Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to make about their children’s careers. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen or sportswomen? For many children it means starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place.

It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing. Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is allocated from the government for the very best young sportsmen or sportswomen. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their child’s development, and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment, etc. can be very expensive.

Many parents are understandably worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sportsperson. What is clear is that very few people do reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.

【小题1】The underlined word in Para. 2 is closest in meaning to “__________”.

A．separate	B．provide
C．drop	D．spread

【小题2】What do we learn about the children who train to be sportsmen or sportswomen?

A．They has less school work than others.

B．Their parents made sports their careers.

C．They can play with friends for five hours on weekends.

D．Their training, sports clothes and equipment cost much.

【小题3】What is the doctors’ attitude towards the early training?

A．Supportive.	B．Disapproving.
C．Indifferent.	D．Doubtful.

【小题4】What is the writer’s intention to write this passage?

A．To debate on early sports training.	B．To discuss training methods.
C．To give details about training costs.	D．To suggest a training programme.

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I'm a booklover but like sharing my love for books！So I've been bought books constantly. Finishing reading one book，I placed it in my school so that some of my schoolmate can enjoy themselves when reading it. I especial like placing it on a stone table in the little garden that students might have time to take a rest. I was delighted when I saw the card left on the table to say thanks the other day. And from the card，I knew my book turned out of to be a birthday gift for a strange girl. It was so lovely find out that my book could bring anyone pleasure！

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Nowadays people of all ages took pleasure in a hobby which is all interesting and fun. And every year more and more people start a stamp collect and discover an interest which can last lifetime. Starting your collection of stamps are easy because they are nowhere. Holiday and birthday postcards and letters send by your friends and relatives can provide them with stamps from all over the world. But once you start collecting seriously, you will probably want to join in the Collectors’ Club what helps add more stamps to your collection and make friends.

   How to inspire children to explore the world full of mysteries? An organization is using a special way to make children interested in the unexplained world.

12-year-old Christian Kasdorf says, “Being up in the sky is really great. I would like to be a pilot someday.” He told the Dakota County Star, a local newspaper in South Sioux City, Nebraska, “It’s fun. And you get to see things from above.”

Not only did Christian get a chance to ride in an airplane earlier this month, but also learned about flying it, thanks to a program called Young Eagles, which is created by the US Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). It’s designed to give children between the ages of 8 and 17 a chance to experience flight in an aviation (航空) airplane while educating children about aviation. This program offers donations and volunteers (志愿者) free of charge. The lessons are free. All you need is that your parents allow you to do so.

“It is just to get kids in the air to experience flying — and get them informed about aviation,” said Rick Alter, president of the EAA, which started the Young Eagles program hack in 1992. Since then, nearly two million kids across the United States and Canada have taken Young Eagles flight.

“All kids should experience the freedom of flight at least once. All the kids really seem to like it. And it’s a great way to get them interested in aviation,” Rick told Time reporter Sean Leary.

Young Eagles teams kids up with experienced pilots who show them what to do and how to do it. “Kids have a chance to help control the aircraft. They get an idea of how the aircraft flies and what the instruments and controls do,” said Dick Foat, a pilot from Big Bear, California.

“It wasn’t as nervous as I had expected. The hardest part was the landing,” Christian said. “I was scared at first. But I got used to it.”

【小题1】What does Christian think of his experience of flying a plane?

A．He thinks of it as a joke for a child.	B．He finds it frightening and boring.
C．He thinks it’s exciting and amazing.	D．He feels it is fun to take pictures on the plane.

【小题2】Why was the program of Young Eagles started?

A．To produce a team of younger pilots.

B．To make kids gain flying experience and know more about aviation.

C．To make kids learn to love their countries.

D．To persuade parents to have their kids develop freely.

【小题3】What can the kids do when they are on the plane?

A．Study skills and knowledge of flying planes.

B．Find how to get rid of fears of flying high.

C．Learn about enjoying the scenes in the high sky.

D．Enjoy the freedom of being away from parents.

【小题4】Who will teach kids to control a plane?
A. The volunteers making donations to the program.  

A．Expert pilots chosen by the program.
B．Older kids from California.	C．The president of the EAA.

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Nathan Sawaya showed a strong 【小题1】（prefer）for building blocks when he was young. At the age of 5, his grandparents bought his first set of building blocks and he 【小题2】（play）with them ever since. He even took his building blocks to college with him. Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village 【小题3】（make）of bricks on his desk.

Nathan started as a lawyer 【小题4】 gave up his well-paid job to become 【小题5】 artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty to Superman！He has more than 1. 5 million colored bricks 【小题6】 are used by him to make pieces of art in his office in New York. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait. It took him two days just 【小题7】（build）the eyes.

Nathan's works have appeared in museums around the world. People love his arts because they are 【小题8】（fascinate）. Since it began in 2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular 【小题9】museum visitors everywhere.

"I'm proud that I have fulfilled my childhood dream, and I have actually made a job out of it, "says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is 【小题10】（important）thing. "