备考2023年高考英语二轮专题：阅读理解(体育)

1 / 23 备考2023年高考英语二轮专题：阅读理解（体育） 一、阅读理解(共39题；共78分) 阅读理解 Cheerleading is the fastest growing women's sport, yet many Americans think it can't satisfy the standards and qualifications of a sport. In addition, they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders' main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers, which should not be considered a sport. However, it is true of competitive cheerleading. Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activity. Cheerleaders must learn to fall and perform many complex actions, like lifts and tosses. This is where the "fliers" are thrown in the air, held by "bases" in different positions that require strength and cooperation with other teammates. The whole routine has to be completed in less than three minutes and 15 seconds and the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area. Just like gymnasts, they are awarded points for difficulty, technique, creativity and sharpness. Cheerleading is a team sport, so without cooperation, first place is out of reach. Cheerleading is the major cause of serious sports injuries to women due to the fact that cheerleaders always perform without any equipment to protect them. While many athletes in other sports are well protected, smiling cheerleaders are tossed into the air and fall down into the arms of trusted teammates. The fliers must remain tight all the time so that their bases can catch them safely. Because cheerleading is not recognized as a sport by many schools, proper equipment isn't provided to ensure safety. Therefore, more recognition of competitive cheerleading as a sport would decrease the number of injuries. Competitive cheerleading is a physical activity governed by rules under which a winner can be declared and its primary purpose is to compare the skills of participants. Hopefully, cheerleading will become as well-known a sport as football and basketball, and even appear in the Olympics since cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those involved in the more accepted sports. 1．（2分）What do many Americans think of cheerleading? A．It is aimed at cheering the audience. B．It focuses on strength and teamwork. C．It does no good to women's health. D．It fails to meet the criteria of a sport. 2．（2分）What does the author mainly want to tell us in Paragraph 2? A．Competitive cheerleading is a team sport.

2 / 23 B．Cheerleaders must train hard to win first place. C．There are no limits to competitive cheerleading. D．Strength is essential to competitive cheerleading. 3．（2分）Why is it easy for cheerleaders to get seriously injured? A．They are not skillful in performance. B．They don't wear protective equipment. C．They are exposed to some dangers. D．They always perform various techniques. 4．（2分）Which of the following is the author's opinion of cheerleading? A．It consumes a lot of energy and strength. B．It will become more famous than football. C．It is likely to become well known in future. D．It should be equipped with various purposes. 阅读理解 Girls should take part in competitive sport to build confidence, and the leaders of a group of girls' schools will argue this week. Helen Fraser, director of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), will tell the group that sport can help girls deal with failure. "All girls, not just the sporty ones, should take physical exercise," Ms. Fraser says. Research that girls are far less active than boys is worrying, she argues. Ms. Fraser will tell the group that she supports "sport for all". "That's why I love it when our schools have A, B, C and D teams and beyond," she says. The GDST draws on research from the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation which suggests only a quarter of girls in England meet basic levels of activity each week. One in five girls do no activity at all, twice the proportion of boys, the research suggests. Ms. Fraser says other research suggests that more than 80% of women business leaders played sports while growing up. She uses the examples of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who once was a skater and tennis player, and the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who was in the French national swimming team. Ms. Fraser says Olympic medallists like Jessica Ennis and Katherine Grainger are excellent role models for young women but says women's sport needs more money and more news reports. Valerie Dunsford, head of Sheffield High School for Girls, part of GDST, said it was important to offer a

3 / 23 large number of sports to attract different types of girls. "Not everyone wants to be out playing the hockey." said Ms. Dunsford. 5．（2分）Which of the following ideas would Ms. Fraser agree with? A．Boys are born to be sport lovers. B．Girls are less confident than boys. C．More should be done to make girls do sports. D．Those taking part in the sport are always successes. 6．（2分）What's the proportion of boys who never take exercise? A．1/10. B．1/5. C．1/4 D．2/5. 7．（2分）Ms. Fraser mentions those famous women to show__________. A．hard work will pay off B．it's not easy to be great C．sport can help girls to succeed D．it's necessary to balance work and sport 8．（2分）What's the purpose of the text? A．To explain the key to success. B．To show the importance of sport. C．To introduce more sports to girls. D．To encourage more girls to do sports. 阅读理解 I recall when I was a young girl back in Canada, I was sitting and watching a baseball game on TV with my father and we started to debate the importance of sports. Different from my father, I argued with all the overconfidence of a teenager that sports is more than just a hobby to keep us physically healthy and went as far as claiming that "There would be more wars if we didn't have sports!" As an adult, my teenage tendencies of exaggeration (夸张)may have faded but I still firmly believe that sports is more than just a hobby for both participants and audience. The challenging times we are all living through right now with coronavirus is proof to this. The effect of cancelling all sports from professional leagues right down to amateur budding athletic programs, can be felt by millions of people worldwide. To many the social emotional impact is stronger than the physical. The loss of the sense of community, of belonging, and of an extended family is real for many girls, boys, men and women everywhere. Others are