The Olympic Games are seen as the greatest test of an athlete's ability and are supposed to celebrate the spirit of fair play. But in fact,sportsmen have been using drugs to cheat their way to victory since the Games first began.

  In the early years,athletes ate mushrooms(蘑菇)and plant seeds to improve their perform?ance. Nowadays, this kind of cheating has a name—doping(用興奮劑).

  Just last month,Britain's top sprinter(賽跑選手)Dwain Chambers and several American athletes tested positive(呈陽性) for the drug THG. Until a coach secretly gave a sample of THG to scientists，no one knew how to test for it.

  "We're like cops(警察)chasing criminals―athletes are always adapting and looking for ar?eas we haven't investigated," said Jacquew de Ceaurriz, a French anti-doping expert.

  Since the first drugs test was carried out at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City,many cheats have been caught out. The most famous case in history is that of Canadian sprinter Ben John?son.

  He broke the 100 meters world record in winning gold at the 1988 Seoul(漢城)Olympics. But days later, he tested positive for drug use,lost his gold medal and was banned from the sport. Five years later, he returned to action―only to be found positive again and banned forever.

  China has also had problems with drug cheats. At the 1994 Asian Games, 11 Chinese ath?letes―seven of them swimmers―tested positive for banned drugs. Sports organizations prom?ised that cheating on this scale would not happen again.

  Experts are also worried that doping can damage a person's health. It is believed to increase the risk of liver and kidney(肝腎)diseases, and women may experience reproductive(生育) problems. As long as they can stay ahead of the scientists, it is unlikely the cheats will stop. But experts say there is a limit to what can be achieved and that athletes will not be able to change their bodies using gene(基因)technology.

  "For the moment_? genetic doping does not exist," said de Ceaurriz. "Even in 10 or 15 years it will not be done easily―the scientific community will not let it happen." 

(   ) 5. Which of the following is NOT the way that some athletes cheat to their better sports achievements?

A. Eating mushrooms. B. Taking drug THG.

C. Taking genetic doping. D. Eating plant seeds.

(   ) 6. How many countries are mentioned in the passage in which there were athletes doping?

A. Two. B. Four. C. Six. D. Eight.

(   ) 7. We can infer from the passage that      

A.     scientists get a lot of information about drug before the athletes take doping

B.     taking doping will never happen again because of the serious test

C.     few athletes used drug cheats before the first drug test was carried out at the 1968 Olympics

D. problems with drug cheats are still serious though they are severely tested
(   ) 8. Which statement of the following is true?

A.     Many police are sent to chase criminals of taking doping during the Olympic Games.

B.     The drug test was carried out until the 1968 Olympics.

C.     There is the possibility that women athletes taking doping will give no birth to a child.

D.     Ben Johnson was banned from sports forever for being tested positive for drug use at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

 Last week,millions of Chinese viewers turned into CCTV 5 to watch two teams of men in colorful clothing chase a ball around a field. But the New England Patriots(愛國者隊)and Caro?lina Panthers(黑豹隊)were not playing soccer. They were competing for American football's greatest prize,the Super Bowl.

  The first recorded game of American university was played more than 100 years ago,using a mixture of soccer and rugby(英式橄攬球)rules. The Super Bowl itself was first contested in 1967 ，but 2004 was the first time the game reached Chinese TV screens.

  American football is very popular because it exhibits a number of athletic skills，such as running, jumping, catching,throwing and kicking. There is also hitting and tackling, which appears violent(激烈的)sometimes!

  The best-known league in the United States is the National Football League (NFL)，which is made up of 30 teams, and the Super Bowl is its championship game. One of the most famous players is New England star Tom Brady，who was named the Most Valuable Player as his team won the Super Bowl last week. Brady plays in the quarterback position, and is the player re?sponsible for throwing the ball to his teammates. Now the Super Bowl has arrived in China, maybe the game will become just as popular as basketball or soccer！

(   ) 1. In the first paragraph, the underlined word "chase" means "_____________________ ”.

A. to be followed    B. to run after

C. to catch    D. to throw

(   ) 2. From the passage we can see that      

A.     CCTV has never broadcast Super Bowl before

B.     the Super Bowl contest began more than a century ago

C.     the Chinese people didn't watch the Super Bowl contest until 2004

D.     football game first began in 1967

(   ) 3. American football is popular because      

A. it is easy to play    B. it shows many athletic skills

C. it is very violent at all the time     D. it is not expensive

(   ) 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A.     NFL consists of thirty teams.

B.     Tom Brady serves in New England.

C.     The Super Bowl is the greatest football prize in the world.

D.     The Super Bowl will begin in Beijing next week.

 Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago,we've both always 1 the few times a year when we can see each other.

  Over the 2 ，we spent hours and hours，staying up late into the night，talking about the people she was 3 around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with 4 and was into other 5 behavior. I was blown away！ She told me how she had been 6 to her parents about where she was going and even sneak?ing out to see this guy because they didn't want her 7 him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she 8 better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disap?peared.

  I tried to 9 her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting 10 . I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was 11 to hang with a bunch of losers，especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left,I was really worried about.her and 12 by the experience. It had been so frustrating，I had come 13 to telling her several times during the weekend that may?be we had just grown too far apart to 14 our friendship―but I didn't. I put the power of 15 to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. The chance was that she 16 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could 17 anything.

  A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 18， and then she told me that she had 19 with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly 20 moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

(   ) 1. A. worried about B. looked forward to C. paid attention to D. thought of
(   ) 2. A. weekend    B. months C. years    D. days

(   ) 3. A. working    B. falling in love

       C. hanging    D. keeping in touch

(   ) 4. A. books    B. girls     C. friends    D. drugs

(   ) 5. A. self-destructive    B. self-respecting

       C. self-confident     D. self-defensive

(   ) 6. A. explaining    B. reasoning    C. declaring    D. lying

(   ) 7. A. on    B. beside     C. around    D. to

(   ) 8. A. did    B. deserved    C. had    D. got

(   ) 9. A. tell    B. convince    C. force    D. warn
(   ) 10. A. somewhere    B. everywhere    C. nowhere    D. anywhere

(   ) 11. A. acceptable    B. believable C. reliable    D. admirable

(   ) 12. A. exhausted    B. surprised    C. satisfied    D. terrified

(   ) 13. A. almost    B. nearly     C. close    D. over

(   ) 14. A. stop    B. continue    C. start    D. make

(   ) 15. A. love    B. friendship    C. truth    D. justice

(   ) 16. A. thought    B. remembered    C. valued    D. hated

(   ) 17. A. mean     B. conquer     C. tell    D. prove

(   ) 18. A. friendship    B. relationship

        C. quarrel    D. conversation

(   ) 19. A. broken away    B. broken down    C. broken up    D. broken out

(   ) 20. A. demanding    B. challenging     C. frustrating    D. rewarding

10. Tom admitted having cheated in the exam,      next time. (promise)

Tom承認(rèn)了考試作弊并保證下次不會那樣做了。

9. Although her parents disagreed, she insisted on       the poor young man. (marry)

盡管雙親不同意，她還是堅持嫁給那個窮小子。

8.________________________ along the street, there is a bus stop, (every)

街上每隔幾里就有一個公共汽車站。

7. This rope is      that one. (time)

這條繩子是那條的三倍長。

6. In my eyes,those people who have broken the rule_________________________________ • (deserve)

在我看來，那些違反規(guī)則的人應(yīng)受懲罰。

5. Would you go to the party____________________ the day after tomorrow? (hold)

你會去后天舉辦的聚會嗎？

4. Not only       the disabled to find jobs,but also medical treatment will be provided for those who need it. (give)

不僅要幫助殘疾人找工作，還要給有需要的殘疾人提供醫(yī)療服務(wù)。