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The seventh game of any play-off is always special, win or lose, it always has an edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-your-throat intensity unlike any other. One play, one shot, one save may make all the difference.
But there are other things that make our games and sports so special.
For example, where we play our sports is often one of the best things about the games. Thinks of it: What is as perfect as a fresh sheet of ice after the Zamboni machine(赞博尼磨冰机)has made its final pass and left the surface as smooth as glass? Or a swimming pool on a summer morning, clear and calm, before the first swimmer has broken the water?
To me a freshly mowed and lined soccer field is as beautiful as any painting. So is a golf course in the early morning, or in the evening when the sun is setting.
The stuff we play with is wonderful, too. Is there anything that feels as good in your hand as a brand-new baseball? Or a nice leather football? Grab hold of either, and you just have to play a game of catch.
The clothes are good too. Sports uniforms are much more colorful and comfortable than regular clothes. Maybe that’s why so many kids stay in their sports uniforms long after their games are over.
No shoes feel better on my feet than my golf shoes. Maybe that’s because I know I am going to have fun whenever I put them on.
We talk so much about winning in sports. But if you are the kind of kid who is happy only when their team wins, then sports will let you down. After all, no team or player wins all the time.
But if you can learn to enjoy the parts of sports that have nothing to do with winning or losing—the feel of a favorite bat or stick in your hand, or how your heart beats when you put on your uniform and run onto the field—then sports will always be fun, whether you win or lose.
【文章大意】体育运动会给我们带来特别的东西——快乐。作者建议人们不论输赢都要享受运动, 从运动中获得快乐。
5. Which of the following words is close in meaning to the phrases “edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-your-throat” in Para. 1?
A. Uncertain. B. Scared.
C. Nervous. D. Enthusiastic.
【解析】选C。词义猜测题。结合第一段内容, 不论输赢, 进球, 救球都会有着不一样的感觉, 这样的感觉必然是令人紧张的, 故答案为C。
6. According to the writer, people are advised ________ .
A. not to play a game of catch
B. to wear sports uniform long
C. not to talk about winning in sports
D. to have fun in sports
【解析】选D。主旨大意题。由文章最后一段可知, 作者建议人们要学会在运动中不论输赢都要享受运动, 从运动中获得快乐。故答案为D。
7. Sports uniforms, as well as sports shoes, are mentioned in the text ________ .
A. as an example of the special feeling of sports
B. as comfortable wearing for sports
C. as particular desire of children
D. as most favorite of sportsmen
【解析】选A。推理判断题。由倒数第三、四段可知, 运动时穿的运动衫和运动鞋都会让我们感觉良好, 能让我们在运动中获得快乐, 文章用两件实物是为了将其作为运动时特别感觉的例子。故答案为A。
8. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Whether You Win or Lose
B. Many Joys of Sports
C. Winning in Sports
D. Games and Sports
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。全文都是在围绕“运动中的快乐”这一主题而展开, 故答案为B。
语篇随练根据阅读理解B的第2～7段完成下列表格。
Things that make our games and sports special Items Detailed information Sports 1. The surface of the ice in a ice skating field is made as 2. _____as glass. A swimming pool is clear and calm before the first swimmer
3. _____ its water. Newly mowed soccer fields or Golf courses are as beautiful as
4. _____. 5. _____ 6. _____with a brand-new baseball or a nice leather football is wonderful. Clothes Sports uniforms are more colorful and comfortable, and many children continue to be 7. _____in them long after their games. Shoes Whenever I put on my golf shoes, I feel the 8. _____. 答案：1. places 2. smooth 3. breaks 4. paintings 5. Stuff 6. Playing
7. dressed 8. fun
