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课时达标训练(十四)
Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking
Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. Hisstrength(strong) gave out after he ran that long distance.
2. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination(determine) to achieve it.
3. My experience proves thatfailure(fail) is the mother of success and that we can learn a lot from our mistakes.
4. To our joy, he defeated the last champion(championship) in the final.
5. I'm feeling very sorry to tell you that I have to change our plan to visit Yunnan in July, because one of my feet got injured(injury).
Ⅱ. 完成句子
1. As long as you don't lose heart, you'll make it sooner or later.
只要你不灰心,你迟早会成功。
2. Only if you study harder and never give up can you make progress and realise your dream in the end.
只有更加努力,永不放弃,你才能取得进步并最终实现梦想。
3. I felt deeply honoured to be playing against the former Wimbledon Champion.
能与温布尔登网球赛的前冠军交手,我深感荣幸。
4. Parents should set a good example for their children in life.
父母在生活中应给孩子们树立良好的榜样。
5. Hearing the research group was falling apart, Professor Wang felt very sad.
听说研究小组即将解散,王教授感到很伤心。
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Experts like to say the best form of exercise is whatever kind you'll actually do. But that may not always be the case; new research finds that people who combine exercise with their social lives may be at an advantage over solitary (独自) exercisers. Tennis, badminton and soccer are all better for longevity (长寿) than cycling, swimming, jogging or gym exercise, according to the research.
The study was based on data from about 8,500 adults who were part of the Copenhagen City Heart Study. They completed a health and lifestyle questionnaire, which included questions about type and frequency of physical activity, and were monitored by the researchers for around 25 years, a period during which about 4,500 of the subjects died.
Tennis came out on top in the research. Compared with people sitting all day, those who reported playing tennis as their main form of exercise could expect to add 9.7 years to their life time, follo