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It's no surprise that sports can greatly benefit a child physically, psychologically, and socially. A 2008 Women's Sports Foundation Research Report concluded that children’s athletic participation is also associated with increased levels of family satisfaction, great achievement in study, and an overall better quality of life for children. And a study published in last month’s American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that kids who are active at age 5 wind up with less body fat at ages 8 and 11.
But one hotly debated discussion focuses on the kinds of sports kids should play, with parents mistakenly thinking, "Lizzie is so quiet, we should let her join in basketball and soccer to try to get her to open up." But increasingly, experts are suggesting the healthier instinct (直觉) might be, "Lizzie is so quiet. Maybe we should see if she likes playing with a big team like softball or if she likes ballet or swimming, where she can work more on her own terms."
“Participation in any sport is going to provide kids with life skills----the ability to focus and to concentrate, the ability to handle pressure in tough situations, the ability to stay calm when things aren't going just right,’’ explains Orlando-based youth sports psychology expert Patrick Cohn. Those lessons will carry over into future, non-sports attempts.
Team sports certainly offer benefits not as easily obtained via individual activities, as players leant how to communicate and work with others, and there’s the potential to develop leadership abilities. Team sports also help kids develop their social identity. Our sense of worth is developed through what we achieve and a sense of belonging.
Individual sports offer unique advantages, too, like developing a child’s sense of independence. “Hero, you don’t depend upon teammates," says Cohn. "You take full responsibility, whether you do well or perform poorly." Many of Cohn’s young clients complain about pressure from team mates or coaches to make zero mistakes or carry more of the team than they may want to; these kids may enjoy a solo sport like tennis or gymnastics.
Individual activities keep kids away from comparing themselves to the best players on the team, a habit that does little to help confidence levels. Instead, it encourag
es them to compare their skills to their own past performances. With individual sports like swimming or track, it’s easier for the child to participate on his own, at his leisure(闲暇), without having to round up a bunch of like-minded peers.
Above all, while some children enjoy the excitement of competition, others are more likely to benefit from the freedom of individual sports, and finding the right balance can be necessary for children’s enjoyment. What parents think is encouragement, children often consider as pressure. So try to understand what they want from sports.
| Title | Team sports and individual sports |
| Sports benefit children | • Sports can greatly benefit children physically, psychologically, and socially. • Sports are associated with increased levels of family satisfaction, 1. achievement and better quality of life for children. |
| 2. ideas | • Parents usually want their children to lake part in the team sports which don’t 3.their children’s character. • Experts think that any sport will 4. children to focus, handle pressure, stay calm when things are going 5.. |
| Team sports | • Children can learn how to communicate and work with others. • Children will have the potential to develop leadership abilities. • Children will develop their social 6.. |
| Individual sports | • Individual sports may help develop children’s sense of independence and 7.. • Children tend to compare their skills to their own past performances and are likely to 8. comparing themselves with the best players. • Individual sports also seem to be more 9. to children. |
| Conclusion | • Finding the right balance is a 10. for children’s enjoyment. • Parents should try to understand what their children really want from sports. |
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-Did you see the new movie directed by that famous director? It's said to be _______ great fun.
-No. I have been busy repairing all the broken office _______ these days.
A. a; equipment B. the; equipments
C. \ ; equipment D. \ ; equipments
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No one can believe that the over 6,300-kilometer Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty ,is still perfect, but about 80 percent is in danger. The Great Wall can be called “ great “ mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall,it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.
The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2,000 years. It began in the rule of China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221BC----206BC), and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu, because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.
Few local people knew the 3—meter—high walls made of earth and stones beside them are parts of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind human.
The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses,sheep corrals and pigsties. Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people’s names are put away as remembrances. The rubbish is spread over the battlements. The brick can be sold 15 yuan per tractor load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but also dug out the entire base.
It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all, the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation’s great civilization and learn to love it.
1.Why does the writer say the Great Wall might disappear?
A．It is useless from now on.
B． It is too old to be used again.
C． It will be replaced by a new one.
D． Some parts of it are being destroyed.
2.The underlined part “ those sections far away from the public eyes “( in Para. 2 ) refers to the parts of the Great Wall______________.
A．nobody can watch.
B．that are too far to be seen.
C．that are too difficult to find.
D．that are not well-known to the public.
3. What’s the main reason of the Great Wall being destroyed?
A．The local people sell the bricks for a living.
B．The local people are short of culture knowledge.
C．The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.
D．The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.
4. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A．How to Protect the Great Wall.
B．How the Great Wall came into being.
C．The Great Wall Being Rebuilt.
D．The Great Wall Being in Danger.
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Low-carbon lifestyle is of great benefit to improve the world environment．________can be
enjoyed from it until you have a deep understanding of it，however．
A．Something B．Nothing C．Few D．Much
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You will find what great benefit the computer you own can be _____ each time you use it to help you work.
A．for B．at C．of D．on
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Having fish at meals regularly can be of great _________ to your heart.
A. benefit B. help C. contribution D. use
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Having fish at meals regularly can be of great _________ to your heart.
| A．benefit | B．help | C．contribution | D．use |
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They were surprised that a child should work out the problem _____ they themselves couldn’t.
A. when B. where C. until D. while
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It’s common knowledge that there are many benefits to being fit, but one large new study found that skipping out on the gym is practically the worst thing you can do for your health. In fact, the study claims not exercising might be more harmful to your health than smoking.
New findings, published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open, detail how researchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied 122,007 patients from 1991 to 2014, putting them under treadmill (跑步机) testing and later recording death rates. Researchers found a clear connection between a longer, healthier life and high levels of exercise. The report calls for health care professionals to encourage patients to achieve and continue a strong and healthy fitness routine.
Although it is widely understood that an active lifestyle can lead to a healthy life, the study concludes that a lifestyle which involves much sitting but little activity is equal to having a major disease and the simplest cure is exercise.
Dr Wael Jaber, co-author of the study, called the results totally surprising. “Being unfit on a treadmill or in an exercise stress test has a worse prognosis (病情预断), as far as death, than being a smoker or suffering from high blood pressure,” Jaber told CNN. “We’ve never seen something as noticeable as this and as objective as this.”
The study also took a look at the risk of being overactive and found that extreme exercisers do not face higher risk of death: the research found that the more a person exercises the lower their death rates.
1.Which of the following best explains “skipping out on” in paragraph 1?
A. keeping away from B. running in
C. jumping out of D. smoking inside
2.What do we know from the new findings?
A. An active lifestyle can lead to a healthy life.
B. The simplest cure for a major disease is exercise.
C. A person unfit on a treadmill is less likely to die.
D. One’s life span is related to the level of exercise.
3.What does Jaber think of the research results?
A. Impossible. B. Amusing.
C. Unbelievable. D. Uncertain.
4.What conclusion can we draw from the last paragraph?
A. Too much exercise will be no good.
B. A low death rate depends on an active lifestyle.
C. Extreme exercise is more harmful for health.
D. The rise of death rate is related to exercise.
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I'm not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a ________ imagination.
A. clear B. cautious
C. funny D. vivid
es them to compare their skills to their own past performances. With individual sports like swimming or track, it’s easier for the child to participate on his own, at his leisure(闲暇), without having to round up a bunch of like-minded peers.