外研版八年级上册 Module3 Sports.同步话题阅读

1、 PAGE11 / NUMPAGES11Modules3 同步话题阅读SportsPeople from all over the world enjoy sports. Sports are good for peoples healthy pleasure and longevity. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or te

2、am wins.Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer. Swimming is fun in summer, and skating is good in winter.Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are

3、 rather new. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest sports. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together, they often become good friends. Sports help to develop a persons character. One can learn

4、s to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. character/ krkt(r)/ n. 个性；品质 pride/ prad /n.骄傲；自豪 grace/res /优雅，优美运动全世界的人都喜欢运动。运动有助于保持人们健康、快乐和长寿。许多人喜欢观看他人运动。他们买票或者打开电视观看比赛。当“他们的”运动员或队赢得比赛时，他们经常变得很兴奋。运动项目随季节而有所变化。人们在冬季和夏季做不同的运动。在温暖的天气游泳其乐无穷，寒冬滑雪快乐无比。有些运动或比赛可以追溯到几千年以前，比如跑步

5、和跳跃。例如，中国武术就有着很悠久的历史，而篮球和排球就比较新了。人们一直在发掘新的运动项目。水上冲浪就是最新的运动之一。不同国家的人或许不能够相互理解，但一起比賽后，他们经常成为好朋友。运动有助于培养一个人的性格。一个人学会奋力拼搏，但要公平竞争，要胜不骄，败不馁。1. No sports, no life.生命在于运动。2.The motto of the Olympic Games is “Faster, Higher, Stronger”.奥运会的格言是“更快，更高，更强”。编 者 寄 语常用词汇basebal棒球volleyball排球boring无聊的exciting令人兴奋的re

6、laxing令人放松enjoyable令人愉快的stadium体育场beat打败，战胜train训练practice对抗practise练习常用短语cheeron为加油fan club（影、球）迷俱乐部warm up热身as usual像往常一样be pleased with对满意 常用句子1.My favourite sport is volleyball.我最喜欢的运动是排球。2.Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.没有什么比打网球更令人愉快的了。3.Its safer than playing tennis.它比打网球安全。4.St

7、aying at home was easier than going to the stadium.待在家里要比去体育馆容易得多。5.We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up.我们都尽早到达以便我们有时间热身。RunningRunning is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for 1 .Doctors say many health problems come from these bad 2 : eating and drinking too

8、much, smoking, and not taking enough 3 . Doctors tell us, Eat and drink 4 . dont smoke, and exercise more. Running is a good form of exercise it helps build a strong heart. It also 6 most people lose weight（体重）.One 30-year-old woman runs three times a week. I love eating. she says. She 7 to lose wei

9、ght.Running is good 8 health in other ways too. Many runners say running keeps small health problems away.Running is my 9 , says one man Running 10 also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.1阅读短文，掌握其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。1. A. moneyB. workC. homeworkD. health2. A.

10、habitsB. ideasC. rulesD. hobbies3. A. drinkB. exerciseC. holidayD. time4. A. lessB. moreC. easilyD. hard5. A. whenB. afterC. becauseD. before6. A. helpsB. tellsC. practisesD. asks7. A. singsB. runsC. playsD. dances8. A. withB. fromC. forD. to9. A. teacherB. doctorC. waiterD. student10.A. mayB. mustC

11、. needD. can走路，特别是快走，是非常好的有氧运动。快走不受时间和场地的限制。另外，平地快走对膝关节、踝关节的压力小，适合老年人、体弱者、严重肥胖者等。快走的装备也很简单，只需一双舒适合脚的运动鞋就可以。Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5, 000 steps a day. A

12、bout 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favourite exercise: over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.Fast walking is easy, costs little and works well, so it is popular. And many people would rather（宁愿）do exercise in nature than go to gyms. Its best to walk fast for

13、at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6, 000 steps every day. The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most. On average（平均）, everyone there walks5, 941 steps every day. It seems（似乎）that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to（愿意）do sports

14、. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1.The underlined word steps means in Chinese.A.段B.点C.节D.步2.Over 23%of the Chinese people choose as their favourite exercise.A. B. C. D. 3.Many people like to do exercise better.A. at homeB. in natureC. in the gymD.in the hall4.The writer probably agrees that .A. people who live in bi

15、g cities are more willing to do sportsB. fast walking is not difficult, costs little and works well C. its bad for people to walk fast for more than 10 minutes at one time D. people in Beijing love sports most according to the study5.We can read the passage in the column（栏目） of a newspaper. A. Mums

16、KitchenB. Music TodayC. Health & SportsD. Health & FoodJogging is good for us and helps us live longer and healthier lives. Its easy to do and free. You do not have to spend money on jogging. You can do it in a park or even in your home. 1. Then how can we keep jogging fun? Here are some ideas to ma

17、ke your Jogging more interesting. First, you should choose to wear your favourite sports clothes and shoes when you jog. 2. Always jog outdoors. By changing your route （路线）and choosing another street, you will always have something interesting to enjoy while you jog. 3. The music can make you excite

18、d and run farther without feeling bored.Its always more enjoyable with a friend. Make friends while jogging. Join a running club, find a new running partner, or invite an old friend to go jogging. 4. Then you can try to catch up with him or her.根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。A. They make y

19、ou more comfortable.B. Its better to find a friend who runs a little faster than you. C. But many people find it boring after jogging for a while. D. Always keep jogging at the right time, such as in the morning.E. Listen to your favourite songs when you jog.阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。Now more and more chil

20、dren are becoming overweight（超重的）and less creative（有创造力的） they spend too much time in front of the computer. Child protective Service（儿童保护组织）in the USA asked children to go out to do some outdoor games, not to play computer games. A report says in the USA lots of children spend about 1, 000 hours a

21、year playing computer games. Of course, they are overweight. Some of them have poor eyesight（视力）, they cant see things clearly.Everyone wants to keep healthy. But what can we do to keep healthy? First, we should keep away from the computer. The doctor says the longer children play computer games, th

22、e more overweight they may become. Hey, boys and girls! To keep healthy, stop playing computer games and go out to take more exercise! You can swim, ride a bike, fly a kite or go jogging. Try any of them. Its good for your health and you can make some new friends! 1.选择最佳句子补全文章，其中有一项是多余的。A. What may

23、we become if we play computer games all day? （根据短文内容简要回答问题） 2. What did Child Protective Service in the USA ask children to do? （根据短文内容简要回答问题） 3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph I with one word. （根据对短文的理解，在空白处填入一个恰当的词） 4. Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese. （将短文中画线的句

24、子译成汉语） 5. List two ways to keep healthy for children.（列出孩子保持健康的两种途径） 参考答案：完形填空【主旨大意】本文介绍了跑步的好处1.D 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们中许多人为了健康而跑步。和下文提到的 health problems相呼应。2.A 考查名词词义辨析。下文介绍的 eating and drinking too much, smoking均为“坏习惯”。3.B 考查名词词义辨析。此处和下文的“and exercise more.”相呼应。4.A 考查副词词义辨析。句意：医生告诉我们：“少吃、少喝酒，不吸烟，多运动。”5.C

25、 考查连词词义辨析。Running is a good form of exercise与 it helps build a strong heart为因果关系。故用because。6.A 考查动词词义辨析。also承接上文，故此处句意为“它也有助于大多数人减肥”。7.B 考查动词词义辨析。根据“One30-year-old woman runs three times a week.可知此处选runs。8.C 考查介词词义辨析。be good for意为“对有好处”。9.B 考查名词词义辨析。上文提到“许多跑步者说跑步能赶走小毛病”，故此处意为“跑步是我的医生”。10.D 考查情态动词词义辨

26、析。句意：跑步也能帮助人们放松。can表示“能够”。阅读理解【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。健康离不开运动，快走已经成为一种十分流行的运动方式，既简单又有效。1.D 猜测词义题。根据第一段对 fast walking的描述和many people walk more than5，000 steps a day（在中国，许多人每天行走5000多步）可知选D。2.A 细节理解题。根据第一段最后的over23%choose running可知超过23%的中国人选择跑步作为他们最喜欢的锻炼方式。故选A。3.B 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms.可知选B。4.B 推理判断题。根据第二段第一句Fast walking is easy，costs little and works wel，so it is popular.可知“快走非常容易，并且花费少、效果好，所以它是受欢迎的”。故选B。5.C 推