2023-2024学年英语周报人教版八年级上册第八期

2023-2024学年英语周报人教版八年级上册第八期

The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent ____ and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge ____ in competitions.

“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you ____ ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to ____ , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone ____ hard. Everyone does the work. What ____ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.”

Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or ____ , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of ____ found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated ____ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental ____ can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that ____ weight lifting caused ____ changes in muscle activity.

“Mental imagery ____ many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the ____ is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and ____ your brain for success.”

____ visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. ____ athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye.

“During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her ____ into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post ____ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race ____ before executing (完成) her performance.”

1.A. lucky B. intelligent C. mental D. strategic

2.A. difference B. importance C. improvement D. challenge

3.A. so long B. so far C. so much D. so high

4.A. turn on B. show off C. take up D. set off

5.A. thinksB. moves C. runs D. trains

6.A. breaksB. pushes C. decidesD. distinguishes

7.A. activation B. visualization C. motivation D. perception

8.A. athletes B. gymnasts C. weightlifters D. skaters

9.A. regularly B. normally C. finally D. similarly

10.A. connection B. practice C. performances D. directions

11.A. imagining B. considering C. reviewing D. dreaming

12.A. few B. usual C. actual D. strange

13.A. impacts B. increases C. slows D. follows

14.A. brain B. body C. attention D. memory

15.A. help B. apply C. useD. prepare

16.A. Though B. But C. Thus D. Otherwise

17.A. Unless B. After C. When D. Until

18.A. observations B. spirit C. determination D. senses

19.A. to B. for C. about D. with

20.A. in surprise B. in detail C. on time D. for example

2023-2024学年英语周报人教版八年级上册第八期试题答案

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍对运动员来说精神的锻炼和身体的锻炼一样重要，为了更好的发挥，运动员可以运用想象来体验比赛的过程。

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考点：考查科普类完型填空

Julie enjoyed reading when young. She grew up in 1. key middle school in her city, 2. her parents both taught Chinese. That meant she was surrounded by either teachers who were busy teaching or students who 3. (devote) to their studies. So she developed her love of 4. .

Her interest 5. reading also benefited from the fact that 6. parents only let her watch half an hour of TV a day. She learned to use her mind and imagination to entertain 7. . It’s not really 8. (surprise) that reading became her vocation. When not reading she enjoyed watching films, walking and relaxing with her friends. Reading brought her much 9. (please) and she never wanted to stop learning. Not only did reading enrich her knowledge 10. it improved her learning scores.

2023-2024学年英语周报人教版八年级上册第八期试题答案

1.a

2.where

3.were devoted

4.reading

5.in

6.her

7.herself

8.surprising

9.pleasure

10.but (also)

【解析】

1.a

【试题解析】本句后面的名称school是一个可数名词，使用a表示泛指；她在所在城市的一个重点中学里快乐成长。

2.2】 where

【试题解析】本句是一个定语从句，先行词是a key middle school,后面的定语从句her parents both taught Chinese句子结构很完整，所以使用关系副词引导，因为先行词是一个表示地点的名词，所以使用关系副词where来引导这个定语从句。

3.3】were devoted

【试题解析】固定搭配be devoted to…致力于…；本句还是一个定语从句，因为先行词是students，所以使用复数形式were。

4.4】reading

【试题解析】上下文串联。根据本段第一句Julie enjoyed reading可知从小她就喜欢上了阅读。故使用reading作为of的宾语。

5.5】in

【试题解析】固定搭配。名词interest通常与介词in连用，形容词interested也是和in连用，形成be interested in…对…感兴趣的固定搭配。

6.6】her

【试题解析】上下文串联。本句是指她对于阅读的兴趣也受益与她的父母亲每天只让她看一个小时的电视节目。

7.7】herself

【试题解析】本句中的Julie是一个女生，根据上文的her就知道了。所以使用entertain herself表示让她自己很开心。

8.8】surprising

【试题解析】本句中的it指代后面一句话的内容，指一件事情，所以使用现在分词转换的形容词surprising“令人惊讶的”做表语。

9.9】 pleasure

【试题解析】本句的，从pleasure快乐是一个抽象名词要单独使用，指阅读给她带来了很多的快乐。

10.0】 but (also)

【试题解析】本句是一个固定搭配not only…but also…不但…而且…；句义：阅读不但丰富了她的知识还提高了她的学习成绩。

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