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练案[4] 必修第一册 UNIT 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
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(2022·长春市质检一)
Recently, scientific research suggests that mental health
disorders affect up to 35 percent of top athletes at some stage of
their careers. This can range from tiredness and eating disorders
to depression and anxiety. The causes can be highly varied,
with studies pointing to a range of contributing factors from poor
sleep to selection pressures and early retirement due to injury.
American Simone Biles is widely considered to be the grea-
test gymnast(体操运动员) in the United States. When the
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games began, she was expected to win
five gold medals. But on July 27th, she pulled out of the team
final. She made the choice after having trouble landing after her
vault (跳跃) in the competitions first round. Later she said
her mind was not in the right place to let her safely perform the
difficult moves she is known for. In other words,her mind was
not letting her body do what it needed to do. Cameras caught
her telling her trainers during the team final, “I just dont trust
myself. ”
Biles is not the only Olympian in recent months to talk
about the pressure and mental effects of competing at the high-
est level. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lost in the second
round of Olympic competition. She said she felt extreme pres-
sure to win for Japan, where the Olympics were taking place.
Few coaches and officials in sports have an expert on
understanding of mental health and the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) also recognizes that there is a great need for
practical assessment tools that can be used by medical profes-
sionals and anyone looking after athletes to protect athletes
mental health.
“Mental health issues should be discussed more openly in
sport, because athletes are always concerned about selection,
and they want to appear as strong as possible,” Scientific
Director Dr. Richard Budgett says. “But in the end this may
have negative effects, so we need to recognize the symptoms