必修第二册 Unit 3 On the move（word练习）-【勤径学升】2025年高考英语一轮总复习课时检测训练（外研版）

课时检测训练9　必修第二册　Unit 3　On the move 对应学生用书P301 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·湖北部分重点中学第一次联考)When she returned home that year，she was given an enthusiastic welcome in the same hall.Many hands stretched out to her，and many cameras focused on her.A reporter with glasses kept pestering her with the question：What do you like best? She was wondering how to respond when she caught sight of a bunch of flowers.Then she said，“Flowers！”Following her remarks，more flowers were at once presented to her，too many for her to hold.During the past two years，she had participated in many international competitions and brought back one shining medal after another.What she got in return was all smiles，flowers and camera flashes.Was it because of this that she became preoccupied with winning? The more she won，the more obsessed she was with the fear of losing.So her mind was in fact more burdened with success than with failure.The mind could control physical pains but could not free itself from mental strain easily. This time when she was a little off balance on the horizontal bar(单杠)，she became so worried that she lost self-control and fell off.This failure was followed by several more in other events. Afterwards in order to avoid people at the airport，she trailed along behind the team. She found that very few people greeted her and reporters seemed to shun her. However hard she tried，she couldn’t turn the tide；she was a complete failure. Indeed，who would side with a failure? All of a sudden，she saw a pair of shoes in front of her.Who could it be? She raised her bent head slowly and saw a navy blue suit， long legs，and then a clear fair face.Before her stood the stewardess with her hands behind her back， speaking with a smile，“I watched your performance on the television.I knew you would come home today.So I am here especially to welcome you.” “I did very poorly，”she said and lowered her head again. “No.You did your best.” “But I failed.” “Nobody can avoid failure.I believe failure is as important to