The New Hoop
Marco looked at the basketball hoop and threw the ball up． "Score!" Marco shouted as the（1） went through the basketball hoop． "You won this time， but next time I'll （2） ___you， Marco!" said Kim， as the two friends walked home， "I wish we could play at the park too， instead of only at school．"But the basketball hoop in their neighborhood park had been ruined （毁坏）by a fallen tree．"I feel so（3） ，" said Kim， "I guess there's nothing we can do．"
Marco and Kim walked（4） the city's recycling center． They saw Mr． Morse was collecting plastic， paper and metal things．Marco looked at all the old stuff （ 物 品 ） for a long time．"That gives me an idea!" he said，"Mr． Morse， do you have anything we could（5） to make a basketball hoop？"
Mr． Morse picked up a plastic basket． "We are going to recycle this basket， but I think you can take it．"
"It looks useless， old and broken． I want a new basketball hoop!" said Kim．
"Why？" wondered Marco， "reusing things is a great way to （6） waste． And don't you think that will be meaningful to make something on our own？"
"That sounds interesting! I guess we can try，" said Kim， "but I still don't （7） ___it will be as good as a new one．"
They took the basket to Marco's house and found some wood in（8） old garden． Together they tinkered （焊） with the old things and made a post （柱） and a backboard． When all the parts were ready， they took everything to the（9） and managed to set up the hoop．
"It looks better than I thought it would!" said Kim， "Here's the real test!" He shot （ 投 ） a perfect basket． He was（10） ．
"Wow， I was wrong．" Kim said． "This basketball hoop is really great． Now we can play whenever we want!" The two friends played until dinner time． The hoop stood the real test and the boys had the true joys．
提示词： hoop 篮圈； metal 金属； reuse 重复利用 |
（1）A．bag |
B．ball |
C．card |
D．book |
（2）A．hit |
B．help |
C．beat |
D．teach |
（3）A．excited |
B．tired |
C．satisfied |
D．disappointed |
（4）A．on |
B．under |
C．past |
D．above |
（5）A．win |
B．throw |
C．sell |
D．reuse |
（6）A．stop |
B．make |
C．increase |
D．collect |
（7）A．hope |
B．believe |
C．remember |
D．decide |
（8）A．a |
B．an |
C．the |
D．/ |
（9）A．park |
B．garden |
C．school |
D．house |
（10）A．regretful |
B．painful |
C．cheerful |
D．peaceful |
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One news story is about men pretending（假装） to be women to enter the women's events in modern Olympics．People are arguing（争论）about how fair it is to test women athletes to make sure they are not men．One side argues that men are stronger，so will win any women's event．They say that athletes are tested to make sure they are not using drugs and more importantly，women should be tested to make sure they are not men．The other side argues that this is unfair to women．They say skill is more important than strength．But has this ever really happened？The answer is yes，several times! The most famous case is that of Dora in 1936Olympics．
The 1936Olympics took place in Berlin，Germany，three years after the Nazis came to power．The Nazis wanted to win lots of events at the Olympics．But they had wrong ideas about race（种族）．They did not want black or Jewish people in the Germany team．But many of their best athletes were Jewish．The Nazis thought they might lose was the women's high jump．So the Nazis sent a male athlete，Hermann Ratjen，to compete under the name of "Dora"．Did he get the gold metal？No．Dora came fourth．The winner was a young Jewish women from Hungary．She jumped 1.60metres．Dora only jumped 1.58metres．
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How fair is it to（59） women athletes to make sure they are not men？ |
One side：women are（60） ，so men will win any women's event． All athletes，especially（61） ，should be tested． The other side：strength is not so（62） as skill． |
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The most famous case… "Dora" in 1936Olympics，which were（63） ，in Berlin，Germany． |
Background：because of Nazis'（64） idea about race，black and Jewish athletes were kept out of the German team，which might lead to the（65） ，of some events． The case：the Nazis sent 'Dora'，a man，to compete in the women's（66） jump．Dora finished（67） ．The winner was a young Jewish woman from Hungary． |
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Conclusion：Men do not always（68） ! |
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Detective stories（53） （be）popular since Conan Doyle wrote his famous stories about great detective Sherlock Holmes．Readers read this kind of stories mainly for pleasure．
In a story，a man was murdered．Who did it and why？Mr. X hated the dead person and wanted to kill him，but had no chance．He was somewhere else when the murder took place．Mr. Y could do it easily，but seemed（54） （have）no reason to do it．Mr. Z had got all the dead man's money，so he had reason for（55） （kill）him．Was X，Y，or Z the murder？Or was it somebody else？In the end the detective will find out the answers to all the questions，and the story will not end until the mystery（56） （solve）．
The ending is always unexpected．The criminal turns not to be that nice Mr. C，who you（57）______（think）would never hurt an ant! At end of the story，all the clues become clear and you（58） （say），"Oh yes，of course，it is the truth．"
Is there any （possible）that we will see you this Friday．
Once a week my business suit is （smooth） ironed．
My grandfather showed an interest in Beijing opera in his （fifty ）．