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1、选择性必修二 第二单元课文语法填空The Olympic Games_ four years, thousands of highly _(train) and extremely _(talent) athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, ready to test their abilities _each other in the hope of _(recognize) as the best of the best.This is the Olympics-_ ex

2、traordinary sporting event that was first _(celebrate) about 3,000 years ago. Subheading 1：History of the Olympic Games The ancient Olympic Games began in _ year 776 BCE. During the early Games only Greek men _(allow) to participate. They competed in such events _ boxing, running and the long jump.

3、The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries, _ they eventually died _ around the year 393. More than 1, 500 years later, _, the Games rose again. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. _was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, _ bro

4、ught the Olympics back to life. His dream was _ the Olympics would help people of different racial origins and from different cultures live side _ side in peace. For over a century, people from _(diversity) backgrounds have made joint efforts to help realize Coubertins dream. Subheading 2:_Motivated

5、 by the Olympic mottoFaster. Higher, Stronger”, many well-known athletes,both male and female, have devoted themselves _(achieve) sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement. One such Olympian was the boxer Cassius Clay. He came to public attention during the I960 Rome Olympi

6、cs, _ he won the light-heavyweight gold medal for the USA, _(demonstrate) great talent and personality in the process. Afterwards this young man proceeded to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964, and later changed his name to_ we all know-Muhammad Ali. He returned to the 1996 Atlant

7、a Olympic Games to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. By the time he died in 2016, Ali _(recognize) as one of the greatest boxers of all time.Another sportsperson _ should be applauded is Jessica Ennis-Hill. Her story is a remarkable example of _ hard work and devotion can lead to spor

8、ting excellence. A former track and field athlete from the UK, she won an Olympic gold medal in her home country in 2012. _ that were not enough, she returned to the Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016, just two years after giving birth_ her first child. In an interview she revealed that the sec

9、ret of her consistent good performance was the training that she never missed. Subheading3:_ The 2008 Beijing Olympics called _ the whole world to join in the Olympic spirit and build a better future for humanity with the official mottoOne World, One Dream. In addition to hosting the Olympics for th

10、e first time, China also ranked first _ the medal table. This success is _(remark) _ you consider that just 24 years before, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Xu Haifeng won his countrys first-ever gold medal. Since then the upward trend for Chinese sport has been_(stop).At the 2004 Athens Olympic G

11、ames, Liu Xiang became the first Asian _(win) the gold medal in the mens 110-metre hurdles, _ at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese womens volleyball team won a hard-fought victory in the final. The year 2022 will be another _(history) moment for China, _Beijing won the election to host the Win

12、ter Olympics.The Olympic Games bring joy and excitement to people _ the world. As Coubertin believed, _ the Olympic Games, each generation celebrates its advent, its joy of living, its faith _ the future, its ambition and its will to ascend.A critical reader needs to distinguish facts _ opinions, an

13、d evaluate the evidence _ which the opinions are based _(decide) whether they are _(convince).The Youth Olympic Games are the youth version of the Olympic Games. Young athletes aged between 15 and 18 compete in a wide range of sports. The majority of these sports are identical to _ at the Olympics b

14、ut other sports, such as wushu, have_(add) too. The Youth Olympic Games give _(talent) teenagers a chance to connect with fellow athletes from _(diversity) backgrounds. The focus is _ building bridges between different cultures, so there are competitions _( feature) mixed teams, such as mixed swimmi

15、ng relay competitions, both male and female athletes, sometimes of different nationalities, play side _ side. The first Youth Olympic Games were held in Singapore in 2010, and China ranked first _ the medal table _ 30 gold medals. In 2014, Naning had the honour of hosting the second Summer Youth Oly

16、mpic Games. This was another great success and China _(top) the medal table again.People across the world applaud athletes who try hard to achieve sporting excellence. However, it is not only the athletes _ deserve _( applaud).The Youth Olympic Games call on young people to learn and share_ the fiel

17、d of play. Official non-sporting roles include Young Reporters, YOG Ambassadors and Athlete Role Models.For many athletes, the Youth Olympic Games help them (to) demonstrate that they are ready for the Olympic Games. Many of these talented athletes will proceed _(participate) in the Olympic Games in

18、 the future.Winning isnt everythingWe all know _ it is like to want to win and most of us know _ it is like to lose. _（通常）, winning has the victor _(walk) on air, _(lose) in the glory of the moment, _ the loser is left with a bitter taste and a feeling of_ (fail). Almost nobody likes to come second,

19、 and sometimes it is difficult to _ everything_（正确客观地看待）. Modern society honours winners and successful sportspeople quickly become celebrities, _(admire) by all. However there are ways to win and ways to lose. Whether you come first or last, it is important to remember that at any sporting event, y

20、ou face two opponents: your fellow competitors and yourself. _ the finish, your competitors will walk away but you will have to live _ your decisions. A true sportsperson will make the right decisions for the right reasons and not worry about failure. There is an old and very wise saying,_(repeat) m

21、any times, _（赢在谦卑中，输在优雅中，做两者都要有尊严）.”_（为了赞扬）such acts of: sportsmanship, the International Fair Play Committee decided to award the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy, in 1964. The first athlete to receive the award was an Italian bobsleigh competitor named Eugenio Monti. During the two-man bobslei

22、gh final at the 1964 Winter Olympic Games, he produced an _(excellence) time for his downhill run. One of the British competitors, Tony Nash, had broken a part of his bobsleigh and was unable to compete. Monti became aware of this, and without _(hesitate) he removed the same part of his own bobsleig

23、h and lent it to his opponent.Nash and his partner went on to achieve a record time and won the gold medal. Montis remarkable, _(self) decision to help a fellow competitor, in the final stage of an Olympic event, is an example to us all. He did not come first but he walked away_true hero. Sports idi

24、omsEvery language has its idioms, which are groups of words with meanings different from the meanings of the individual words. Idioms make language more colourful and _(express). Since sport is an _(separate) part of day-to-day life, there are lots of sports idioms that have found _ way _ everyday l

25、anguage. Lets take a look at some of them!FootballFootball (or soccer, _ it is called in the USA)is one of the most popular sports in the world and many countries have their own football leagues. The English language is full of idioms _ are thought _( come) from football.As you know, in a football m

26、atch, players try to kick or head the ball into the _ (oppose) teams goal, _ is the net between two big goalposts _ (fix) to the ground. Can you imagine that every time you have a chance to score, the goalposts are moved? That would be not only difficult, but also upsetting. If someone moves the goa

27、lposts in everyday life, it means they _ (fair) change the rules or requirements for something. An insurance salesman _ is about to reach his annual sales target, only for the company to make the target _ (high), could _ (right) complain about the company moving the goalposts.Thankfully, goalposts d

28、o not really move-but when a player scores an own goal, he or she might wish they _ (do). Scoring an own goalin football means _ (accident) kicking or heading the ball into ones own net, and it is one of the worst things that can happen _ a football player. If someone makes a bad mistake which _ (in

29、tend) harms their own interests, they are said to have scored an own goal. You might see this expression in the newspapers when the local council makes a decision which backfires terribly!BaseballBaseball is an old and popular sport _ has given the English language many different idioms. You might h

30、ave heard expressions likein the ballpark” or a ballpark estimate. The venue _ a baseball is played is called a ballpark. So, _ we do not know _(exact) where the ball is during the game, we can assume that it is somewhere in the ballpark. For this reason, people use the expression in the ballparkora

31、 ballpark estimateto talk about rough estimates._ common baseball expression is throwing someone a curveball”. Curveballs are balls that suddenly turn in the air, and these are of course difficult for the other team _ (handle), We use this expression to describe things that are _(expect) and difficu

32、lt _(respond). Three strikes and you are outis another idiom that comes from baseball. _ it suggests, in baseball this means that a batter(the person with the baseball bat in his or her hands)is out after making three _(succeed) attempts to hit the ball. This idiom is often used to talk about situat

33、ions _where people fail after wasting three chances.BoxingEnglish also has a large number of idioms _(connect) with boxing, which has been a popular sport for thousands of years. A boxer is not allowed to use his or her fists to hit the opponent below the waist. Hence comes the idiombelow the belt.

34、In day-to-day life, if someone makes an _(fair) and cruel remark, we can describe it as “below the belt”.Throwing in the towelis another common idiom that comes from boxing. When a boxer is losing badly and is too tired or _(confuse) to give up _ his or her own, the coach will _ (literal) throw a towel into the ring to end the fight. In everyday life, this idiom simply means _(admit) defeat and giving up.Sport is _(challenge) and _ is life. However, when you are thrown a curveball, do not throw in the towel-work hard, be careful not to score an own goal, and you are sure to make _!