Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the mentality（心态）people need in sports.
have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability. , I was at my younger brother’s baseball game the other night and his team was by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their for heroics, his team just seemed to slowly walk around, sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so about the loss and he said it was because some kid’s mom brought really good snacks.
Some parents have a with coaches shouting at their child. If a child makes a mistake, it is the coach’s to correct the problem. When parents get involved in telling the coach how to the team, problems . Some parents feel if they pay their money, they should have an equal on how to coach the team. In order to have a successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and the parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to the parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don’t it.
With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the . More teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams more of what high school and junior high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in . While having fun is important, skills and a mentality is worth more in the world of sports.
A. fun B. dignity C courage D. patience
A．social B．competitive C．healthy D．responsible
A．Coaches B．Parents C．Experts D．Headmasters
A．As a result B．In addition C．For example D．On the contrary
A．up B．below C．above D．down
A．scores B．goals C．spirits D．dreams
A．chew B．spit C．count D．swallow
A．worried B．happy C．serious D．casual
A．joke B．problem C．contact D．compromise
A．duty B．experience C．awareness D．turn
A．dismiss B．unite C．handle D．assess
A．stand out B．break out C．work out D．come out
A．say B．guidance C．response D．reward
A．protect B．defend C．excuse D．discourage
A．assist B．motivate C．please D．blame
A．want B．deserve C．value D．appreciate
A．way B．decline C．go D．rise
A．offer B．require C．seek D．preserve
A．academics B．sports C．exams D．competitions
A．risking B．controlling C．winning D．cooperating
People often fall ill because of me. , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own .A tired person may get , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though , he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to him .He reacted ,trying to me , but I was already deep in his throat. He kept sneezing（打喷嚏） and his nose was running. he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but .
The next day he couldn’t go to . He had lost his appetite and was not as as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his
For two days he was by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the . I knew I had to him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back. , it was my turn to feel now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Then
A．business B．responsibility C．excuse D．fault
A．punished B．blamed C．caught D．killed
A．temperature B．season C．place D．condition
A．excited B．hurt C．Late D．tired
A．injure B．bother C．attack D．destroy
A．get on with B．get rid of C．put up with D．take hold of
A．reproducing B．waiting C．hiding D．disappearing
A．Since B．Once C．Whether D．Although
A．reminding B．upsetting C．comforting D．influencing
A．escaped B．succeeded C．regretted D．failed
A．bed B．work C．school D．hospital
A．peaceful B．afraid C．active D．happy
A．recovery B．development C．study D．affected
A．protected B．nursed C．scolded D．affected
A．loss B．operation C．pressure D．movement
A．leave B．catch C．forget D．beat
A．Uncertainly B．Unsuccessfully C．Unusually D．Unfortunately
A．painful B．Disappointed C．nervous D．ashamed
A．bigger B．weaker C．smaller D．stronger
There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the ______home from work in the evenings. A man will be______the newspaper, and seconds later it _____ as if he is trying to ____it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger_____ next to him.______ place where unplanned short sleep ____ is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring（打鼾）so _______that the professor has to ask another student to______ the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing（尴尬）situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the ______ of the head pushes the arm off the______, and the movement carries the_____ of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no______ of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when _____ . Police reports are full of ______ that occur when people fall into sleep and go_______ the road. If the drivers are _______ , they are not seriously hurt. One woman's car, _______ , went into the river. She woke up in four feet of ______ and thought it was raining. When people are really ________，nothing will stop them from falling asleep -- no matter where they are.
A．way B．track C．path D．road
Around twenty years ago I was living in York. ____ I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find ____ work.
I was ____ a school bus to make ends meet and ____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had ____ five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not ____ the job.“Why has my life become so ____？”I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to ____ a little girl, she handed me an earring ____ I should keep it ____ somebody claimed(认领)it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”．
At first I got angry. Then it ____ me—I had been giving all of my ____ to what was going wrong with my ____ rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a ____ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ____ more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for ____ from a lady who was a director at a large ____. She asked me if I would ____ a oneday lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My ____ there went very well, and before long I got a wellpaid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of ____ that I completely changed my life.
A．As B．Though C．If D．When
A．successful B．extra C．satisfying D．convenient
A．driving B．repairing C．taking D．designing
A．working B．travelling C．discussing D．living
A．prepared for B．attended C．asked for D．held
A．lose B．like C．find D．get
A．hard B．busy C．serious D．short
A．wave at B．drop off C．call on D．look for
A．ordering B．promising C．saying D．showing
A．in case B．or else C．as if D．now that
A．hurt B．hit C．caught D．moved
A．feelings B．attention C．strength D．interests
A．opinions B．education C．experiences D．life
A．list B．book C．check D．copy
A．connect B．turn C．keep D．add
A．her B．a passenger C．me D．my friend
A．hospital B．factory C．restaurant D．hotel
A．listen to B．review C．give D．talk about
A．plan B．choice C．day D．tour
A．operation B．speaking C．employment D．thinking
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was waking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark down and helped the boy pick up these articles. _ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _ the boy’s name was Bill, that he computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of _ with his other subjects and that he had just
broken with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before , Bill asked Mark if they talk.
Bill _ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day ?” asked Bill. “You see, I _ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess (脏乱) anyone else. I had panned to run away and I was going home to my things. But after we spent some time together and laughing, I realized that_ I had done that, I would have a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together.
So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day you did a lot more. You __my life.”
A．fell B．sat C．lay D．knelt
A．Although B．Since C．After D．until
A．discovered B．realized C．said D．decided
A．played B．loved C．tried D．made
A．questions B．ideas C．trouble D．doubt
A．up B．out C．off D．away
A．called B．helped C．invited D．allowed
A．peacefully B．willingly C．freely D．pleasantly
A．continued B．agreed C．forced D．offered
A．graduation B．movement C．separation D．vacation
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．demanded B．reminded C．removed D．asked
A．ever B．usually C．even D．never
A．checked B．took C．cleared D．put
A．over B．into C．with D．for
A．find B．pick C．pack D．hold
A．talking B．playing C．reading D．watching
A．before B．if C．while D．as
A．forgotten B．passed C．left D．lost
A．helped B．recovered C．improved D．changed
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. _____，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long over the hills. They had been this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert （9） that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of “What’s that ?”he asked “That’s the treasure “ said the boy Robert suddenly something of an adventure story in the boy’s While the rain was pouring ,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would he the pirate（海盗）?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to such a man in a story Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was
So thanks to a .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest stories in the English language.
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad
A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．jib
A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John
A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game
A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying
A．quiet B．dull C．busy D．cold
A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising
A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized
A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island
A．forgotten B．buried C．discovered D．unexpected
A．saw B．drew C．made D．learned
A．book B．reply C．picture D．mind
A．star B．hero C．writer D．child
A．help B．problem C．use D．bottom
A．praise B．produce C．include D．accept
A．Yet B．Also C．But D．Thus
A．read B．born C．hired D．written
A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
A．news B．love C．real-life D．adventure
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