蔣建平

對于中國女足的姑娘們而言，堅持就是一切。

1?In?the?first?half?of?the?China?Republic?of?Korea?women?s?football?match，?ROK?was?leading?2∶0.?By?the?90th?minute，?the?Chinese?team?scored?two?goals.?However，?no?one?believed?the?Chinese?team?could?win，?except?the?players?themselves.?In?the?93rd?minute，?the?Chinese?team?scored?its?third?goal，?helping?the?Chinese?women?s?football?team?lift?the?AFC?Women?s?Asian?Cup?for?the?ninth?time.

2?The?team?owes?its?success?to?its?fighting?spirit.?At?one?point?in?the?semi?final?（半決賽）?match?against?Japan，?the?latter?were?leading?2∶1.?In?the?118th?minute，?the?team?managed?to?beat?Japan?in?the?point?spheres?（球）.

3?It?takes?courage?to?turn?despair?into?hope?and?the?women?s?team?has?shown?it?possesses?that?courage.?Seven?of?the?team?s?nine?Asian?championship?triumphs?（勝利）?happened?in?the?last?century.?China?lifted?one?more?championship?in?2006，?but?thereafter?it?has?been?a?“l(fā)ow?period”?for?the?team.

4?The?“l(fā)ow?period”?has?much?to?do?with?the?shortage?of?fresh?talent.?The?warning?signs?were?there?from?as?early?as?2010，?given?the?terrible?low?participation?of?women?in?the?sport.?Almost?every?college?in?China?had?a?men?s?football?team，?but?women?s?football?teams?were?unheard?of.?In?fact，?this?seems?to?be?a?global?phenomenon?（現(xiàn)象）.?Even?in?Brazil?and?many?European?countries，?there?are?few?takers?for?women?s?football?among?audiences.?It?was?only?in?2019?that?the?Women?s?Football?World?Cup?drew?global?attention.

5?The?Chinese?Football?Association?has?encouraged?women?s?participation?by?requiring?football?clubs?to?have?women?s?teams.?In?fact，?every?sport?needs?widespread?participation.?The?women?s?football?team?s?success?will，?hopefully，?improve?the?public?s?enthusiasm?for?the?sport，?laying?a?more?solid?basis?for?its?long?term?prosperity?（繁榮）.

1.?What?led?to?their?final?success?according?to?the?Chinese?team？

A.?Their?enthusiasm?for?football.?B.?Their?responsibilities.

C.?Their?fighting?spirit.?D.?Their?good?luck.

2.?The?underlined?word?“despair”?in?paragraph?3?can?be?replaced?by?????????????.

A.?hopelessness?B.?fear?C.?strength?D.?bravery

3.?What?does?paragraph?4?mainly?talk?about？

A.?The?ways?to?deal?with?the?Chinese?team?s?“l(fā)ow?period”.

B.?The?reasons?for?the?Chinese?team?s?“l(fā)ow?period”.

C.?The?development?of?the?Chinese?women?s?football?team.

D.?The?differences?between?the?Chinese?team?and?the?Brazil?team.

4.?What?s?the?author?s?attitude?to?the?women?s?football?team?s?influence？

A.?Doubtful.?B.?Curious.?C.?Neutral.?D.?Positive.

Useful?expressions

in?the?first?half?of?the?football?match?在足球比賽的上半場

the?Chinese?team?中國隊

score?two?goals?進兩個球

lift?the?AFC?Women?s?Asian?Cup?for?the?ninth?time?第九次問鼎亞足聯(lián)女子亞洲杯

in?the?semi?final?match?against?Japan?在與日本對戰(zhàn)的半決賽中

manage?to?beat?Japan?in?the?point?spheres?在點球大戰(zhàn)中成功擊敗日本

it?takes?courage?to?……需要勇氣

widespread?participation?廣泛的參與

lay?a?more?solid?basis?for?為……奠定更加堅實的基礎