About Sports
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arab use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(體面).
1.According to the passage we know that ______.
A. people began to play about one hundred years ago
B. about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played
C. basketball has a longer history than volleyball
D. not all the games have a long history
2. According to the passage, which of the following isn’t true?
A. Sports help to train a person’s character.
B. People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.
C. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.
D. Sports and games can develop the friendship between people all over the world.
3. The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that ______.
A. basketball was invented in America
B. sports change with the season
C. games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities.
D. football is played all over the world
4. People all over the world enjoy sports because ______.
A. sports are interesting
B. sports help to keep people healthy, happy and to live longer
C. sports help to train one’s character
D. all of the above
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Informal conversation is an important part of any business relationship. Before you start a discussion, however, make sure you understand which topics are suitable and which are considered taboos(禁忌) in a particular culture. Latin Americans enjoy sharing information about their local history, art, and customs. They expect questions about their family and are sure to show pictures of their children. Yon may feel free to ask similar questions of your Latin American friends. The French think of conversation as an art form, and they enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as disagreements. For them, arguments can be interesting — and they can cover pretty much or any topic — as long as they occur in a respectful and intelligent(智慧的) manner.
In the United States, business people like to discuss a wide range of topics, including opinions about work, family, hobbies, and politics. In Japan, China, and Korea, however, people are much more private. They do not share much about their thoughts, feelings, or emotions because they feel that doing so might take away from the harmonious(和諧的) business relationship they’re trying to build. Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family matters. It is considered rude, for example, to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife or children.
As general rule, it’s best not to talk about politics or religion(宗教) with your business friends. This can get you into trouble, even in the United States, where people hold different views. In addition, discussing one’s salary is usually considered unsuitable. Sports is typically a friendly subject in most parts of the world, although be careful not to criticize a national sport. Instead, be friendly and praise your host’s team.
1. The author considers politics and religion ________.
A. cheerful topics B. taboos
C. rude topics D. topics that can never be talked about
2. Which is typically a friendly topic in most places according to the author?
A. Sports. B. Children.
C. Personal feelings. D. Families.
3. Why are people from Asia more private in their conversation with others?
A. They don’t want to talk with others much.
B. They don’t want to have their good relationship with others harmed by informal conversation.
C. They are afraid to argue with their colleagues.
D. They want to keep their feelings to themselves.
4. What shouldn’t you do when talking about sports with colleagues from another country?
A. Praising your own country’s sports.
B. Criticizing your own country’s sports.
C. Praising the sports of your colleagues’ country.
D. Criticizing the sports of your colleagues’ country.
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Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast(廣播). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a pop star.
There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
【小題1】________ kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in this passage.
A.Two | B.Four. | C.Three | D.Five |
A.become popular with their fans |
B.make a CD or tape |
C.make much money |
D.are wanted to sing on the radio |
A.the common life of Americans |
B.the life of cowboys |
C.the country life and love stories |
D.the school life in America |
A.Western Music | B.Popular Music |
C.History of Music | D.American Music |
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Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast(廣播). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a pop star.
There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
1.________ kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in this passage.
A.Two |
B.Four. |
C.Three |
D.Five |
2.When pop singers ________, they are regarded as pop stars.
A.become popular with their fans |
B.make a CD or tape |
C.make much money |
D.are wanted to sing on the radio |
3.From the passage we know that country music is about ________.
A.the common life of Americans |
B.the life of cowboys |
C.the country life and love stories |
D.the school life in America |
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.Western Music |
B.Popular Music |
C.History of Music |
D.American Music |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學年重慶市“名校聯(lián)盟”高三第二次聯(lián)考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I 36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something 37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that 38 disappointment.”
Mother was right, 39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to 40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 41 . I hitchhiked(搭便車) to Chicago and 42 on the door of every station—and got turned 43 every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 44 person –“Go out in the sticks(偏遠地區(qū)) and find a small station that will give you a 45 ,” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I 48 . The job 49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have 50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration 52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator 53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an) 54 game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what 55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011屆度成都外國語學校高三下學期2月月考英語卷 題型:其他題
根據對話內容,從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。選項中有兩項多余選項。(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分)
― Well, Bob, what a surprise! It's nice to see you again!
― Hello, Ann! __61__ Wasn't it a year ago Christmas, the last time we saw you?
― You know, I think you're right. How are your wife and the children?
― Oh, they're fine. Billy fell down and broke his leg a few months ago. __62__
― Wasn't Joey learning to play the violin? Seems to me I remember something about that.
― __63__ He's all excited about sports now.
― And you wife, what is she doing these days?
― She's going to a night school on Mondays and Thursdays. She's studying French now. But last year she studied typing and sewing. __64__ Next it’ll probably be cooking.
― How nice for her! __65__ But say hello to Mrs James for me, will you?
― Sure I will, and remember me to your husband. Goodbye!
A.Oh, he's given that up. |
B.Oh, I'm sorry. I've got to rush. |
C.She's made great progress in that. |
D.How long has it been? |
E. I think she just enjoys going to school.
F. Joey's getting on well with her.
G. But other than that, there's been nothing special.
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