Recently I have avoided watching games, not even at a TV live coverage, still less to the match in person. That's because I know I couldn't control myself. When watching a match, I'll inevitably take sides and be emotionally involved, strongly wishing for the triumph of the side over its opponent. As I often side with the "weaker" in a match, watching it will only spell worry and misery for me.
Not long ago when I accompanied my wife to a super world tennis match my horizons broadened as regards sports competition. It seemed to me that wins and losses were relative and transient. What mattered was the ever-higher level achieved through contest. Victory was a result of all the efforts made by both sides. As one of the audience, I should applaud the energetic performance of both to the neglect of the result. Why should I regard the contest as a life-and-death struggle, the winner as survival and the loser as dead?
The basketball team was often defeated because ______.
A.the team members didn't know how to play basketball
B.the team members were students who only know how to study book knowledge
C.there were only one or two members who were qualified for basketball
D.the morale of the team was low
The origins(起源) of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abner Doubleday, a civil engineering student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize(使标准化) the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cat, the ancestors(祖先) of baseball. By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown rapidly. Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of "Baseball Players" that had proclaimed(宣布) a set of standard rules. These teams were amateurs(业余爱好者) or semi-professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding. Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association. Competition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season(季后赛) contest, the first "world's series". The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1900 the American League was organized.
1. According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because ____.
A、Abner Doubleday invented a special diamond-shaped pitch
B、the rules of earlier games were amalgamated(合并) and regularized
C、civil engineering students became interested in playing games
D、the old games died out and a new one was needed
2. What was different about "Baseball Players" compared with earlier players?
A、They travelled widely.
B、They belonged to many clubs.
C、They played by agreed rules.
D、They were not professional.
3. According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1869 ____.
A、because baseball had become more popular by then
B、to enable the amateur players to become professional
C、so that the public had the opportunity to profit from a professional team
D、to produce a means of making money
4. From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to ____.
A、reorganize the professional teams
B、enable more professional teams to be set up
C、to provide a governing authority for baseball
D、authorize amateur and professional teams to combine
5. According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were ____.
A、the American League and the National League
B、the American League
C、the American Association and the American League
D、the American Association
Most of us have probably been angry with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps they said something you didn't like, or you felt they were unfair. Sometimes people can stay angry for years about a small problem. Time goes by, and good friendship may be lost.
When we are angry, however, we are usually the ones affected. Perhaps we have seen young children playing together. Sometimes they have disagreements, and decide not to talk to each other. However, this usually does not last for long. This is an important lesson for us to learn.
25、What is the writer?()
A.A shopkeeper
B.A doctor
C.A student
D.A dentist
26、What is the main idea of the passage?()
A.How to deal with problems
B.How to do at school
C.How to behave with families
D.How to talk to each other
27、What will happen if people stay angry for long according to the text?()
A.They feel unfair
B.They may get sick
C.Good friendship may be lost
D.They may miss each other
28、From the passage, we know an important lesson for us is()
A.playing together
B.learning to forget
C.staying angry
D.feeling unfair
(56)
A.how
B.where
C.when
D.whether
A.keep
B.are with
C.in touch with
D.keep in touch
A、The number of people who own cars are increasing
B、When a student need to remember is that when taking an exam, you should not cheat
C、As a college student, we should use personal computers in a proper way
D、Mar likes hiking,swimming, and riding a bicycle
A.excited; excited
B.exciting; exciting
C.excited; exciting
D.exciting; excited
When we walked (past) the theater, there were a lot of people (waited) (in) a long line outside the (box office).
A.past
B.waited
C.in
D.box office