(10·天津B篇)

Why play games? Because they are fun, and a 1ot more besides. Following the rules…planning your next move...acting as a team member…these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.

Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) .   

Many children’s games have a practical side Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones. Which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.

Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.

Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.

41. Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.

A. be a team leader   B. obey the basic rules

C. act as a grown-up  D. predict possible danger

42. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can________.

A. describe life in an exciting way

B. turn real-life experiences into a play

C. make learning life skills more interesting

D. change people’s views of sporting events

43. According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?

A. It inspires people’s deep love for the country.

B. It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.

C. It helps the country out of natural disasters.

D. It earns the winners fame and fortune.

44. Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to _______.

A. bring fun to poor kids

B. provide soccer balls for children

C. give poor kids a chance for a better life

D. appeal to soccer players to help poor kids

45．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Gamed benefit people all their lives.

B．Sports can get all athletes together.

C．People are advised to play games for fun.

D．Sports increase a country’s competitiveness.

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给题的四个选项（A 、B、C 、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the 21  person.

When I first knew Bill, back in  22 , he was one of the most carefree (无忧无虑) people I had ever  23  . He was always ready to have a party. He thought  24  of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old  25 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and  26  was never dull when he was  27 . With him there was one wild  28  after another. Sometimes I wonder how we 29   to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.  30  , I wasn’t even sure it was  31 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   32  most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the  33  thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main  34 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never  35 Bill changing so much. My image of him 36  the one I had formed  37__ the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it’s 38 to expect people to remain the same, especially 39  I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he  40  the same way about me.

21. A. proper                B. same                 C. usual                  D. right

22. A. childhood           B. the army           C. his thirties                 D. college

23. A. considered          B. supposed           C. met                    D. expected

24. A. nothing               B. much                C. most                  D. none

25. A. man                   B. hospital             C. movie                D. country

26. A. learning                     B. life                   C. work                  D. fun

27. A. in                       B. out                   C. away                  D. around

28. A. adventure            B. mistake             C. chance                D. joke

29. A. decided            B. intended            C. managed             D. hoped

30. A. First of all          B. At first         C. Now and then     D. All the time

31. A. that                    B. us                     C. there                  D. him

32. A. thought               B. talked          C. argued                D. spent

33. A. first                    B. last                   C. next                   D. only

34. A. interest               B. event                C. subject               D. problem

35. A. forgot              B. minded               C. liked                D. imagined

36. A. remained            B. reminded             C. suggested          D. became

37. A. since                  B. from                   C. at                     D. till

38. A. unnecessary         B. foolish                    C. common           D. unusually

39. A. because               B. that                     C. how                        D. when

40. A. felt                      B. acted             C. looked              D. discovered

Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student．By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly．Learning to study is not difficult．

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn．It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject．It does mean, however, that you must be wil1ing to do whatever is necessary to learn．Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things．Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life．Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier．Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly．Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them．

Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions （中断）; have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview．

Don’t try to spend a lot of time researching learning methods．There are many students who know many good learning methods but don’t study well．They forget that the most useful learning method is to study hard．

60．The main purpose of the article is______．

       A．to prove that learning is not difficult

       B．to make the readers be interested in study

       C．to tell the importance of self teaching

       D．to tell the students how to study well

61．The first thing to remember in studying is that ______．

       A．you must like the subject

       B．you must follow the teacher

       C．you must enjoy learning

       D．you must study hard

62．Among the following statements, ______is true．

       A．The more learning methods we have, the better we will study．

       B．Finding the best learning method is the most important in learning．

       C．Knowing good methods, you can’t be good at study without working hard．

       D．Once we have mastered a good learning method, we can improve our study greatly．