Whether you play e-sports（电子竞技）or not, you might have heard of iG (Invictus Gaming), a Chinese e-sports club. On the night of Nov 3, iG beat Europe’s Fnatic club and won the 2018 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in South Korea. It was the first time in the event’s（赛事）eight-year history that a Chinese club won.
The long-awaited victory showed how e-sports has progressed in China in recent years. A growing number of e-sports clubs have been founded in China in the last 10 years, and more young gamers are working as e-sports players. However, becoming a skillful e-sports player is not all fun and games.
An e-sports player must be quick in action and able to bear hardship.
They must also have a high APM which means how many actions they can do in a game within one minute. Skilled players can have an APM as high as 400.
There is a limit（限制）to how long they can play this well. Skillful players’ ages are mostly from 17 to 25. After a certain age, they become slower.
E-sports players have to work hard every day. “We start to practice right after we get up in the morning and usually last until midnight,” said Huang Fuquan, a player from iG. “There is at least 12 hours of work every day.”
Many players practice so much that they get pains and arthritis（关节炎）. They also face lots of problems. Some e-sports clubs even invite doctors to help their players.
So if you want to turn your love for gaming into a full-time job, ask yourself this first: Are you really prepared?
1.How long have e-sports players waited for the victory?
A.For 8 years. B.For 10 years. C.For 17 years. D.For 25 years.
2.There were ______ in e-sports in the last 10 years.
A.more skillful and old gamers B.fewer foreign gamers
C.more clubs and young gamers D.fewer full-time gamers
3.An e-sports player must ______.
A.be very handsome B.have a low APM C.work hard every day D.be old enough
4.The passage was written to _____.
A.tell people how to do sports B.describe e-sports players’ life
C.ask more people to play e-sports D.introduce foreign e-sports clubs
① It’s very important to keep a record of new words as you learn them. There are many ways to do this and this passage will give you ideas about how you can do this.
② Word cards
Museum (noun) | A large building where old objects are kept and shown. Example: National Museum or Natural Science Museum |
Word cards are small cards to help you remember words. Making a set of word cards is an easy way to go over words.
Follow these steps to make word cards:
On one side you write the word, pronunciation and part of speech, e. g. noun, verb, etc.
On the other side write the meaning or a sentence with the word in. You could also write a translation or draw a picture.
Take the cards with you in your bag. When you have five minutes, e. g. on the bus, look at the word and try to remember the meaning.
Look at the other side of the card and check. Or you could read the meaning and try to remember the word.
If writing words on pieces of paper isn’t easy for you, keep a word list on your computer or mobile phone. There are mobile apps to help you.
③ Tables
FRUIT | VEGETABLES | MEAT |
apple orange banana | potato carrot tomato | chicken beef |
ADJECTIVES | OPPOSITES |
happy interesting talkative patient wide tall | sad boring quiet impatient narrow short |
Tables are great for putting words into groups. The examples above show a table grouped by topic and one for opposites.
④ Different ideas will work for different people, so try some of them out and see which ones work for you. Then you will discover remembering words isn’t a hard task for you.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A.How to draw tables. B.Ideas on mobile apps.
C.Steps to make cards. D.Ways to remember words.
2.How can you use word cards?
A.Write words on very big paper. B.Look at the word cards whenever you are free.
C.Record the words without pictures or sentences. D.Write the word and its meaning on the same side.
3.What does “narrow” mean according to the tables?
A.反的 B.正的 C.窄的 D.宽的
4.What’s the structure（结构）of the passage?
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Last month, 4-year-old Riley ran from his house with his family. Their home in Paradise, California was on fire.
Paradise is a wet place. But this year it got almost no rain. The plants and trees were very dry. So when the fire started, it spread out of control and became the worst fire in Califoria’s history. Lots of houses were burned down, including Riley’s.
Riley took his favorite toy before he left. It was a dinosaur（恐龙）. However, he left everything else. Riley’s aunt, Tanya, posted a photo of Riley on Facebook asking for a toy dinosaur because he missed his collection. Soon, boxes started coming.
“All my friends shared my Facebook post,” Tanya said. Now, Riley has about 100 dinosaurs. The family is thankful because the toys are helping Riley deal with his feelings. “Sometimes he’ll cry and say ‘I want to go home,’” Tanya said. He is excited to talk about his new toys, though. “I got lots of dinosaurs. I even got a sweater with my name and a dinosaur on it,” he said.
Riley has bagged up some of the toys. He wants to share them with kids who don’t have anything. “It’s a good lesson for him to pay it forward,” Tanya said, “This means to share the good things he received with others. Maybe they will do the same for someone else.”
1.What happened to Riley?
A.His house was burned down. B.He lost his family.
C.His favorite toy was missing. D.He couldn’t find his way home.
2.Why did Tanya’s friends share her Facebook post?
A.To raise money for Riley. B.To help Riley get a toy dinosaur.
C.Because Tanya was famous. D.Because Tanya forced them to do so.
3.How does Riley feel now?
A.He feels angry. B.He hates Tanya
C.He has a mixed feeling D.He feels hopeless.
4.What is Riley going to do with the toys?
A.Throw them away. B.Give them to his aunt.
C.Return them to their owners. D.Share them with others.
补全对话
根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的选项，有两项多余。
A: Excuse me, please. 1.
B: Sure. It’s quite far from here. Don’t worry, though. 2.
A: I think I’m going in the wrong direction.
B: Yes. First, turn around. Do you remember passing some traffic lights up this road?
A: Yes. I do. 3.
B: That’s right. Drive back to the traffic lights and turn right. Follow the road until you see the Plaza Hotel. 4. You can’t miss it. Turn left at the hotel.
A: OK …
B: Then you just go on until you see the station.
A: OK. Got it. 5.
B: No problem.
A. They are about two miles away, right?
B. Can you see the hotel?
C. Thanks for your help.
D. Can you tell me the way to Holton Railway Station?
E. I’ll drive you there.
F. It’s a really big hotel.
G. It’s not difficult to get there.
Do you have any online classes? They make it _______ to take classes at home. All you need is a computer and an earphone.
However, _______ a recent survey among over 1,500 students from 10 cities, only 33% of students would take such classes. Many students said it is _______ to focus （集中） on studying while taking online classes. This was true for Lian Ruohan, 15, at the Afiliated High School of Peking University. “There are no classmates, no _______ teachers watching me. I can surf the internet or do other things if I want to.” she said.
Lian prepares a lot _______ taking her classes to make sure she will pay attention. She also pushes _______ to communicate with teachers. Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.
But Wen Jiavi, 14, at the Yucai Middle School Attached to Chengdu No 7 High School, thinks online interaction（互动）doesn’t _______ well enough. “The online teachers don’t really understand me. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real _______,” she said.
_______, online classes still have other advantages. “It saves time and money compared to taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch the ____________ over again. And I can choose to learn from teachers in different places.” Lian said.
1.A.difficult B.wrong C.awful D.possible
2.A.because of B.according to C.with the help of D.except for
3.A.strange B.quick C.hard D.popular
4.A.healthy B.foreign C.famous D.real
5.A.after B.from C.before D.since
6.A.myself B.yourself C.himself D.herself
7.A.cat B.work C.sell D.hide
8.A.care B.trust C.honor D.courage
9.A.Firstly B.Sadly C.However D.Instead
10.A.news B.match C.game D.video
In ancient times, there was a king who likes horses that could cover 1,000 li a day.He spared no effort to buy such ______. Yet three years had passed, and none was found.
One day, a guard ______ to help, “I am willing to buy a thousand-li horse for Your Highness.”
The king was pleasantly surprised, “You? Can you ______ it?”
“Yes. Please believe me.”
The guard looked for the horse wholeheartedly. He spent three months, and after much effort found such a horse. ______ when he hurried there, the horse had already died. Without thinking, he bought the bones（骨头）of the horse ______ 500 pieces of gold, and returned.
On seeing the bones, the king was very angry. “What I want is a ______ horse, but you have bought the bones of a dead one. What is the use? You have ______ 500 pieces of gold!”
The guard replied ______, “This is to let the public know that Your Highness is willing to pay a high price for even a dead thousand-li horse, let alone a live one. All the ______ will know that Your Highness truly wishes to buy a thousand-li horse. Just wait and see.”
As the guard had ______, the king bought three thousand-li horses within one year. He finally got what he wanted.
1.A.ropes B.guards C.palaces D.horses
2.A.volunteered B.hated C.refused D.forgot
3.A.make B.create C.produce D.fail
4.A.And B.So C.Because D.But
5.A.with B.from C.for D.as
6.A.cheap B.strange C.beautiful D.live
7.A.lent B.wasted C.stolen D.broken
8.A.fearfully B.sadly C.calmly D.suddenly
9.A.people B.animals C.children D.women
10.A.praised B.expected C.remembered D.seen
