All over the world people enjoy sports .sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.

__60____.They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

___61___Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in china, Egypt or Italy! _62_____ Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. __63____ Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. _64_____ One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(胜不骄,败不馁)。

A.      And think of people in cold countries.

B.      Sports help to train a person’s character. (性格)

C.      Not a few people like sports in the world.

D.     Many people like to watch others play games.

E.      People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

F.      Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G.     People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

You will spend hours at the gym training your body, but do you ever think about training your brain? Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.

Play games
     Your brain is a muscle just like the ones in the rest of your body. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. For example, doing a crossword puzzle (纵横填字游戏) once a day is a good way to give the brain the exercise it needs. This kind of puzzle is good at training different areas of the brain. But remember that when doing this puzzle, you should gradually increase the complexity (复杂度); otherwise, it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.

Talk aloud
     Although it might sound strange to you, talking aloud is a great way to boost your memory. A good exercise to try is counting to 99 in threes as fast as you can.    

Be a team leader

56. What is the main idea of this passage?
 A. Why you should train your brain.

B. How to be a good team leader.

C. Training the brain is more important than training the body.
D. How to make your brain healthy and work actively.

57. Which word can replace the word "boost" in the third paragraph?

A. Change.      B. Promote.      C. Decrease.     D. Lose.

58. We should gradually increase the complexity when doing crossword puzzles because ______.

A. if we don’t use our brain, we will lose it

B. we should make our brain face different challenges

C. our brain is a muscle like other parts in our bodies
D. these puzzles can work on different areas of the brain

59. Which group of people have a slower rate of cognitive decrease?

A. Those who don’t often do crossword puzzles.

B. Those who don’t often count to 99 in threes.

C. Those who do their work very easily.

D. Those who can speak more than one language.

   I come from a city on the United States’east coast. It’s a ten-hour flight for me to get home from Shanghai. When I got off the plane, I took photos of the blue sky and white clouds along the way. After two weeks, I returned to Shanghai. Much to my surprise, the blue sky in Shanghai that I liked before was not as blue as that in the US. I couldn’t help wondering what had happened.
     A few days later, I went to tour Waitan (a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai) by the Huangpu River with some of my friends. There we saw five Ferrari sports cars by the side of the road. The red and yellow cars looked so nice that everyone was looking at them. However, when I turned my head, I noticed the sky over Waitan, I was shocked to find that the buildings in the Lujiazui area on the other side of Huangpu River could hardly be seen. It was then that I realized that Ferrari cars could be bought with money, but a blue sky couldn’t.
     Shanghai is an important economic (经济的) and trade center in China. It has made great contributions (贡献) to the whole nation’s economic development. However, we need to protect the environment during economic growth. Pollution is poisoning our air and our rivers. Without clean air and rivers, how will people be able to survive?

52. The author mentioned the Ferrari sports cars in order to _______.

A. tell us that Shanghai is a developed city    

B. ask us to stop driving sports cars

C. tell us how much people like cars         

D. focus our attention on air pollution

53. What can we learn about the author?
A. He comes from Shanghai.               

B. He likes to visit different places.

C. He wants to buy a Ferrari sports car.        

D. He is socially responsible (责任).

54. Who might be interested in this passage?
A. Those who love Ferrari sports cars.      

B. Those who care about the environment.

C. Those who want to travel in Shanghai.       

D. Those who like to take photos.

55. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Money Can Buy Ferraris, But Not a Blue Sky   

B. Where People Should Live

C. Different Opinions on Cars                   

D. Different Places Have Different Skies
                          

Nowadays it is found that school students seldom pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no  32  in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have   33 more important things to do.

34  are these important things? Examinations! They have to  35  themselves for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination(毕业会考), and also to   36  with the test and the exams in school. So many of them tend to   37 bookworms.

In the summer holidays of the former years they could do  38  they liked, but in the summer holidays of the  39  years, they have to   40  all their time to the preparation. So studies have   41  them from going in sports.

Because of the pressure   42  their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. Many parents   43   their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for higher studies or better jobs. As for the   44  themselves, they want to get good results so that they can   45  their studies in the universities. So it is necessary that they   46  up their school activities, especially sports.

Indeed, a complete education cannot go   47  physical training, for a quick mind seldom   48  along with a weak body. It is well said, “All work no play   49  Jack a dull(迟钝的)boy.” In one word, without a strong body, you can never   50  anything, let alone a great success in  51 

32. A. lesson

B. time

C. interest

D. place

33. A. very 

B. other    

C. few

D. much

34. A. Where

B. How 

C. Which

D. What

35. A. prepare

B. get 

C. make

D. ask

36. A. agree

B. fight 

C. work

D. deal

37. A. have

B. become

C. change

D. grow

38. A. something

B. change

C. anything

D. which

39. A. this

B. that 

C. last

D. present

40. A. spend 

B. take 

C. cost

D. give

41. A. separated

B. divided

C. taken

D. prevented

42. A. from 

B. of 

C. in 

D. to

43. A. force

B. want

C. make

D. let

44. A. students

B. teachers 

C. parents

D. examinations

45. A. develop

B. improve 

C. further

D. stop

46. A. keep 

B. put  

C. take

D. give

47. A. for

B. after

C. with

D. without

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D. brings

50. A. receive

B. achieve

C. do 

D. accept

51. A. sports 

B. exams

C. training

D. life

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