课时作业(18) 选择性必修第二册 Unit 2 Sports culture（Word练习）-【优化指导】2024高考英语一轮复习高中总复习·第1轮（译林版 新教材 新高考）

课时作业(十八)　Unit 2　Sports culture 一、阅读理解 (2022·河北省衡水中学高考英语押题卷1)Crowing up in a village in eastern Nepal’s Bhojpur Mountains, Mira Rai had dreams that went far beyond the traditional expectations for Nepali women. The eldest daughter of five children, she was expected to fetch water, tend crops and livestock, and help out at home. By age 12, she no longer regularly attended school, and instead carried heavy bags of rice up and down steep trails — often barefoot — to trade at the market. It was hard work, but great training for a future trail runner. “As a girl，” Rai recalls, “I would constantly be told to know my place, lower my voice, and act in a certain manner. For me, breaking free from these traditions itself was a big dream.” Several years ago, Rai’s dream became reality. She was running outside Kathmandu when two male trail runners invited her to enter her first trail race, the Kathmandu West Valley Rim 50K. She had never run 50 kilometers before, had no special equipment or training for such a distance, and was also the only woman in the competition. But despite all difficulties, she beat everyone — even the men. From there, a community of runners came together to give her a chance to compete in international trail running competitions. Today, the running world recognizes Rai as a high­altitude trail racing talent. Now she is on a mission to help both women and men of Nepal through sports. Rai believes her work to empower others has just begun. “We have realized that Nepal has tremendous potential to develop competitive athletes，” she says. Rai is blazing a trail, not just in terms of being able to speak nationally on gender equality, but also by getting young people into running. 1．What can we learn about Mira Rai? A．She won her first victory easily. B．She gave up chasing her dream. C．She dropped out of school at 12. D．She benefited from her early life. 2．What was other runners’ attitude toward Mira Rai？　 A．Doubtful. B．Supportive. C．Tolerant. D．Indif