话题提分练5 必修2 The Olympic GamesUnit 2-【赢在微点】2024高考英语大一轮复习顶层设计核心微练word（老高考）人教版

话题提分练5　必修2　Unit 2 体育 限时40分钟 阅读理解　(2023·洛平许济质检)　体裁:记叙文　话题:体育项目　难度:★★★☆☆ 　　I prefer to call myself a female footballer, or just a player. I am now twenty⁃five years old and have been playing since I was seven. So how did it all start? Well, as a child I was told that “soccer” wasn􀆳t a real sport. Back then “soccer” wasn􀆳t popular. Also, as a child I was told that girls couldn􀆳t be professional athletes; and at the time they were right for the most part because back then there were no professionally⁃paying team sports for women—least of all “soccer” teams. However, I told them that someday it would become more popular and women would be able to play well. And in the end I was right because football has become one of the fastest⁃growing sports in America. Football is especially popular with girls. It may not be very common to see girls, or women, playing in Europe, but in the US you will see the fields filled with girls􀆳 teams competing. Certainly, as girls get older, the number of participants decreases, but they􀆳re a select few who have a passion and craving for the game. So what are the major differences between men􀆳s and women􀆳s football? I􀆳d say that the big difference is that men play to prove that they are the best. Women, on the other hand, play to prove something to themselves, and are always open to new ideas. When it comes to the game of man versus woman on the pitch, the man is always going to underestimate (低估) the woman. Women take advantage of this and attack hard, play hard, and are usually the first to score. I have experienced this many times. Men think they are better just because they are men, but in the end technical ability and intelligence win. By doing this, I have made quite a few guys eat their words. I love proving them wrong, and at the same time I get a bit more respect for women footballers. 作者通过自身的经历讲述了女子足球在美国流行起来的过程;并通过对比女子足球和男子足球的不同,强调女子足球队员值得尊重。 1.What was others􀆳 opinion of the author􀆳s taking up playing football? A. She w