《2025年同步练习册山东人民出版社高中英语选择性必修第一册外研版》

Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
If children are playing sport, they should have fun. However, I believe learning that sometimes you will lose is just as important. Participation is great, but let’s also give them a goal to reach.
Sport has winners and losers, which is an important part of its make-up. I believe the greatest joy you can get from sport is when you play hard and achieve a win or when you and your teammates work together towards your goal.
I am a competitive person, but I don’t think you’re ever too young to start learning that putting effort into something can result in reward. I’m not saying winning should be the be-all and end-all of the experience for children, but it should at least be an option.
Michael Jordan once said, “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot but missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Without learning how it feels to win, and just as importantly how it feels to lose, we will bring up children who expect life to be easy. Life is not easy and I believe the sooner children learn that, the better off they are in the long run. But, there does need to be a balance. There are parents who always want to see their children win and will punish them when they make mistakes.
I believe the key is to teach children that they should give their all in an effort to be victorious. It does need to be fun or they won’t be interested, but they should be graceful（优雅的）in failure. Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is an example of someone who appears to be the opposite, always in the news for his terrible attitude on court.
1. Which of the following will the author agree with?
A. Fewer kids play sport nowadays.
B. It is participation that matters most.
C. Competitive sport is important for kids.
D. Kids often have unrealistic goals in sport.
2. What does the author want to show by using Jordan’s words?
A. Life lies in sport.
B. Nothing is impossible.
C. Great hopes make great men.
D. Failure is the mother of success.
3. What will winning and losing in sport teach children?
A. The difficulty of life.
B. The role of hard work.
C. The power of teamwork.
D. The need for dreaming big.
4. What does the author think of Nick Kyrgios?
A. He is not skilled.
B. He is not graceful.
C. He sets a good example to kids.
D. He pays little attention to success.

答案： Ⅳ.A
1.C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Participation is
great,but let's also give them a goal to reach.”和第二段
中的“Sport has winners and losers,which is an
important part of its make-up.”可推推断出，作者会同意这
样的观点：竞技运动对孩子们很重要。故选C。
2.D 推理判断题。根据第四段中迈克尔·乔丹的话中
“I've failed over and over again in my life.And that is
why I succeed.”可推断出，作者想用乔丹的话来说明“失
败是成功之母”这个道理。故选D。
3.A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Without
learning how it feels to win...the better off they are in
the long run.”可知，体育比赛的输赢会教会孩子们生活
的困难。故选A。
4.B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“...they should be
graceful (优雅的) in failure.Australian tennis player
Nick Kyrgios is an example of someone who appears to
be the opposite,always in the news for his terrible
attitude on court.”可推断出，作者认为Nick Kyrgios在
失败时不优雅，没有风度。故选B。