"The word "sport" first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they leant to. A few people are paid for sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example, a professional football player in England earns more than 300,000 dollars a year. The stars earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than 500,000 dollars a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much as that.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports. An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply mean, "Buy our things". It says, "Buy the same shirt and shoes as…". Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people's spare time.

1.From the passage we can learn that ??????? .

A. famous people spend too much money and time on sports

B. The development of sports is slower than any other activity

C. Most people enjoy sports because they can earn a lot of money

D. Now sports is not only an amusement for people

2.In this passage "professional sportsmen" means people "??????? ".

A. who teach others how to make money in sports

B. who take sports as their jobs

C. who are very fond of sports

D. who teach other sportsmen how to play sports

3.Now, the "sport" means????????????????? .

A. what most of the people do in their spare time

B. hunting wild animals and birds in the forests

C. organized games

D. something that people are paid to

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Most people play sports only for money.

B. Those who play sports earn more than those who do not.

C. People play sports for different purposes.

D. Those who play sports want to keep strong and fit.

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth（值得） the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son walked on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (弯身)down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

从方框中选出单词，用它们的适当形式填空，是短文意思正确通顺（每词只能用一次）
help  please  money  sell  right   wrong   one   they   so   teach   but   high
George Wilson was the owner of a watch shop .One day he told his son James, “I will 【小题1】you all I know about watches .” For the【小题2】few weeks , James looked after the front of the shop . He wored hard and was【小题3】to the customers( 顾客). George was very【小题4】with him.
After about six months , James said to his father, “Is there anything else you want to teach me?”
“Yes,” said George , “ It’s time for me to teach you how to make【小题5】..”
“I know that ,”said James, “You buy watches at one price and sell them at a  【小题6】 price.That’s how we get so much money .”
“That’s ture .【小题7】we don’t make most of the money from it .” He picked up a watch from the counter (柜台). “What do you think of this watch?”
“That’s a cheep watch . We can only get a few dollars from【小题8】it .”
“You are【小题9】my son ,” George said , “Those cheap ones get us more money than any other watch in the shop.”
“I don’t understand,” James said .
“Becausa they are really cheap , they are always breaking, and we make our money from fixing 【小题10】.”

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat(打败) you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
【小题1】Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?