The mental aspect of athletics is underrated....

The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent ____ and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge ____ in competitions.

“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you ____ ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to ____ , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone ____ hard. Everyone does the work. What ____ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.”

Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or ____ , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of ____ found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated ____ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental ____ can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that ____ weight lifting caused ____ changes in muscle activity.

“Mental imagery ____ many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the ____ is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and ____ your brain for success.”

____ visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. ____ athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye.

“During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her ____ into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post ____ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race ____ before executing (完成) her performance.”

1.A. lucky　　　　　　     B. intelligent　　　　     C. mental         D. strategic

2.A. difference         B. importance　         C. improvement     D. challenge

3.A. so long         　　 B. so far                 C. so much         D. so high

4.A. turn on         　　 B. show off　             C. take up         D. set off

5.A. thinks            B. moves             C. runs             D. trains

6.A. breaks            B. pushes             C. decides        D. distinguishes

7.A. activation         B. visualization　         C. motivation     D. perception

8.A. athletes         　　 B. gymnasts　             C. weightlifters     D. skaters

9.A. regularly         B. normally　             C. finally         D. similarly

10.A. connection         B. practice　             C. performances     D. directions

11.A. imagining         B. considering　         C. reviewing         D. dreaming

12.A. few             B. usual　             C. actual         D. strange

13.A. impacts         B. increases             C. slows             D. follows

14.A. brain             B. body                 C. attention         D. memory

15.A. help             B. apply                 C. use            D. prepare

16.A. Though         B. But　                 C. Thus             D. Otherwise

17.A. Unless             B. After　             C. When         D. Until

18.A. observations     B. spirit　             C. determination     D. senses

19.A. to             　　 B. for             　　 C. about             D. with

20.A. in surprise　　     B. in detail　         　　 C. on time         D. for example

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Apart from the mental relief of people’s mind, another major aspect of Taoist influence on Chinese culture 1.(be) its　 influence on martial arts.

Wudang martial arts based on the Taoist ideology2. (create) by one of the most famous Taoists, 3.(name) Zhang Sanfeng in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Wudang martial arts are a great contribution 4.　 Wudang Taoism, which is 5. famous branch of Chinese Taoism. Taoism holds that there are basic, everlasting and supernatural principles in the earth　 6. are called “Tao”, suggesting softness,7.(quiet), emptiness and harmony. All these can be presented by tai chi, yin and yang, the five elements and the eight diagrams tactics（八卦图）. Under the direction of these philosophical 8. (theory), this kung fu style gains good effects in the boxing and sword skills.

Despite the mighty skills, 9.(advocate) peace is the essence of Wudang martial arts. The Taoist ideology teaches that war is immoral and 10.(fair). Accordingly, Taoism believes that kung fu is learned for protection but not destruction.

高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Having long been underrated(低估) and ignored, the penny is one of America's most enduring failures. But a recent proposal to ban the penny by some US congress members seeks to put the coin to sleep — permanently.

Representative Jim Kolbe from Arizona is the man who proposed the bill to stamp out penny. He says the coin has outlived its usefulness. With metal prices soaring, Kolbe says it costs 1.23 cents to produce a penny. Producing the coins will amount to a $20 million waste each year.

It is not simply about the cost of production. Centuries of inflation have made the penny—first put into circulation in 1787—close to worthless.

Many Americans don’t even view pennies as currency any more. They take them only reluctantly in change and then put them in jars or desk drawers at home. An estimated $10.5 billion in pennies, or $93.75 per household, sits idle in piggy banks and behind sofas.

Anti-penny advocates argue that 1-cent coins cost US companies more than $300 million a year in lost productivity. This comes mostly from the time and effort spent counting and putting pennies into paper rolls for bank deposits.

Jim Kolbe suggests that all cash transactions be rounded to the nearest nickel. For example, items that cost 11 or 12 cents would be rounded down to 10, 13- and 14-cent items would be rounded up to 15. People paying by credit or bank card, however, would likely continue to pay exact amounts.

But plenty of Americans oppose the ban. Some say eliminating the penny would cause significant hardship to a wide range of people.

US economist Raymond Lombra says that moving to the 5-cent nickel would cost consumers $ 3 billion over five years. The poor suffer more since they tend to buy with cash instead of credit cards.

Penny supporters point out that the penny is the only coin carrying the image of America’s much respected president Abraham Lincoln. Some major charities are also alarmed by talk of a penny ban. They often base fund-raising campaigns on donations of pennies and other coins. One such campaign is called “Pennies for Patients”. They have raised more than $68 million through coin collections since 1994.

A recent US Today poll found that 55 percent of adults want to keep the penny. They may not value pennies as currency like before, but they remain attached to them as an old, familiar friend.

“The penny has been a necessary part of the American experience---whose childhood would be complete without penny candy and other small purchases?” read a post supporting the penny on a forum.

It shapes US superstitions. “Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you will have good luck.” “A penny saved is a penny earned.” And little girls are sometimes called “as pretty as a penny”.

Title: Ban 1 Or Not?

2:

They have long been underrated and ignored.

Reasons for the ban:

● The coin has outlived its usefulness.

● 3 to produce coins are rising fast.

● Centuries of inflation have made the penny close to worthless.

● Large amount of 4 is wasted counting and putting pennies into paper rolls for

bank deposits.

5:

● All cash transactions are rounded to 6.

● People paying by credit or bank card would continue to pay exact amounts.

Reasons against the ban:

● Eliminating the penny would cause significant hardship to a wide range of people.

● Rounding to the 5-cent nickel would cost consumers $3 billion over five years.

● The penny is the only coin carrying the image of America’s much respected president___7.

● 8 base fund-raising campaigns on donations of pennies and other coins.

● 55 percent of adults regard it as a necessary part of 9.

● The penny shapes 10.

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Alzheimer’s disease is _______ as the most common mental disease among older people, and the number of sufferers is growing.

A.judged B.translated C.designed D.recognized

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Music education is the learning of all aspects of music as a separate field altogether. 1. The main components of music education is everything from the history of music, musicians who have reached a respectable level, basic notes of music, different types of music, and many other things about music.

Music education is very important in schools. 2. As the child starts learning music from an early age, he would turn out to be a skilled musician. And then he can use his talent for many purposes, such as being a music teacher and teaching other students, or using his musical talent to earn his living.

According to a survey conducted by elementary schools and high schools, students who were taught music and had a good interest in it academically performed far better than those who were not into music learning. 3. While learning music, students learned to count, to multiply and to divide. At the same time, science helped them discover what sounded good together and what didn’t. It is also a proven fact that students who have the knowledge of and interest in music tend to plan and organize actions efficiently in their personal lives. 4. They do not get aggressive very soon. Furthermore, children learning music are found to be fun-loving and are great at communicating with others.

5. A majority of students are satisfied and happy about learning music or playing a musical instrument. Students with good music education do have a sense of personal achievement. A notable benefit of music education is that it is used as a stress reliever, considering a student’s study routine.

A. Music education makes one much more honorable.

B. It helps children develop the skill at a very early age.

C. They tend to do well in subjects like math and science.

D. Music education in schools also benefits the students emotionally.

E. It consists of theoretical knowledge as well as practical experiences.

F. And it is commonly believed that musicians are peace-loving people.

G. While learning music, much of the culture and tradition is absorbed.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.

An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys (调查) on this topic suggests that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today’s parents are trying to manage their children’s lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.

In the context (背景) of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents’ involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible?

Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent communication today mean that the urge to do so wasn’t present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents—today’s grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.

Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.

Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

1.The surveys inform us of______.

A. the development of technology

B. the changes of adult children’s behavior

C. the parents’ over-protection of their college children

D. the means and expenses of students’ communication

2. The writer believes that__________.

A. parents today are more protective than those in the past

B. the disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages

C. technology explains greater involvement with their children

D. parents’ changed attitudes lead to college children’s delayed independence

3.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Technology or Attitude

B. Dependence or Independence

C. Family Influences or Social Changes

D. College Management or Communication Advancement

4.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?

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One of the best aspects of travel is in discovery. Whether you're burying yourself in a new culture or wandering the streets of a foreign city, you're finding new things to see and experience. Part of that discovery is in what you learn about yourself. 1..

Here are some of those ways:

◆ 2.

Travel means new foods, cultures and places to explore. Try speaking that new language or eat a new kind of food you never knew existed. When you’re thrown outside of your normal circumstances, you’ll discover more about who you are and what you're like.

◆ The chance to reinvent yourself

At home, people can see you a certain way and classify you into a personality type that can be hard to escape. 3.. You're free to break away from how people normally see you and reinvent yourself.

◆ Building confidence

You've just traveled across a country, tried a new language and bargained over prices in a market. They're all things you didn't know you could do before, but you dug up a new-found sense of adventure and somehow made it work. 4.. And the more challenges you take on, the more sure of yourself you become.

◆ Choices and organizing skills

What's the best route to take so I see all the major attractions? What's the best way to get to the next city and back so I don't miss my flight? How should I organize my itinerary (行程)? 5.. You have to organize your trip so that you have a place to stay and transportation to and from certain destinations.

A.With travel, come challenges

B.Travel is about making choices

C.Forcing you out of your comfort zone

D.Trips don't always go according to plan

E.Having time to reflect on your life

F.Travel can give you a chance to explore other sides of your personality

G.Like most experiences, travel can change you in ways you might never have expected

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb.

Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological definition --- the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrinents, living space, or light --- better explains it.

As in nature, high school life is governed by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even though at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a student’s fate is determined not only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition.

Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life. It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork. A healthy, friendly competition can have only benefits, but when it becomes too fierce, jealousy (妒忌) can tear friendships apart. Yet, despite all this, without competition, we would be lost.

1.What does the ecological definition mainly explain?

A. How to win the competition.　　 B. What competition exactly is.

C. What the result of competition is.　　 D. How friends compete with each other.

2.According to the writer, what causes the high school students to compete?

A. They know the laws of nature well.　　 B. Friendship is a burden for them.

C. The number of them is too large.　　 D. They are divided into different groups.

3.Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition?

A. Friendship is always based on competition.

B. Competition is a result of lost friendship.

C. Competition is terribly harmful to friendships.

D. The degree of competition is vital to friendship.

4.What does the author think of “competition”?

A. Competition is certain to happen at school.

B. The result of competition are out of control.

C. Competition becomes fierce in high school.

D. Friendship is not as important as competition at school.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Happiness is the only true measure of personal success. Making other people happy is the highest expression of success. 　 1.　 　　 . With that in mind, here are some suggestions that will immediately increase the amount of happiness in your life:

2.　 　　 .

If there’s any big truth about life, it's that it usually lives up to your expectations. Therefore, when you rise from bed, make your first thought: “Something wonderful is going to happen today.” Guess what? You're probably right.

Take time to plan and prioritize(优先处理)

The most common source of stress is the thought that you've got too much work to do. Rather than worry about it, pick one thing that will move you closer to your highest goal and purpose in life. Then do that first.

Eat high quality food slowly

3.　 　　 . Even so, at least once a day try to eat something really delicious, like a small chunk of fine cheese or an imported chocolate. Taste it, focus on it and enjoy it.

Let go of your results

The big enemy of happiness is worry, which comes from focusing on events that are outside your control. Once you've taken action, there's usually nothing more you can do. 4.　 　　 .

End each day with gratitude

Just before you go to bed, write down at least one wonderful thing that happened. It might be something as small as making a child laugh or something as huge as a million dollar deal. 5.　 　　 　 .

A. Start each day with expectations.

B. Give a gift to everyone you meet.

C. Thinking about that thing makes your head hurt.

D. It’s impossible to make others happy if you're not happy.

E. Whatever it is, be grateful for that day because it will never come again.

F. Sometimes we can't avoid eating something quickly and running.

G. Focus on the job at hand rather than some fantasy that might happen.

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As a typist, the most important aspect of the job is to be able to type quickly and _____.

A. faithfully         B.  actually      C. roughly          D. accurately

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