UNIT 2 课时跟踪检测(二) 语言运用综合练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修2 （译林版）

UNIT 2 课时跟踪检测(二) 语言运用综合练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Once upon a time, when you first attended a youth sporting event, your parents probably weren't expecting you to become a professional athlete.They signed up for a basketball, football or swimming course for you in the hope that you might learn lessons about winning gentlemanly, losing with dignity (尊严) and insisting on it when things get hard.Yes, playing games is good exercise, but it is the life lessons that matter most. For many of us, instead of looking to improve our minds and spirits, we began judging progress only by the size of our muscles or the numbers on a weighing machine.The thought that athletic competition is about greater life lessons and the building of character has been further undermined (削弱) by headlines about professional athletes. “And yet there's still strong evidence that sports strongly improve certain personal qualities，” says Angela Lumpkin, professor of the Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas.And that's true for athletes of any age.Amateur sports (业余体育运动) provide a safe place for competition.They also provide a practice ground for managing stress. The advantages of taking part in a sport can seep (渗透) into your professional life, too.In basketball, for example, “Getting everyone to play the right role on the court is the key to success，” says Alan Arlt, the founder of the Life Time Fitness basketball program Ultimate Hoops.“That is certainly useful in the business world, where everyone understands their role in the organization.”“In athletic events, you go through good and bad times often in the period of two hours，” says former NBA head coach Flip Saunders.“Do you have the calm manner to settle yourself down, or do you totally lose it and get thrown out of the game which hurts both you and your team? All of that on-court experience has a real effect on how you deal with real-life situations.” 语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了参加体育运动不仅是为了强身健体，更重要的是为了提高人的智商和情商。 1．What would p