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Many famous sportsmen can earn money besides playing sports games.

B.Professional footballers play football all their lives.

C.If a company uses the photos of a famous sportsman, they will pay for him.

D.The author(作者) tells us three different meanings of the word “sport” in the passage.

6.Which is the best title of this passage?

A.Sport and Money B.Sports Games

C.People’s Spare Time D.Professional Sportsmen

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文)

“My ‘GG’ came back from college. He told me I’ve grown up to be a ‘PLMM’. I live to ‘FB’ with him together. He always took me to the ‘KPM’. What are these strange words? They come from a student’s article. It uses so much Internet language that the teacher cannot _______ it. “GG” means gege(brother). “PLMM” means piaoliang meimei(beautiful girl). “FB” means “corrupt(腐败)”, in this case the meaning is to enjoy fast food. “KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds. Students have begun to use _______ at school for fun. But teachers and parents are _______. Can the new “words” be called language? Let Internet language stay in cyberspace(网络空间). In the real world, many people _______ parents and teachers can’t understand it. Internet language _______ be funny and cool among friends. But can you be that way with your parents and teachers? To talk with them, it’s better to use real words. So far, Internet language has not made it into dictionaries. That means it’s not yet _______ used or accepted(接受). So wait until the day you can find “PLMM” or “FB” in the dictionary.

1.A.remember B.write C.understand D.realize

2.A.Internet language B.new words C.Internet games D.computers

3.A.pleased B.interested C.surprised D.worried

4.A.as B.including C.containing D.for

5.A.should B.must C.can D.shall

6.A.strongly B.greatly C.widely D.deeply

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, s1. walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

In o2. to realize their wish, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. One figure caught their attention: they’d read some- where that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than 300 a year on books. Mary and Richard were t3. mystery readers and owned a big collection of such books.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college it was i4. for the couple to spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to a5. customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to d6. their stories. Today Mystery Lovers make sales of about 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an e7. life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.

Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)

There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with few of your own.

·Plant flowers, grass or trees.

·Whenever you visit a park or a beach, take away what you bring there — keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin.

·Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves a lot of electricity.

·Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.

·Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep warm air in.

·Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.

·Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.

·Use both sides of paper.

·Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.

·Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth. You don’t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day. If everyone protects the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

1.Where can you keep rubbish before you put it in a dustbin whenever you visit a park or beach?

________________________________________________

2.How can you save water when you brush your teeth?

_______________________________________________

3.In order to save paper, what kind of cup can you use instead of a paper cup?

______________________________________________

4.Why should everyone protect the environment?

_____________________________________________

5.What can you do to protect the environment and the earth?

_____________________________________________

6.How can we protect the rivers or lakes nearby from pollution?

_____________________________________________

Ever since I was a kid, I have been always ready to help others. Earlier this year, I started Traveling Library by turning an old ice-cream cart(小推车) into a small library on _________. I gave out free books to kids. I wanted more kids to fall in love with reading instead of playing on the computer or _________ the smartphone all day.

_________ I started the first Traveling Library, I had only 100 books. I took my cart to parks and neighborhoods in my hometown. People loved _________ idea of Traveling Library and started to give me books for free. So far I _________ over 2,000 books.

One day in a park, a little girl saw my cart and ran to me. When I told her it held books, she was very _________. I opened the cart and let her _________ a book. She chose a book called Winnie the Pooh and began to read. The book was so interesting that she could _________ put it down, but it was time to go home. Then I told her she could keep it. The girl gave me a big smile and cried out with joy, “Thank you!”

That experience, along with many others, encouraged _________ to build more such libraries, so kids everywhere could get __________ free books to read.

1.A.wheel B.wheels C.stick D.sticks

2.A.to B.in C.with D.for

3.A.When B.If C.Unless D.Because

4.A.a B.an C.the D./

5.A.get B.got C.will get D.have got

6.A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D.surprisingly

7.A.pick B.to pick C.picking D.to picking

8.A.hardly B.hard C.simply D.simple

9.A.I B.mine C.my D.me

10.A.few B.fewer C.more D.many

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