Chinese Jump Rope is a challenging game played by anyone anywhere. The simple rules test the skill and coordination (协调) of all players.

RULES

A jumper jumps until a jumping mistake is made.

• A mistake can be made if a jumper jumps "out" instead of "in".

• A mistake is also made if a jumper touches the rope incorrectly in the game.

• After making a mistake, the jumper trades positions with an ender. The jumper starts from the very beginning of the game on the next turn. Every Chinese Jump Rope game begins with the rope held in basic position.

ENDERS

• Face each other and step inside the rope.

• Place the rope around the ankles.

• Step back until the rope is stretched.

• Two parallel (平行的) jumping lines, about 12 inches (30 cm) apart, are stretched between the enders.

• The jumper stands outside the rope, ready to play.

"IN"

• Jump both feet inside the rope.

“ON"

Jump both feet on top of the rope. The left foot lands on the left rope;, the right foot lands on the

right rope.

"OUT"

•Jump both feet from the middle to the outside of the rope. Feet land together on one side.

"SIDE OUT"

•Jump over both ropes from one side. Both feet land together on the other side of the rope.

"SIDE-TO-SIDE"

Jump quickly side-to-side. Both feet start "out" from one side of the ropes.

•Jump side: The left foot lands outside the left rope. The right foot lands inside the rope.

•Jump side again quickly: The left foot lands inside the rope. The right foot lands outside the right rope.

Jumpers call the steps out loud while jumping. Calling helps the jumpers remember the "pattern" of the jumps!

Practice "jumping steps" with these simple jumping games!

72. If you are an ender, you should __.

A. stand outside of the rope                B. jump over both ropes from one side

C. control the ropes for the jumpers    D. jump from the beginning after making a mistake

73. The underlined word stretched in the passage probably means __.

A. made longer by pulling                   B. made under one's feet

C. taken off over one's head               D. changed in order to get a good preparation

74. Why do the jumpers call the steps out loud while jumping?

A. To teach the jumpers how to jump rope.

B. To make the jumpers jump as quickly as they can.                    

C. To help the jumpers to be ready to play.

D. To remind the jumpers of the "pattern" of the jumps.

75. The main purpose of the passage is to __.

A. make advertisements   B. provide facts   C. give some advice    D. compare opinions

  The use of the word imitation（模仿） reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime（犯罪） or violence．First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous．For example,I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree;fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged．I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting（通电触死） his guard,the technique of doing this being shown in detail．This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons．

    In films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques,such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe;if we were consulted（请教） before production,I used to advise that the details should not be shown．When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this,since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime．

    Every time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi．made by Jules Dassin in 1954．This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweller’s shop,the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound．．．one of the most brilliant film sequences（连续镜头） of all time．I remember our discussion at the time．We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it;we believed therefore that it was relatively safe．When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied,so perhaps we were wrong．

The writer thinks that______．

    A．the details of the criminal technique should be kept

    B．the details of the crime should not be shown on the screen

    C．children should not imitate what they see on the screen

    D．it is dangerous to imitate what they see on the screen

What is the writer’s attitude（态度） towards the film in which the hero had escaped by electrocuting the guard?

    A．The writer likes it very much．                 

    B．The writer is strongly against it．

    C．The writer thinks the film has some value．     

    D．The writer does not show his/her attitude．

All the following statements about“Rififi”are true EXCEPT______．

    A．that the robbery shown needs experience and skills

    B．that some very good tools were used in the robbery

    C．that the film showed the technique in detail

    D．that the technique of the robbery was not imitated

It can be inferred from the passage that______．

    A．it is hard for children to tell the differences between real life and the imaginary

    B．only people in prison support film checking

    C．only children imitate what they have seen on the screen

    D．the writer used to advise the details of crime should be shown

From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience. The proud and happy mother feels the first signs of life kicking inside her body. And that same life------many years later------ comes to its end in a widely-used expression, to kick the bucket( 吊桶) .  The expression to kick the bucket is almost 200 years old.  One belief is that it started when an English stableman(马夫) killed himself by hanging  while standing on a bucket. He put a rope around his neck and tied it to a beam(梁柱) in the ceiling, and then kicked the bucket away from under him.
Another old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces. Traces were the chains（链子） that held at horse or mule to a wagon(货运马车)or plow. Sometimes, an animal refused to obey and kicked over the traces.
Kick around is an expression that is heard often in American English. A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly. Usually he is not really being kicked by somebody's foot. He is just not being treated with the respect that all of us want. A person who has kicked around for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another. Kick around has another meaning when you use it with the word idea. When you kick around an idea, you are giving that idea some thought.
There is no physical action when you kick a person upstairs, although the pain can be as strong .You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.
Still another meaning of the word kick is to free oneself of a bad habit, such as smoking cigarettes. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.
【小题1】It is clear that the author wants to help readers _____________.

The use of the word imitation（模仿） reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime（犯罪） or violence．First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous．For example,I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree;fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged．I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting（通电触死） his guard,the technique of doing this being shown in detail．This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons．
In films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques,such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe;if we were consulted（请教） before production,I used to advise that the details should not be shown．When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this,since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime．
Every time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi．made by Jules Dassin in 1954．This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweller’s shop,the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound．．．one of the most brilliant film sequences（连续镜头） of all time．I remember our discussion at the time．We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it;we believed therefore that it was relatively safe．When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied,so perhaps we were wrong．
【小题1】The writer thinks that______．