单元限时训练(二) Unit 2 Sports Culture（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（译林版2020）

单元限时训练(二)　A卷 [对应学生用书P147] (限时40分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·河北沧州检测)Looking for a fun World Earth Day activity? You may want to try plogging, or picking up litter while jogging. The new “sport” is becoming extremely popular with runners worldwide, many of whom are posting photos of themselves and friends holding bags of trash on social media. Originated from the word jogging and “plocka upp”， a Swedish expression which means “pick up”， plogging is the idea of Erik Alström. In 2016, after moving to Stockholm, Alström became increasingly agitated at the amount of trash on the road during his daily bike ride to work. Since picking up litter while on his bike was hard to do, Alström began making the activity part of his daily runs. “I was shocked by the amount of junk along the way，” he said, “The same trash could remain on the road for several weeks without anyone picking it up, so I started picking it up.” Other joggers soon joined Alström, and, by the end of 2016, the activity became so popular that official “plogging” events, with groups of runners entering, began appearing suddenly all across Sweden. As plogging began turning up on social media, the new “sport” started to spread beyond Sweden, first to other European countries and then worldwide. The official online “Plogga” group now has members from over 40 countries, all the way from the United States to Thailand and Ecuador. Many school running clubs are also getting in on the action, posting photos of themselves after going plogging together or holding competitions that reward the runner with the heaviest trash bag. According to Swedish fitness app Lifesun, a person burns about 288 calories while plogging for half an hour. This is about 50 calories more than he/she would burn when just jogging. So, why not put on your running shoes, take a trash bag or two and make every day World Earth Day? [语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“拾荒慢跑(plogging)”这项新的环保运动，介绍了其起源和流行起来的过程，作者建议人们养成拾荒慢跑的习惯。 1．What can we learn about plogging from the text?