Americans are    36    about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest women's soccer    37    in the world, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer, is known around the world as    38    . And more and more Americans are learning to    39    it. Only in the last 35 years, large numbers of young Americans have become    40    in soccer. Baseball and basketball are still popular professional sports,    41    American boys and girls love to play soccer.

The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer    42    in the country. It says more than eighteen million people play soccer in the United States. This means that    43    Americans play soccer than any other sport.

   44    , more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. They are attending the 3rd Women's World Cup games that are    45    in several American cities. 460,000    46    have been sold for the three-week contest that will end July tenth.

Women's soccer teams from 16 nations are    47    . Americans are closely    48    the progress of the United States' Women's World Cup team. And the team is already setting    49    . On June 19, the American team    50    Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000 people watched the game at Giant Stadium near New York City. That is a world record.

One of the most popular players    51    the American team is 27-year-old Mia Hamm. She became well known in 1996 when the United States women won the soccer    52    medal at the Olympic Games, defeating other teams. Experts say Mia Hamm can play soccer better than    53    woman in the world. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play international soccer. Mia Hamm is a    54    to many young American girls. Television    55    say that at present thousand million people around the world are watching the game on television.

36. A. careless B. worried C. excited D. anxious

37. A. happiness B. event C. team D. incident

38. A. baseball B. football C. volleyball D. basketball

39. A. hate B. love C. give up D. played

40. A. interested B. disappointed C. satisfied D. surprised

41. A. and B. although C. so D. but

42. A. player B. event C. game D. organization

43. A. more B. less C. many D. fewer

44. A. In the past B. In the future C. just now D. At present

45. A. played B. to be played C. being played D. playing

46. A. tickets B. teams C. records D. players

47. A. taking place B. taking off C. taking part D. taking in

48. A. seeing B. watching C. thinking D. hoping

49. A. marks B. records C. points D. scores

50. A. beat B. hit C. won D. lose

51. A. in B. from C. on D. at

52. A. gold B. silver C. copper D. \

53. A. others B. the other C. other D. any other

54. A. player B. writer C. hero D. singer

55. A. broadcasters B. directors C. players D. spokesman

Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose 35,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that’s not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
36. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns a very high salary.
B. He has not a job.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
37. David’s greatest problem is ____________.
A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up
B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary
D. learning to drive
38. He was hired by the firm because ____________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop
B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard
D. he had learned to use computers at school
39. He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
40. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. One has to be young to write computer programs.   
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bad.

     Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.

The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm puts two new games on the home market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.

He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.

David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.

“I suppose 35,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that’s not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”

David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

36. Why is David different from other young people of his age?

A. He earns a very high salary.

B. He has not a job.

C. He does not go out much.

D. He lives at home with his parents.

37. David’s greatest problem is ____________.

A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up

B. inventing computer games

C. spending his salary

D. learning to drive

38. He was hired by the firm because ____________.

A. he had worked in a computer shop

B. he had written some computer programs

C. he worked very hard

D. he had learned to use computers at school

39. He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.

A. he did not enjoy school

B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him

C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing

D. he wanted to earn a lot of money

40. Why does David think he might retire early?

A. One has to be young to write computer programs. www.7caiedu.cn

B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.

C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.

D. He thinks his firm might go bad.

     Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.

     The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm puts two new games on the home market each month.

     But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.

     He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.

     David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.

“I suppose 35,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that’s not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

     “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”

      David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

36. Why is David different from other young people of his age?

    A. He earns a very high salary.

    B. He has not a job.

    C. He does not go out much.

    D. He lives at home with his parents.

37. David’s greatest problem is ____________.

    A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up

    B. inventing computer games

    C. spending his salary

    D. learning to drive

38. He was hired by the firm because ____________.

    A. he had worked in a computer shop

    B. he had written some computer programs

    C. he worked very hard

    D. he had learned to use computers at school

39. He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.

    A. he did not enjoy school

    B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him

    C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing

    D. he wanted to earn a lot of money

40. Why does David think he might retire early?

    A. One has to be young to write computer programs. www..com

    B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.

    C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.

    D. He thinks his firm might go bad.

They say that the real marathon begins at 35 kilometers — the rest is just a warm up. And sure enough, in 2009, at around the 36 kilometer point of the Beijing Marathon I experienced what runners call “hitting the wall”. I had been doing well until that point, but suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my leg. My pace slowed down dramatically and every brain cell in my head seemed to be screaming “stop!!!”

The last 5 kilometers were not fun; in fact, they were really hard work. Keeping motivated to run those last few kilometers was one of the hardest things I had ever done. But that is what makes running a marathon such a rewarding experience — if it were easy everyone would do it.

????????????? I have to admit it is sometimes not even easy to find the motivation to get out of bed, pull on your running shoes and head out into the morning to go for another run. These last two weeks of training for the Muztagata climb have been a little tough. I have been following my training plan for about three months but now I find that my original enthusiasm (热情) has all been used up. Day after day of going to the gym is beginning to wear me down and there still seems so much longer to keep this up. I have begun to doubt that I am actually making any progress or getting any fitter and even thought that I might be going backwards!

These are all very common experiences for people who are working towards challenging, longer term goals and I have learned to recognize these “highs” and “lows” in my energy and enthusiasm. Over the years I have learned a number of tricks that help me to deal with the days when my early motivation seems to have abandoned me for good.

1.Many runners say that the real marathon begins at 35 kilometers because it is at this point that __________.

A. runners begin to enjoy running the marathon race

B. runners are worn out as if they are breaking down

C. the rest part is just the preparation for the race

D. the race is a rewarding experience for runners

2.When people are working extremely hard towards challenging, _________.

A. they can keep themselves motivated all the time

B. they will never hesitate to continue carrying out their plan

C. they sometimes feel as if they stop making progress

D. they will fail to keep their spirits up

3.What is the author going to talk about in the following passage?

A. How to get trained.????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. Tips for becoming a marathon runner.

C. How to meet challenges. ????????????? ????????????? ???????

D. Tips for keeping motivation high.