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Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there' s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.     

Stand Straight

The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don't worry; this happens to all.

Confidence is What You Need

The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slope every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris(碎片)because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor (做剪式运动) your skates. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.

Maintain Speed

Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed. While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling (滑浆), that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke (滑动). Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.

Increase Your Speed Now

Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.

Scull and Be Aware

While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simultaneously with both feet. Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.

1.According to the text, confidence comes from ________ .

A. constant exercise          B. strict coaches                  C. high speed             D. good techniques

2.Which is the right order of ice-skating backwards?

a. Increasing your speed.                                                 b .Being able to scull with one foot.

c. Being about to stand straight.                                              d. Trying some different tricks.

A. c→a→d→b                     B. c→b→d→a            C. c→b→a→d   D. a→c→b→d

3. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _________.

A. one must be brave to learn to ice-skate backwards           

B. skating and keeping cautious are both important

C. it’s difficult to concentrate when ice-skating backwards

D. it' s a common thing to hit someone when ice skating backwards

4.The purpose of the text is _______ .

A. to offer some advice on ice-skating backwards

B. to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwards

C. to explain advantages of ice-skating backwards

D. to compare different ways of ice-skating backwards

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍了怎样培养向后滑冰,只要遵循步骤,要有足够的自信心。然后先练习站直,再能用任何一只脚滑,等都会了就可以加速了,最后尝试一些不同的花样。不断进步,最后就成为倒滑高手。

1. 细节理解题。由Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough. (现在,试着用另一只脚做同样的事情。再坚持做下去,直到你有足够的信心。)可知A(自信源于不断的努力。)正确。

2.细节理解题。由全篇文章可知正确的学习倒滑的步骤:1.站直。2.能用一只脚滑。3.加速。4.尝试一些不同的花样。应选C。

3.主旨大意题。此段的题目就是Scull and Be Aware溜冰,后面讲同时要注意看路看人,保持谨慎。所以选B。

4.主旨大意题。这是一篇介绍如何倒着溜冰的指导材料,说明文题。文章第一段最后一句Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.(遵循下面给出的步骤,你就能够马上学会向后滑。)与A(提供一些向后滑冰的建议。)一致。

考点: 日常生活类短文阅读。

 

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