八齿鼠新视野大学英语第二版第三册完形填空

2021年1月20日发(作者：轮流)
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Although they may not be the world’s fastest or strongest athletes, the 1830
competitions in the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan
competed
with all their hearts. At the closing
ceremony

Princess Takamado of Japan
made
a speech .She said, ’The past week was
all about

smiles, gentleness and peace. I
truly hope within my heart that the entire world can learn something here. We can all learn
from the
examples

these special athletes have shown us.’

The
aim
of the Special Olympics is clear. It is to encourage individuals with intellectual
disabilities
to become physically fit. They are also encouraged to be productive and
respected

members of society through sports training and competition. If an athlete
wins

in competition, it is a bonus. However ,
in a way
everyone wins. Lily Kuhn ,12, a skier with
Team USA , could hardly
restrain
her enthusiasm as the wrote home. She told her parents:
I was proud of myself. I am happy not simply for winning,
but
for winning honestly, loving to
compete and working the hardest for the longest time.
The festival
ending

the games is something to remember. It isn’t
complete
without the
hugs. One event volunteer
while
hugging and handing out sweatshirts to some of the
athletes
held up
his thumbs an
d said, ”All of these athletes are super! I can’t go
anywhere

around here without getting a hug. I
pray
for more of this sort of thing. I hope that the spirit
with which
they have competed might touch the whole world. Watching these young
people blossom ov
er the past week has truly touched my life. ”

At the end of the festival, the vice mayor for the city of Shanghai, which will
host

the
2007 summer games, accepted the flag for the Special Olympics
pledging

that “the city of
Shanghai would open its arms to
the world and to the Special Olympics”.


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Jim Fixx had been a heavy smoker and weighed 214 pounds when he
took up
running
in the 1960s. He soon
reaped

the benefits from running. His weight decreased
by
60
pounds by the time his book, The Complete Book Of Running, was published. His book
inspired

millions of people. In his book and on television talk shows, he extolled the
benefits of physical exercise and how it
considerably

increased the average people’s life
expectancy. His readers and audience became more health-conscious. However ,
to
their
shock, Fixx died at the age of 52 after his daily run. Many who opposed his beliefs said this
was
evidence
that running was harmful. However, his supporters
revealed

that the real
cause of Fixx’s death was a he
art attack. He came from a family where men had poor
health stories. His father
suffered

a heart attack at the age of 35 and died of one at 42.
Given

Fixx’s unhealthy lifestyle until he took up running, many argued that running added
many years to his life.
“Running does have its shortcomings,”
Acknowledges
heart specialist Paul Thomas,
in a recent medical journal. “The
impact

can be hard on your knees. Runners are more at
risk during their training,
particularly
i
f they run marathons.
However
, the news for runners
isn’t all bad. Evidence suggests in spite of its shortcomings,
moderate

amount of running
exercise can actually
result in

a longer, improved life.”

Macdonald, a certified Strength and Conditioning specialist once
summed up

a discussion by
saying, “
As with
all athletic endeavors, running comes with both great
reward

and inherent risk. More than 60% of runners will suffer an injury that causes them to
take time off running
—each year!” He also said that improving one’s balance can reduce
the
likelihood

of injury.

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Hyde was founded in 1966 to provide education based on character development
rather

than
academic achievement. It is a place where well-to-do families can send their
children who have difficulty in other educational environments. Many students are there

because

their parents believe in the educational theory of character
before
performance.
Although Hyde is
typically

categorized as a college preparatory school, the school
regards its
primary
purpose as preparation for life. Hyde helps students learn, embrace,
and adopt a character compass that will guide them for the rest of their lives.
Emphasis
is placed on
performing arts and sports. Hyde believes that one needs to
expose

themselves to group and community interactions as part of the growth process.
Competitive sports are played year round and have
led to
many championships. There are
typical high school classes and academics. Many Advanced Placement courses are
available

and encouraged. Most students are accepted to four-year colleges and
universities.
There are “Group Discovery” sessions several times per week. Students are
encouraged to
counsel

each other when they think another student’s actions or thoughts
do not correspond
to

the school’s philosophy. These sessions
focus on
the individual
students and their current issues and problems faced at the school. Students are
encouraged to
share
i
ntimate secrets, doubts and regrets about themselves and their
families. These sessions are
extended
to parents. The purpose of these sessions is to
involve
the whole family into the Hyde community social structure.
Truth is emphasized
over
harmony. Students who have difficulty with following the
school rules are

assigned

to perform maintenance jobs and lawn care for the school. The
practice is not solely punitive
but also
serves to illustrate that the transgressor has
separated him/herself from the community by their actions. The idea behind it is to
earn

acceptance by the group, and work back into the trust of the community.

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When Henry Ford announced he was going to produce an automobile that would be
affordable
to the general population, he probably did not realize what a great
impact

his
achievement would have on life in the United States and,
eventually
,

the world. Ford’s use
of mass production
strategies

to manufacture the Model T started a new era in personal
transportation.
As a result
,
roads were built for the sake of cars and the greater

mobility
of
people. With cars and the roads, having a business of one’s own became a lot
more
feasible.

Every type of business sprung up. Customers could easily get to the stores
no

matter where
they were in town,

provided
there was a road, so businesses
no longer

had
to be located at a town’s center.

And what about the family vacation?Families

packed

into their cars and drove across
the country to
explore
the new frontier, stopping at every possible roadside

attraction

on
the way. There was no limit
to
where you could go and what you could see. The car offered
a sense of independence and, as Americans particularly hated to be
restricted,
they fell in
love with the automobile

instantly
.
On average
,
each American household owns two or
more cars. As the world gets more complicated, driving cars around helps people

cope

with
the demands of modern life.
If you ask people what qualities
define
Americans, they will probably say that the two
dominating
characteristics of an American are inventiveness and independence. America
is truly the land of cars and car culture.

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