We were going to play against a team from a country school.They didn’t come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys.We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didn’t need any practice against a team like that.

The game began. One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward （前锋）. From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style, he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team.  

After that, we thought a lot. We certainly learned that even though your team is very good, you can’t look down upon the others and still need to do you best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One can’t judge (判断) a person or a team only by their clothes.

1. The team from the country were in old clothes so the writer’s team _______.

A．looked down upon them

B．couldn’t win

C．didn’t like the city boy

D．were afraid of them

2.The country team arrived so late that _________.

A．nobody saw them

B．the writer’s team were angry

C．they had no time to warm up（热身）

D．they looked worse

3. The team from the country won because _________.

A．they were in old clothes

B．they didn’t practice before the game

C．they practiced before the game

D．the team was better than the writer’s

4.From the text, we can guess the writer’s team is _________.

A．a basketball from a country school

B．a football team from a school in the city

C．a basketball team from a school in the city

D．a football team from the country

5. The writer’s team learned a lot from the game. They got to know how to ______.

A．do better from then on

B．fight against the country boys

C．play against a weak team

D．judge a man or a team by clothes

John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  36    .
John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball   37    was over. John did what the doctors told him. but it  38   . When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).
A week   39   he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach(教练). His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.
Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because 40 on the team played from a wheelchair(轮椅). Sunny invited John to   41   the game. John played badly, but for the   42 time since the accident. he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns. John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much   43  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  44   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.
Sunny   45   and said, "It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun. the shadows will fall behind."

1. My grandma always _______________ (relax) herself by walking in the garden.

2. To keep safe, everyone          (tell) to wear a seat belt in the car now.

3.The telephone rang while the family ______________ (hang) the curtains.

4.If we cut down the trees, floods ______________ (wash) our village away.

5.The microphone is used to __________ (make) your voice sound louder.

6.All the team members were seen _____________(train) hard when I passed the room.

7. Look! The twin _______________ (tie) the horses for us over there.

8.The workers _____________ (ask) to work from morning till night in the old days.

9.All the drivers must be careful when they are driving ___________ (prevent) the traffic accident happening.

10.It’s said the police _______________ (control) all the thieves.

Hi Grace,

How's it going? Sorry I haven't emailed for a while, but I had so much to do!

I had told you about my decision to take up a sport. I knew I wasn't fit and I wanted to get some exercise. But that wasn't the only reason that I decided to do a sport. Students who play sports do better at school. 1..                      Exercise also helps learning and memory (记忆).

2. First, I tried soccer. I had played a bit of soccer before and I thought it wouldn't be too bad. I knew I couldn't last for very long without feeling tired. On the first day, I was able to run for the first ten minutes, but then I was so tired that I couldn't even kick the ball!

Then, I tried volleyball. 3.I was able to run for the first twenty minutes and I wasn't the slowest runner in the team! After a few weeks .I could run faster and longer. I was doing better and feeling better.4..              Maybe I'm not a team sport person after all!

Finally, I tried kung fu (功夫). It's a great sport that exercises the body and the mind. You learn to follow instructions carefully and do what you are asked to do. This is the fight sport for me!  5. I feel so confident that l even showed some moves to the class last week! Can you believe it?

 I hope you're OK! Write and let me know what you've been doing!

 Bye for now!

                                       Kristie