Unit 2 Sports Culture 单句语法填空50题 -2026-2027学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第二册

选择性必修二 Unit 2（Sports culture）

课文长难句与重点词汇词形变化单句语法填空（50 题）

（每句一空·共 50 题·附答案速查与逐题详解）

说明：第一部分 25 题改编自本单元两篇课文的长难句——Reading（The Olympic Games，第 1—15 题）、Extended Reading（Sports idioms，第 16—25 题），选取的多为 25 词以上的多重从句句，基本保留原句措辞，只在句中挖去一处考点，个别题补入状语以确保答案唯一，详解中标注【出处】。第二部分 25 题考查本单元重点词汇的词形变化（覆盖背诵单全部 18 组词条，部分词条考两个不同形式）。每句只设一处空格。

第一部分覆盖的语法点：定语从句（非限制性 which、as 引导的定语从句及 such...as 结构）、名词性从句（that 表语从句、how 宾语从句）、非谓语动词（动名词作介词宾语含被动式、现在分词作伴随状语、过去分词作后置定语、不定式作目的与结果状语、be thought to have done）、被动语态（一般过去时、一般现在时、过去完成时的被动语态）、强调句（It was not until...that...）与固定搭配（die out、bring...back to life、make joint efforts、proceed to do、not only...but also）.

第一部分　课文长难句语法点（第 1—25 题）

1. Every four years, thousands of highly trained and talented athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, ready to test their abilities against each other in the hope of ________ (recognize) as the best of the best.

2. This is the Olympics — an extraordinary sporting event, first ________ (celebrate) about 3,000 years ago and revived in 1896.

3. During the early Games, only Greek men ________ (allow) to participate.

4. They competed in such events ________ boxing, running and the long jump.

5. The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries, until they eventually died ________ around the year 393.

6. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to ________ (live).

7. His dream was ________ the Olympics would help people of different racial origins and from different cultures live side by side in peace.

8. For over a century, people from diverse backgrounds have made joint ________ (effort) to help realize Coubertin’s dream.

9. Motivated by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, many well-known athletes have devoted themselves to ________ (achieve) sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement.

10. He came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics, when he won the light heavyweight gold medal for the USA, ________ (demonstrate) great talent and personality in the process.

11. Afterwards, this young man proceeded ________ (become) the world heavyweight champion in 1964.

12. He returned to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games ________ (light) the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony.

13. By the time he died in 2016, Ali ________ (recognize) as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

14. Her story is a remarkable example of ________ hard work and devotion can lead to sporting excellence.

15. As if that were not enough, she returned to the Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016, just two years after ________ (give) birth to her first child.

16. Every language has its idioms, ________ are groups of words with meanings different from the meanings of the individual words.

17. Since sport is an inseparable part of day-to-day life, there are lots of sports idioms that have found ________ (they) way into everyday language.

18. Football (or soccer, as it ________ (call) in the USA) is one of the most popular sports in the world and many countries have their own football leagues.

19. The English language is full of idioms which are thought ________ (come) from football.

20. As you know, in a football match, players try to kick or head the ball into the ________ (oppose) team’s goal, which is the net between two big goalposts fixed to the ground.

21. Can you imagine that every time you have a chance to score, the goalposts are moved? That would be not only difficult, ________ also upsetting.

22. If someone “moves the goalposts” in everyday life, it means they ________ (fair) change the rules or requirements for something.

23. An insurance salesman who is about to reach his annual sales target, only for the company ________ (make) the target higher, could rightly complain about the company moving the goalposts.

24. “Scoring an own goal” in football means ________ (accidental) kicking or heading the ball into one’s own net, and it is one of the worst things that can happen to a football player.

25. English also has a large number of idioms connected with boxing, ________ has been a popular sport for thousands of years.

第二部分　重点词汇词形变化（第 26—50 题）

26. To survive in today’s ________ (compete) job market, graduates need practical skills as well as solid academic knowledge.

27. The success of the charity walk depended on the active ________ (participate) of students from every class.

28. The report shows that the ________ (diverse) of wildlife in the wetland has increased since hunting was banned there.

29. After failing twice, the young boxer began to lose ________ (motivate), but his coach’s encouragement restored his confidence.

30. The chemistry teacher gave a clear ________ (demonstrate) of the experiment so that every student could follow the steps.

31. The moment the Chinese women’s volleyball team won the hard-fought victory, ________ (applaud) broke out in the stadium.

32. Team spirit matters: players who train ________ (consistent) and support each other are more likely to win.

33. Beijing won the ________ (elect) to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which marked another historic moment for China.

34. There has been a ________ (gradually) rise in the number of teenagers taking up winter sports since Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics.

35. In the final, Liu Xiang beat all his ________ (opponent) and became the first Asian to win the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles.

36. The local council’s plan to cut down the old trees was strongly ________ (oppose) by nearby residents.

37. Praise should be given to those ________ (selfish) volunteers who devoted their weekends to coaching children in the mountain village.

38. His ________ (selfish) cost him the respect of his teammates, for he never passed the ball in matches.

39. Before setting off on the marathon, the runners were advised to buy accident ________ (insure) in case of injuries.

40. The company, which has ________ (insurance) all its equipment against fire, felt relieved after the storm.

41. The referee received a formal ________ (complain) from the opposing team about the unfair decision.

42. Please forgive him — the offence he caused was completely ________ (intention), as he had no idea his remark was below the belt.

43. Animal lovers called on the government to pass stricter laws against the ________ (cruel) shown in laboratory experiments.

44. Some idioms cannot be understood ________ (literal), because their meanings are different from those of the individual words.

45. A ________ (faith) fan, he has supported his hometown football club for twenty years through wins and losses.

46. The boxing champion’s success proved that talent, not ________ (racial), decides how far an athlete can go.

47. Athletes from more than two hundred countries ________ (compete) in such events as swimming, boxing and the long jump at the last Olympic Games.

48. What ________ (motivate) these athletes to push the boundaries of human achievement, day in and day out, is their love of the sport itself.

49. Since 2022, teenagers’ interest in winter sports has been growing ________ (gradual) year by year.

50. It was not until the year 1896 ________ the Olympic Games rose again after more than 1,500 years.