afraid of make mistakes!

 A．Don’t be  B．Not to be  C．Not being D．Be not

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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

　　When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential (潛力), and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 .

　　At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced.

　　The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-old.

　　I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .

　　Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's 16 , because they /had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.

　　I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.

1．

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A．class	B．club
C．team	D．board

2．

[　　]

A．playing	B．living
C．learning	D．working

3．

[　　]

A．great	B．equal
C．right	D．extra

4．

[　　]

A．business	B．struggle
C．a(chǎn)ttempt	D．pressure

5．

[　　]

A．free	B．private
C．good	D．basic

6．

[　　]

A．matches	B．courses
C．lessons	D．programs

7．

[　　]

A．jump	B．play
C．run	D．shoot

8．

[　　]

A．duty	B．meeting
C．operation	D．training

9．

[　　]

A．necessary	B．boring
C．scientific	D．practical

10．

[　　]

A．speaking	B．moving
C．sleeping	D．breathing

11．

[　　]

A．used	B．intended
C．made	D．described

12．

[　　]

A．till	B．since
C．before	D．because

13．

[　　]

A．full	B．tired
C．lazy	D．big

14．

[　　]

A．size	B．share
C．space	D．state

15．

[　　]

A．gave	B．kept
C．ended	D．picked

16．

[　　]

A．sad	B．shameful
C．silly	D．serious

17．

[　　]

A．received	B．suffered
C．brought	D．felt

18．

[　　]

A．reconsidered	B．rediscovered
C．reformed	D．replaced

19．

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)t	B．by
C．for	D．a(chǎn)round

20．

[　　]

A．fell	B．stepped
C．slowed	D．calmed

閱讀理解

　　Research has shown that motivation is very important in learning a language; you need to be enthusiastic about it, and to be interested in it. Different people will have different motives－the desire for promotion, the hope of being able to study abroad, curiosity about a very different culture, and pure intellectual enjoyment are only some of the possible motives. But actually wanting to learn is the most important motive of all.

　　Courage is an essential attribute in learning a language. It takes a lot of courage to speak a foreign language either in front of your friends or to native speakers, but don’t be afraid of making mistakes－that is the way we learn. Nowadays there are many different forms of English, each with its own constructions and accent, and, so long as you can make yourself understood and can understand what is said to you, you have succeeded in communicating, which is the purpose of any language.

　　Curiosity is not only a possible motivation, it is also a great help in your learning. Remember that a language is not just a grammatical system, it is the outcome of a certain culture or different cultures. It is no good learning strings of words and lists of grammatical rules unless you know as much as possible, about the background of the language, so that you can understand the ideas which are being conveyed, the references which are being made, the inferences which can be drown from the information explicitly given. So learn as much as you can about the different cultures which influence English－watch television programs, listen to the radio, try to obtain newspapers and magazines: which are written by native speakers, look at advertisements, and above all, read－not textbooks, but novels and poems and plays. The will show you how language is really used. The English language is not an abstract system; it is a living form of expression which derives much of its meaning from the context in which it is used , and much of its effect from a whole network of extralinguistic knowledge.

1．With what topic is this passage primarily concerned?

[　　]

A．Curiosity in learning a language.

B．Courage in learning a language.

C．Motivation in learning a language.

D．Qualities in learning a language.

2．The author of this passage is possible a ________.

[　　]

A．beginner of English learning

B．foreign teacher of English

C．student of Chinese literature

D．Chinese student studying abroad

3．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

[　　]

A．You should be prepared to make mistakes in communication.

B．Words are the basis of English learning.

C．Good pronunciation is important to an English learner.

D．Wanting to know everything does not help you in learning a language.

4．According to the author, what’s the best way of learning English?

[　　]

A．To study abroad.

B．To learn words and grammar.

C．To learn about cultures.

D．To make mistakes.

　　If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child a genius, they will cause great damage to him．According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make．Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects, and will fail．Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children．

　　However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive of their child．

　　Michael Li is very lucky．He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him．They even drive him 50 kilometres twice a week for violin lessons．Although Michael's father plays the trumpet (小號(hào)) in a large orchestra (管弦樂隊(duì)), however, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling to．

　　Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky．Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston．They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held．They are very unhappy when he does not win．“When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered．” Winston's father tells him．Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy．

1．The main idea of the passage is________．

[　　]

A．how parents should make a child a musician

B．how parents should bring up a child

C．what differences there are between two kinds of parents

D．what aim of a child can be much easier to reach

2．Michael is lucky because ________．

[　　]

A．his parents help him in a sensible way

B．his family is rich enough to have a car

C．his father is a musician in an orchestra

D．he is free to do anything that he likes best

3．Winston's parents set so high a standard for him that ________．

[　　]

A．he has to try his best to do everything

B．he has made greater progress in music

C．he is afraid he may disappoint them

D．he often wants to kill himself some day

4．It is one of parents' worst mistakes if ________．

[　　]

A．they want their child to be a musician

B．they help their child to win music competitions

C．they don't care much for their child's education

D．they make their child try to achieve too much

Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.
Life is like a game and maybe you can award points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.
What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.
It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact, you should be always realistic(現(xiàn)實(shí)的). Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “give up” be a part of your vocabulary.
【小題1】By saying “To err is human”, the author means that____________.

A．human beings should try to avoid making mistakes

B．no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes

C．mistakes and failures make up our life

D．human beings make mistakes easily

【小題2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A．Try to reach 50 points.	B．Try to get as many points as you can.
C．Award yourself for your success	D．Don’t be afraid of missing your points.

【小題3】The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through____________.

A．examples

B．numbers

C．experiments

D．stories

【小題4】The underlined word “despondent” in the last paragraph means____________.

A．frightened

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．excited