2020年高二英语上学期 25分钟限时阅读天天练—第3天

2020年高二英语上学期25分钟限时阅读天天练—第3天

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Secret Santa of Kansas City

In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was traveling across the country,

trying to make a new start for himself. Along the way he had 36 run out

of money and was 37 to spend the night in his 38 .

This continued until one morning, after a week of 39 in his car, he walked

40 into a restaurant and 41 a big breakfast. After eating his first good

meal in weeks, he found himself 42 to the waiter, telling him he had “lost

his wallet”. The waiter, who was also the owner, walked behind the chair

where the young man had been 43 .

He 44 , and came up with a ＄20 bill that looked as if it had fallen on

the floor. “Son, you must have 45 this,” the owner said. The young man

couldn’t believe his 46 ! He quickly paid for the 47 , left a tip,

bought gas with the change, and headed west. On the way out of town, it dawned

on him. “Maybe 48 dropped the money at all. Maybe the waiter just knew I

was in 49 and he helped me in a way that didn’t 50 me.”

Now older, the man lives near Kansas City. Each year he 51 thousands of

dollars, primarily in increments（递增）of ＄100. He is 52 as the “Secret

Santa”, because at Christmas time each year, he personally hands 53 out

to those on the street or at restaurants.

“I’ve lived the story, so I know it’s definitely more blessed to 54 than

receive, because it comes back to you many, many times over, ” he says. He

is 55 to be able to share the gift that blessed his life so many years ago.

36. A. hardly

37. A. forced

B. never

B. advised

C. completely

D. nearly

C. permitted D. persuaded

38. A. house B. car

C camp

D street

D. 39. A. celebrating

sleeping

40. A. proudly

happily

41. A. exchanged

42. A. lying

43. A. arguing

praying

44. A. made up

down

45. A. demanded

46. A. practice

47. A. breakfast

48. A. everybody

49. A. confusion

50. A. encourage

51. A. gives away

back

52. A. awarded

53. A. works

54. A. charge

B. researching C. crying

B. nervously C. excitedly D.

B. cooked

B. reading

C. ordered D. sold

D. announcing

D.

C. explaining

B. shopping C. sitting

B. turned up C. went out D. bent

B. dropped

B. memory

B. clothes

B. somebody

B. advance

C. owned D. received

D. luck

D. education

D. nobody

C. character

C furniture

C. anybody

C. trouble

D. debt

D. fool

D. gets

B. embarrass

B. brings in

C. inspire

C. puts away

B. known

B. tools

B. deliver

B. sorry

C. scolded

D. introduced

D. knowledge C. money

C. collect

D. give

D. afraid 55. A. grateful

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C. uncertain

All sports people are under a lot of pressure to win, so they have to be

spiritually strong. In the past, athletes only trained to get physically fit.

Today, professional sports psychologists use scientific techniques（技术）to help athletes get spiritually fit too.

British player Johnny Wilkinson described some of the pressures he had felt.

He played very well at the 2020 World Cup but after that he couldn’t play

well. He found that he had a terrible fear of failure. With the help of sports

psychologists, he realized that reality changes depending on how we look at

it and then everything went better.

In team sports, psychologists help players in different ways, one of which

is to create a team spirit. “It’s very difficult to get all the players

to think in the same way, but when you see a team that works as a unit,

everything happens naturally and easily, ” said Professor Dave Collins, a

sports psychologist.

When there is a team spirit, the players all take responsibility and don’t

blame individual players for mistakes. In this way ,they feel more confident

and can concentrate better. Sometimes players are under a lot of pressure

in a game. For example, a player may have to take a penalty kick. To reduce

his fear of making a mistake, sports psychologists use a method called

visualization（可视化）. Psychologists simply ask players to imagine taking

a perfect penalty. When players do this, certain areas of the brain become

active. An interesting fact is that they are the same areas of the brain as

when the player takes the real penalty.

Today sports psychologists have an important job to do. They help athletes

become spiritually fit and develop a winning mentality（必胜信念）. Having

a winning mentality can really make a difference between winning and losing.56. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. All sports people were mentally unhealthy in the past.

B. Sports psychologists can control athletes’ mind in the match.

C. Wrong views on success have bad effects on athletes’ spiritual health.

D. Some scientific methods have replaced traditional trainings.

57. Wilkinson felt better as he realized that_________.

A. everything was changing and was difficult to expect

B. things turned to be good when we looked at it differently

C. psychology was very important to an athlete like him

D. it was unnecessary for him to control his mind

58. What’s the importance of a team spirit according to the text?

A. It can increase players’ sense of responsibility.

B. It guarantees the perfect performance of everyone.

C. It controls the athletes’ mind when necessary.

D. It makes all athletes more skillful during a match.

59. It can be inferred from the text that_________

A. sports psychologists always ask athletes to use their imagination

B. the spirits of a psychologist can decide the outlook of a team

C. athletes need to play with psychologists to improve their skills

D. an active attitude usually helps players do better in real action

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