【2013北京】
The willful blindness in hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped. Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking (身体拦截) below age 13. A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere. This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change. The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is.
The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger. It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment.
For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages. True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries. When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的) for all coaches, including those teaching players in the pre-checking ages. And it began to encourage more "touch" - without real bodychecking - from 9 t0 12. It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter. The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger. It's worth the try.
Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head. However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country. Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball. Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game.
There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的) in the game.
We can tell that the problem of bodychecking in Canada____________.
A.is controlled strictly |
B.is taken more seriously now |
C.is caused by players' carelessness |
D.is connected with players' interest |
What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 2?
A.The safe ways of controlling the loss. |
B.The steps of drawing special attention. |
C.The possible results of changing the rules. |
D.The methods of improving the environment. |
What can we learn from the passage?
A. The USA found a safer way to teach bodychecking.
B. Bodychecking-education programs in the USA are successful.
C. Bodychecking is a good way to value players' skills in the USA.
D. The USA has tried to create an environment of less bodychecking.
What is probably the best title' for this passage?
A.Which is more important? |
B.How do we change the rules? |
C.Why is hockey a dangerous game? |
D.When should bodychecking be prevented? |
“Did you go skating a lot last year?” I asked. Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, “On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys.”
Until then, I didn’t think about how Jen felt. She had a new stepfather (继父) and stepbrother, and had a new town and home, too. Jen and her mom used to live near a lake where Dad and I went every summer, and she had to move up north with us. She had more changes than me.
Jen seemed sad, so I was busy thinking of some ways to cheer her up on Thanksgiving. I told her my plan and she was excited. First we made a huge snowball, and then a small snowball. Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail. Jen mixed some food coloring with water, saying, “We can spray (喷) colors on the tail.” Our snow turkey had a red, blue, green, and yellow tail. We were so busy that we didn’t notice our parents come outside. Dad found a hat for the snow turkey, and Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck.
“Thanks for cheering Jen up,” Mom said. “You’re a good brother, and you always come up with great ideas.’’ A happy feeling spread through me. I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family.What did Jen do on Thanksgiving in the past?
A.She went skating with her friends. |
B.She went to the farm with her mother. |
C.She stayed at home with her mother. |
D.She made snow turkeys with her mother. |
What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A.Jen lived near a lake in the past. |
B.The writer was Jen’s stepfather. |
C.Jen moved up north for studying. |
D.The writer just moved out of his old house. |
What can we infer (推断) from the underlined sentence?
A.Jen’s stepmother was not friendly to the writer. |
B.Jen didn’t feel happy after moving here. |
C.Jen’s mother did a lot to make Jen happy. |
D.The writer felt happy because his stepmother liked him. |
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LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is to send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit (轨道)will be changed. Our world will then be sent moving into a safer older part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—hopefully doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid (小行星) so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy (重力势能) to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter(木星) or Saturn (土星). The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to worldwide warming, although the team was actually worried about a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈)—by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying sides, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算)in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the moon. As the present issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its present location, it is “most likely the moon would be stripped (剥离)away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.
What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?
A.A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth. |
B.Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon. |
C.Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive. |
D.The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth. |
If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ________ years.
A.12 billion | B.6 billion |
C.18 billion | D.24 billion |
What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?
A.The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon. |
B.Earth might be moved too far away and man might die because of the coldness. |
C.The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth. |
D.Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened. |
What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?
A.provide | B.benefit (收益) |
C.share | D.Endanger |
This is Yoga (瑜伽)!Experience this for yourself.
How do you feel when you leave a yoga class? Do you feel relaxed, full of energy, prepared and ready to face anything and everything? Do you feel better than when you walked in? If you have answered “No” to these questions then you are NOT doing yoga.
After walking out of the class, do you feel that you have been pushed through, that theclass was hard,that you have less energy at the end of the class, that you have not got any energy, or that you are still tight and full of stress? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you are NOT doing yoga.
Are you forced (被迫) into positions (姿势) beyond what you can? Do you know why you are doing the actions in the “yoga” class you attend?
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You are not forced into positions not suitable for you, or too early for you. You will leave Satyananda Yoga Center yoga classes feeling relaxed, free from stress, energized, and ready for whatever life brings to you.
With regular attendance and practice, the quality of your life improves with betterhealth, and stress-free mind.Your family and friends will notice the difference. You will feel the difference forbetter. This is because you are doing yoga.
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.Yoga is a science. You are the scientist, and you are the one in the science of yoga.
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At which time can people learn yoga according to this passage?
A.At 10:00 on Sunday in September. |
B.At 22:00 on the first Saturday in October. |
C.At 9:00 on Saturday in September. |
D.On every Saturday afternoon in September. |
The passage suggests but doesn’t tell directly (直接地)that ______________.
A.only Satyananda Yoga Center teaches yoga |
B.there’s no better place to learn yoga than Satyananda Yoga Center |
C.some yoga centers are not teaching yoga in the right way |
D.you have to be a scientist before you take up yoga |
Which is NOT true if people follow the right ways to do yoga?
A.In the class you will practise some positions. |
B.You will feel very different after practising once. |
C.You will feel new and fresh after practising yoga. |
D.You will feel great if you keep on practising it for a few months. |
Country |
Soviet Union |
The USA |
China |
Date |
12 April, 1961 |
5 May, 1961 |
15 October, 2003 |
Astronaut |
Yuri Gagarin |
Alan Shepherd |
Yang Liwei |
Age |
27 |
38 |
38 |
Spaceship |
Vostok 1 |
Mercury 3 |
Shenzhou 5 |
Time |
1 hour 48 minutes |
15 minutes |
21 hours |
Height |
327 kilometers |
185 kilometers |
343 kilometers |
Circles around the Earth |
1 |
0 |
14 |
The form above shows us________.
A.three journeys into space |
B.daily life of three famous people |
C.differences between three spaceships |
D.something about three famous astronauts |
________went into space first.
A.China | B.The USA |
C.Soviet Union | D.The UK |
The Chinese astronaut stayed in space for________.
A.1 hour 48 minutes | B.only 15 minutes |
C.the shortest time | D.the longest time |