The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media inDustry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players(male or female at least 16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year’s World Cup or make their main living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum(政治避难) seekers . Anyone can take part, regardless of his or her abilities. There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed by the México City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects—to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003. |
B.The Homeless World Cup was held every other year. |
C.The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Australia. |
D.Anyone who is homeless can take part in the Homeless World Cup. |
2.The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to _____.
A.promote the cause of football |
B.help the homeless live a better life |
C.draw attention to those living in poverty |
D.call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor |
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Most players moved out of poverty. |
B.Homeless players became professional footballers. |
C.93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol. |
D.The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives. |
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.To End Homelessness. | B.Football For Everyone. |
C.Hope For The Homeless. | D.Beating Homelessness Through Football. |
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media inDustry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players(male or female at least 16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year’s World Cup or make their main living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum(政治避难) seekers . Anyone can take part, regardless of his or her abilities. There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed by the México City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects—to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003. |
B.The Homeless World Cup was held every other year. |
C.The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Australia. |
D.Anyone who is homeless can take part in the Homeless World Cup. |
2.The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to _____.
A.promote the cause of football |
B.help the homeless live a better life |
C.draw attention to those living in poverty |
D.call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor |
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Most players moved out of poverty. |
B.Homeless players became professional footballers. |
C.93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol. |
D.The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives. |
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.To End Homelessness. | B.Football For Everyone. |
C.Hope For The Homeless. | D.Beating Homelessness Through Football. |
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most people are familiar with big international sports events like the Olympics and the World Cup. But have you ever heard of the Commonwealth Games?
The Commonwealth of Nations is an international organization made up of 53 member states, including Canada, India and Australia.1. Today, they still hold the Commonwealth Games in the hope of keeping their friendship alive.
The Commonwealth Games take place every four years. Like other international sports events, popular sports such as volleyball and hockey are played there. 2. Lawn bowls, a popular game in Commonwealth countries, is similar to culling(冰壶). However, it’s played on a grass field instead of on ice. Netball is another game that is seldom seen outside of Commonwealth nations. 3. It is mainly a women's sport.
Australia held the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland between April 4 and 15, 2018.4.It built new stadiums, a light railway and new Wi Fi networks.
5.It has hosted the games five times. It is also one of just six countries that have attended each of the games since they were first held in 1930.
A. Queensland did a lot to prepare for the games.
B. Nineteen cities in nine countries have hosted the event.
C. Most of these member states used to be British territories(领地).
D. Australia has always been enthusiastic about Commonwealth Games.
E. It's similar to basketball, but each team has seven players instead of five.
F. But there are also other sports that are a bit less known in other countries.
G. Over 5 , 000 athletes compete at the Commonwealth Games in more than 250 events.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Why does the rate of heart attacks increase during the World Cup football finals? How can we help an overweight patient to lose weight? They’re just some of the topics covered in a new book by University of Sussex academics, which is helping student doctors to consider the importance of psychology in medical practice.
Psychology for Medicine is the first textbook of its kind, providing medical trainees and new doctors with all the relevant psychological knowledge they need. Previously, students had to refer to many different books for the relevant psychology.
The book, by Sussex psychologists Dr. Sussex Ayers and Dr. Richard de Visser, has been well received by fellow academics and medical doctors and was finished with the help of the students and staff of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The students proofread(校对) the chapters, provided ideas for the content and even modeled for the photographs. The book provides a solid grounding in psychological study relevant to medicine, along with practical tips and advice for practice. One student, Simon Hall, drew cartoons for the book.
The study psychology is important for doctors for a number of reasons. Psychological and physical symptoms are highly related. Up to a third of patients will have psychological disorders, while physical causes are usually only found in around 15 per cent of people’s symptoms. In treatment, a lot of the effect drugs can be due to patients believing they will recover rather than the drug itself.
Dr. Ayers says, “The important thing about this book is that it’s applied science --- it shows why psychology is important to medicine and how we should use it. The book’s presentation is really important. It’s not just lots of theory, but full of tips and advice so that students can take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to real-life situations.”
1.The book Psychology for Medicine is mainly written for ________.
A.scientists | B.overweight people | C.patients | D.student doctors |
2.What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.The topics of the book. | B.The comments on the book. |
C.The contributors to the book. | D.The characteristics of the book. |
3.According to the text, the book Psychology for Medicine _________.
A.is a bit difficult to understand. |
B.is mainly about how to lose weight. |
C.included tips on training football players. |
D.focuses on the importance of psychology in treatment |
4.We can infer that the text is a(n) ______.
A.research report | B.introduction to a book |
C.advertisement for a book | D.introduction to a psychologist |
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员),though--- just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表)of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off -even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
1.From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in________.
A. Tokyo B. a small town
C. a city of middle size D. a big city
2.According to the writer, one had better________ first to do private teaching better.
A. take a TEFL course B. decide his or her own lessons
C. find students D. build up a full schedule
3.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that________.
A. there are many foreigners in Japan
B. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected
4.The underlined word” reluctant” in the passage may probably mean________.
A. kind B. unwilling C. free C. careless
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The film festival is________as an event of international importance.
A.acknowledged | B.realized | C.understood | D.fascinated |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Music is an international language that is beautiful to people all over the world. It seems to be a natural need for us. 1.
Music plays a significant role in education. Studies have indicated that music physically develops the part of the brain known to be involved with language. 2. Therefore the development of one promotes the growth of the other, and musical training not only develops a child's language skills but also promotes the learning of a second language. Music also causes improvement in brainpower. The thought patterns that are formed while studying music may help improve the ability to learn other subjects.
3. First, music is beneficial with its ability to reduce stress. And stress is associated with many illnesses, which can be prevented with stress reduced. When people are very stressed, there is a tendency to avoid listening to music. 4. But as we know, productivity increases when stress is reduced.
Additionally, music can have positive influence on mood, and many people will turn to certain songs to improve their moods. The main reason behind this phenomenon is that music has the ability to express one's feelings better than any other medium. 5. It also increases self-confidence.
A.So how does it help us?
B.The two are so closely related.
C.Let's see how people enjoy music.
D.Perhaps it feels like a waste of time.
E.The key is to choose the right type of music.
F.Music has some sort of psychological effect.
G.Good music also makes us remember the moments when we were happy.
高三英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析
The end of the 2014 World Cup does not mean the end of the international competition in Brazil. A major football event which is known as RoboCup will be held in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. Teams of robots from around the world will take part in it and play the game known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of human beings.
Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there are a lot of falls , and people are there to guide and support the robot players. Students of the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition. The students have won the last three RoboCup competition in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.
Jian Qiaoli is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team. He says one goal he has set for his team is to make sure the robots can find the ball and know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking ability of the robots. They should pay more attention to the kicking ability, which is the key to winning the game.
Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots improve every year. The robots know the difference between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says the robots are self-learning and don’t need to be told what to do. If there are three robot players on the playing field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide different responsibility for each of them. They have very good team play right now.
As long as the radar detection(雷达探测) works well, the robots will be very competitive. So RoboCup will be an exciting technology competition. Each team develops their own software. Actually, it’s a competition of who has the best software. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against human beings.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. The 2014 World Cup B. Joao Pessoa
C. RoboCup D. A basketball game
2.What can we learn about the robot players?
A. They look like children.
B. They are from Joao Pessoa.
C. They are not very skillful.
D. They are against human beings.
3.What is the deciding factor for the robots to win the game?
A. The ability to find the ball.
B. The ability to know the position.
C. The ability of walking.
D. The ability of kicking.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. The technology competition—RoboCup
B. The international competitions in Brazil
C. How to develop robot players?
D. Can robot players play football?
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition, in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup.
Technology students at the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition, which is held this year in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. The students have won the last three RoboCup competitions.
Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team.
He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball. He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots.
Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals. The robots know the differences between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.
U. S. Team member Christopher Akatusuka hopes for another victory in Brazil. The team has won the RoboCup the past three years in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.
“They have every good team player right now. As long as their detection is good, I think they'll be very competitive; we just hope to compete against the real good German teams eventually, because the Germans always do very well, ” says Akatsuka.
Mr Akatsuka says RoboCup is an exciting technology competition.
“Each team develops their own software; basically it's a competition of who has the best software, who has the best decision—making at a given point... it’s really exciting, ” says Akatsuka.
The event begins July 19th and ends July 25th. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against humans by 2050.
1.According to the first paragraph, Robocup _____.
A. is held every four years
B. is played by robots
C. is a symbol of World Cup's ending
D. is a celebration of World Cup
2.The robots' performance of playing the game is _______ .
A. marvelous B. awkward
C. flexible D. awesome
3.The same goal for the robots that Jian Qiao Li and Qin He mention is _______ .
A. to locate the ball B. to communicate with each other
C. to play at will D. to distinguish colors
4. Akatsuka's final hope for his robot team is ______ .
A. to invent the best software
B. to win the championship in Brazil
C. to make the best decision
D. to compete with humans
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Football is a popular sport with fans all over the world. There is, however, an indoor version of the game 1. (know) as “table football”. It was invented in 1921 and people 2. (get) great pleasure from it since then. The game is played on a special table. Players control their “team” by turning sticks, to which the “players” are attached. As in real football, 3. (point) will be awarded when putting the ball in the other players’ goal. Table football requires using hands and eyes together excellently, which is really exciting.
高三英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
_____news that the national football team was disqualified for the next World Cup finals came as no___ surprise at dll .
A./;a B.The; / C.A; a D.The; a
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析