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Why play games？ Because they are fun， and a lot more besides. Following the rules， planning your next move， acting as a team member， these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life. Think about some of the games you played as a young child， such as rope， jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly， they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives， such as taking turns and cooperating（合作）.

Many childrens games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance， some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones， which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（協(xié)調）needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all， the Olympic Games， bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags， knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country， not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war， an Olympic win can mean so much.

Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne， a Californian soccer player， has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.

Next time you play your favorite game or sport， think about why you enjoy it， what skills are needed， and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.

1. Through playing hide-and-seek， children are expected to learn to ___ .

A. be a team leader

B. act as a grown-up

C. obey the basic rules

D. predict possible danger

2. According to the passage， why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging？

A. It earns the winners fame and fortune.

B. It helps the country out of natural disasters.

C. It inspires peoples deep love for the country.

D. It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.

3. Iribarnes goal of forming the foundation is to ___ .

A. bring fun to poor kids

B. provide soccer balls for children

C. give poor kids a chance for a better life

D. appeal to soccer players to help poor kids

4. What can be inferred from the passage？

A. Games benefit people all their lives.

B. Sports can provide athletes with wealth.

C. People are advised to play games for fun.

D. Sports increase a countrys competitiveness.

B

The US Department of Labor statistics show that there is an oversupply of college trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough teachers， engineers and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that arent there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree.

On the other hand， there is great need for skilled workers of all sorts. These people have more work than they can deal with， and their yearly incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.

The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a brighter future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating（灌輸）their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesnt matter. Everybody should go to college， so of course they must go. And evey year college enrollments（入學）go up and up， and more and more graduates are over-educated for the kinds of jobs available to them.

One result of this emphasis（強調）on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college， half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

5. Its implied in Paragraph 2 that ___ .

A. many other countries are facing the same problem

B. fewer students will prefer to go to college in the future

C. white-collar workers in the US used to make more money than blue-collar workers

D. the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education

6. Why do college enrollments go up every year？

a. Many parents want their children to go to college.

b. Every young man and woman wants to go to college.

c. High school teachers push their students to go to college.

d. Many people believe that the only way to success is a

college education.

A. a， b， c B. a， b， d

C. a， c， d D. b， c， d

7. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “many people who ___ ”.

A. go to college have their hopes destroyed

B. do not have enough money go to college

C. go to college drop out within the first year

D. are not fit for college education but still go to college

8. We can infer from the passage that the author believes that ___ .

A. college education is a bad thing

B. every young man and woman should go to college

C. people with a college education should receive higher pay

D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs

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1. George has kept in touch with a number of his old workmates since his ____ .

2. Only people of different ____ would probably respond differently to what they see here.

3. Pepsi has always been one of the most popular ____ for many years.

4. ____ easily makes people associate with certain products.

5. Below-the-line advertising has the ____ of being cheap and very easy to produce.

6. Can you ____ me a job when I get there after I had a long trip in Hawaii？

7. If imported supplies of oil are suddenly reduced， our national ____ power will be lower.

8. The department store hired a professional ____ to display its goods in the window.

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1. Although she likes the bag very much， but she wont buy it because of its high price. ____

2. When I was still a baby， I had strong wish to learn new things. ____

3. She has been chosen the new club president since she has done a lot for the club members. ____

4. I remember you like golf. Do you often play the golf recently？

____

1. 這孩子太小了，所以提水對他來說是不可能的。

2. 只有你賺更多的錢，你才能和全家人一起過上更好的生活。

3. 你應該利用這好天氣給籬笆上油漆。

4. 不管要花多長時間，費多少力氣，我們都必須完成今天的工作。

1. He was badly hurt， but he ___ tell us what had happened to him.

A. could B. would

C. had to D. was able to

2. There was never any time for Kate to feel lonely， ___ she was an only child.

A. ever since B. now that

C. even though D. as though

3. I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good ___ of direction.

A. feeling B. idea

C. experience D. sense

4. You have to ___ the habit of smoking for your health.

A. get rid of B. keep out of

C. make up of D. take care of

5. Edison ___ his experiment again and again， and finally got the exciting result.

A. carried B. performed

C. made D. exercised

6. Thinking about playing basketball in China， Yao Ming has an advantage ___ other Chinese players.

A. for B. with

C. on D. over

7. — The old are always right， so we should take their advice.

— ___ . They still make mistakes sometimes.

A. Im afraid I dont agree B. I agree absolutely

C. You are right about that D. You may be right

8. Although the local government has sent more policemen to work in the street at night， the rate of crime is still ___ .

A. on increase B. on the increase

C. in increase D. in the increase

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadnt healed （痊愈）from a（n） 1 injury. With this happening to me， I had 2 whether I should attend the meet or not. But there I was， 3 for the 3，000-meter run.

“Ready... set...” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed 4 of me. I felt ashamed（羞愧）as I fell farther and farther 5 .

“Hooray！” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest 6 I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should 7 ，” I thought as I moved on. 8 ， I decided to keep going. During the last two laps， I ran in 9 and decided not to 10 in track next year. It wouldnt be worth it， even if my foot did 11 .

When I finished， I heard a cheer— 12 than the one Id heard earlier. I turned around and was 13 enough that the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.” I was leaving 14 several girls came up to me. “Wow， youve got courage！” one of them told me.

“Courage？ I just 15 a race！” I thought， “I would have given up on the first lap.” “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us？” said another girl.

Suddenly I got 16 again. I decided to 17 with track next year. I realized strength and courage arent always 18 in medals and victories， but in the struggles（努力）we overcome. The 19 people are not always the people who 20 ， but the people who dont give up when they lose.

1. A. slighter B. worse C. earlier D. heavier

2. A. expected B. supposed C. imagined D. doubted

3. A. late B. anxious C. ready D. good

4. A. back B. ahead C. next D. close

5. A. behind B. before C. away D. around

6. A. cheer B. shout C. cry D. noise

7. A. slow down B. drop out C. go on D. speed up

8. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However

9. A. delight B. fear C. pain D. advance

10. A. play B. arrive C. race D. attend

11. A. heal B. cure C. treat D. move

12. A. weaker B. longer C. lower D. louder

13. A. good B. sure C. surprising D. strange

14. A. while B. when C. before D. since

15. A. finished B. won C. passed D. lost

16. A. cheer B. hope C. interest D. experience

17. A. compete B. go C. begin D. stick

18. A. measured B. praised C. tested D. increased

19. A. weakest B. strongest C. smallest D. shortest

20. A. complete B. lose C. succeed D. win