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Two men on a touring holiday were injured by an explosion in their motor van (车) yesterday. Shoppers, traders and businessmen in Red Lion Street were 1 by a loud bang, and seconds later the two men jumped over from the van, which had stopped outside Barclays Bank. Several people rushed to give 2 and helped to put out the fire 3 the van. A light American truck changed the 4 to provide living accommodation room (躺的地方), 5 firemen arrived. The men, Mr. Cary House, who was driving, and his 6 Mr. Charlie Lynn were taken to hospital with slight 7 . They were allowed to leave after 8 . "I heard this explosion. It was 9 loud. I thought it could have been a(n) 10 ." said Mr. Leslie Webster, manager of the market, who was working in his office in Red Lion Street. "I looked out of the window and saw this lad jump from the van and 11 on the ground. Then another lad came out of the van. He seemed to be in a 12 state-parts of his trousers were hanging below his knees." "I came downstairs to get a fire extinguisher (灭火器), but 13 the time I got outside someone from the bank was in the 14 with an extinguisher." Mr. Webster said both men were shocked. One was taken into the market's office to wait for a(n) 15 . "The second man 16 going back into the van to see if everything was 17 , and five minutes later he came out with a drawer that was blazing (burning)." he added. 18 inside the van was mainly superficial (表面的), 19 a plastic window was blown out. The two men have spent the last six months 20 . At the time of the incident their wives were shopping in the city. | ||||
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11. C 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. A
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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 .
At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-old.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn'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. That's 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 relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.
1.
[ ]
A.class |
B.club |
C.team |
D.board |
2.
[ ]
A.playing |
B.living |
C.learning |
D.working |
3.
[ ]
A.great |
B.equal |
C.right |
D.extra |
4.
[ ]
A.business |
B.struggle |
C.attempt |
D.pressure |
5.
[ ]
A.free |
B.private |
C.good |
D.basic |
6.
[ ]
A.matches |
B.courses |
C.lessons |
D.programs |
7.
[ ]
A.jump |
B.play |
C.run |
D.shoot |
8.
[ ]
A.duty |
B.meeting |
C.operation |
D.training |
9.
[ ]
A.necessary |
B.boring |
C.scientific |
D.practical |
10.
[ ]
A.speaking |
B.moving |
C.sleeping |
D.breathing |
11.
[ ]
A.used |
B.intended |
C.made |
D.described |
12.
[ ]
A.till |
B.since |
C.before |
D.because |
13.
[ ]
A.full |
B.tired |
C.lazy |
D.big |
14.
[ ]
A.size |
B.share |
C.space |
D.state |
15.
[ ]
A.gave |
B.kept |
C.ended |
D.picked |
16.
[ ]
A.sad |
B.shameful |
C.silly |
D.serious |
17.
[ ]
A.received |
B.suffered |
C.brought |
D.felt |
18.
[ ]
A.reconsidered |
B.rediscovered |
C.reformed |
D.replaced |
19.
[ ]
A.at |
B.by |
C.for |
D.around |
20.
[ ]
A.fell |
B.stepped |
C.slowed |
D.calmed |
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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything tome. My coach said that I had lots of potential(潜力), and I became captain of my ___1___ That was before all the fun was taken out of ___2___.
At first, everyone on the team got ___3___ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the ___4___ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have ___5___ one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our ___6___. The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game:All we did during practice was ___7___. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the ___8___. Of course, all teams nm drills; they are ___9___. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble ___10___. Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises ___11___ for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin ___12___ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn'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. That's ___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 relax because I looked nervous. After I ___20___ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.
(1)A.class |
B.club |
C.team |
D.board |
(2)A.playing |
B.living |
C.learning |
D.working |
(3)A.great |
B.equal |
C.right |
D.extra |
(4)A.business |
B.struggle |
C.attempt |
D.pressure |
(5)A.free |
B.private |
C.good |
D.basic |
(6)A.matches |
B.courses |
C.lessons |
D.programs |
(7)A.jump |
B.play |
C.run |
D.shoot |
(8)A.duty |
B.meeting |
C.operation |
D.training |
(9)A.necessary |
B.boring |
C.scientific |
D.practical |
(10)A.speaking |
B.moving |
C.sleeping |
D.breathing |
(11)A.used |
B.intended |
C.made |
D.described |
(12)A.till |
B.since |
C.before |
D.because |
(13)A.full |
B.tired |
C.lazy |
D.big |
(14)A.size |
B.share |
C.space |
D.state |
(15)A.gave |
B.kept |
C.ended |
D.picked |
(16)A.sad |
B.shameful |
C.silly |
D.serious |
(17)A.received |
B.suffered |
C.brought |
D.felt |
(18)A.reconsidered |
B.rediscovered |
C.reformed |
D.replaced |
(19)A.at |
B.by |
C.for |
D.around |
(20)A.fell |
B.stepped |
C.slowed |
D.calmed |
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Ain’t What I Used to Be It has been said, "Be contented with what you have, but never too__1__with what you are." There is a story about a farmer who saw a tiger’s tail__2__between two large rocks.In a hurry, he seized the tail and__3__. All of a sudden he realized he had an angry tiger by the__4__and only two__5__stood between him and the tiger's teeth and claws! So there he remained, __6__to loosen his hold on the__7__ animal's tail in case he will surely be killed. A monk happened to go by and the farmer called out in__8__, "Come over here and help me.__9__ this tiger!" The monk said, "Oh, no. I cannot do that. I cannot take the__10__of another." Then he went on to deliver a long__11__against killing. All the while, the farmer was holding__12__to the tail of the angry tiger. When the monk finally finished his__13__, the farmer asked, "If you won't kill the tiger, then__14__ come and hold its tail while I kill it." The monk thought that perhaps, it would be all right to__15__hold the tiger's tail, so he__16__and pulled.The farmer, however, turned and walked away down the road. The monk__17__after him, "Come back here and kill the tiger!" "Oh, no," the farmer replied. "You have__18__me!" If the largest room in the world is "room for improvement", then it is good to leave__19__of room for change. A life of change! A life of growth! And always leaving room for__20__. It's the only way to live. | ||||
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Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history?When I was 14, I was a high school_1_with learning disabilities. One day I met an old man, a bum (流浪汉). He asked me if I was running away from home, because I looked so_2_.Then he told me he had something grand to show me and_3_with me.We walked to the downtown Library. The bum first brought a couple of old 4 and then started with a few 5 that were very special and that changed my life.He said, "There are two things I want to 6 you.Number one is to never 7 a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you." He followed with, "I'll 8 you think I'm a bum, don't you?" "Yes, I 9 so, sir." Well, young man, I've got a little 10 for you.I am one of the 11 men in the world.I have probably everything any man could ever want.But a year ago, my wife 12 , and since then I have been deeply 13 on life.I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of 14 was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets.For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that.So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you. "Number two is to learn how to 15 .For there is only one thing that people can't 16 away from you, your wisdom."He 17 my right hand and put it upon the books he'd 18 from the shelves, the writings of Plato and Aristotle's everlasting 19 from ancient times. His 20 request was for me to never forget what he taught me. I haven't. | ||||
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