Module 3 Sport and health 知识点题库

    Kite surfing (风筝滑浪) is a kind of water sport. It began in the 1980s, but didn't get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kite boarding, and in some European countries as fly surfing. Kite surfing works through wind power by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at a high speed.

    At first, kite surfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kite surfing can be a very fun and extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.

    Compared with other water sports, kite surfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5-10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get me equipment for kite surfing, which costs $1,000 to $2,500. The fee for training lessons is from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment, kite surfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.

    With the rising popularity of kite surfing, most major seaside cities have kite surfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kite surfing club, which provides professional (专业的) kite surfing training and equipment.

—Let's go to play with her and cheer her up.

    Lee Ming, Ivy, Tony and Terrence are from four different countries. The followings are their diet menus for a day:

—It isn't that terrible. You should look on the bright side.

—That's true. They are worried about too many things.

    Do you know that the "Happy Birthday to You" song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts 1 it on March 8. 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here's the story behind it.

    The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the 2 of "Good Morning to All"in 1893. It was used as a classroom 3. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.

    The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original（最初的） lyrics（（歌词） for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky, where Mildred also 4.

    The Hill sisters copyrighted (取得版权) their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared 5 their agreement in Robert H. Colemans songbook on March 4, 1924. Coleman changed prat of the lyrics to say, "Happy Birthday to You", 6 the song still had its original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small 7 in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to cour（法院） over the copyright problem of the song. She was 8 about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sisters. She 9 her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody and had to be 10 every time the song was part of a commercial（商业的） production.

    The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $2 million every year.

    One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor's father encouraged her to make money by herself. ＂How can I make money?＂Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, ＂Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?＂

    The next day, Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents' surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.

    Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.

    Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake(烘焙) a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.

    Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. ＂I think making cakes is mostly my hobby.＂ she says. She also decorates(装饰) the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.

    Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.

—Two weeks. You must_________ it on time.

1）缺少运动甚至不运动的原因；

2）缺少运动甚至不运动对学生的影响；

3）针对这种现象提出合理的改善建议。

要求：1）词数：80~100（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

2）文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。

参考词汇：be short of缺少

    Many students are short of exercise in their spare time now.

要求：1）语言表达准确、连贯、通顺；

2）短文应包括所有内容，可适当发挥，不要逐句翻译；

3）词数80左右。文章开头、结尾部分已给出，不计入总词数。

Less pressure, better life

    Hello, boys and girls!

    Pressure is a serious problem in today's world.

    That's all. Thank you!

    Today, roller skating (滑旱冰) is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1743, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named John Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.

    One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

    Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

    On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin's wonderful entrance after that.