We all know that sports may help us become stronger. But their     41   go far beyo

We all know that sports may help us become stronger. But their     41   go far beyond this. Research shows that sports that     42     aiming and hitting skills, for example, tennis, badminton and baseball, help children increase     43     . They help develop leadership qualities and     44     team spirit in kids. They involve(包括) competition. Playing sports teaches them to accept     45     with a positive spirit when they lose a game.

Playing sports does a lot of good to the development of    46    skills. Sports teach you to communicate with people and work together as a    47   . Sports improve collective thinking and help develop your planning and organizational skills, too. Sports build    48   , since winning a game always gives you a sense of accomplishment.

Playing sports requires you to strategize(制定策略). You need to be very   49    to score goals or earn points. You need to    50    strategies to win. You need to judge your competitor’s strategy and change yours    51   . This certainly involves clever thinking, which sports    52   . Studies show that kids who play sports    53    do well in school and college.

Playing sports brings you    54   . Jumping about, running around, racing to get ahead,    55  , falling and standing up again, all of them are a(n)    56    of playing sports. There is no     57    to the happiness this brings.    58   , sports are a form of exercise which produces happiness molecules (分子) in your body, thus improving your mental health. You can’t be sad    59    playing sports. Sports produce     60   energy in you and the people around you.

41. A. courses            B. benefits           C. challenges                     D. decisions

42. A. add                   B. fit                     C. lack                        D. involve

43. A. focus                 B. courage           C. weight                            D. strength

44. A. break                B. shake                     C. raise                       D. change

45. A. explanations            B. punishments    C. congratulations             D. failures

46. A. musical                    B. social               C. medical                   D. technical

47. A. team                 B. nation                     C. class                       D. family

48. A. friendship          B. judgment         C. confidence                    D. enthusiasm

49. A. strong               B. smart               C. generous                D. humorous

50. A. put off               B. make up          C. take over                D. work out

51. A. accordingly              B. generally         C. equally                   D. largely

52. A. prepare                    B. recognize         C. encourage                     D. promise

53. A. formally             B. frequently        C. naturally                 D. completely

54. A. hope                 B. honor               C. pride                       D. pleasure

55. A. cheering           B. dreaming         C. chatting                  D. quarreling

56. A. case                  B. field                 C. part                        D. amount

57. A. method                    B. match                     C. risk                         D. trouble

58. A. For example             B. As a result              C. In addition                     D. In other words

59. A. while                 B. before                     C. unless                           D. since

60. A. serious                     B. nervous           C. positive                   D. creative

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