What does an athlete need to get to the top of sport? Talent is one thing of course, but perhaps there’s 　36 more important than that—hard work. Top sportsmen and sportswomen take their sports very seriously and want to be the best.

Tara Lipinski is a pretty American teenager. She 　37 the world ice-skating championship when she was only fourteen years old. From the age of three, when she 　38 a pair of ice skates for the first time, she loved the sport more than anything else in the world. She trains for many hours every day, and 39 outside with her friends to parties is nearly impossible.

Boris Becher has been famous 　40 he won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Tennis Championship in 1985.He was only seventeen years old then, and he had beaten many of the best players in the world at that time .He always 　41 hard every day. He never had the same kind of lifestyle as most other teenage boys. He couldn’t spend his weekends 　42 the TV, at parties or in restaurants. He 　43 even eat chocolate whenever he wanted, everything he did was for tennis and his daily training was very strict.

To succeed like Tara and Boris, you 　44 a lot of help and support from everyone around you, especially your 　45 .You must give up a lot of freedom, but if you ask these champions what they think, they will tell you it’s all worth（值得）it.

36. A. anything　　　　　　　　 B. something　　　　　　 C. nothing　　　　　　　　 D. everything

37. A. hit　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. won　　　　　　　　　　 C. did　　　　　　　　　　　 D. kept

38. A. put on 　　　　　　　　 B. made up　　　　　　　　 C. took off　　　　　　　　 D. turned down

39. A. go　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. going　　　　　　　　　　 C. to play　　　　　　　　　 D. skating

40. A. when　　　　　　　　　　 B. while　　　　　　　　　　 C. since　　　　　　　　　　 D. after

41. A. studied　　　　　　　　　 B. did　　　　　　　　　　　 C. practiced　　　　　　　 D. thought

42. A. next to 　　　　　　　　 B. instead of　　　　　　　 C. across from　　　　　 D. in front of

43. A. mustn’t　　　　　　　　 B. didn’t　　　　　　　　　 C. couldn’t　　　　　　　　 D. shouldn’t

44. A. asks　　　　　　　　　　　 B. need　　　　　　　　　　 C. want　　　　　　　　　　 D. hope

45. A. father　　　　　　　　　　 B. mother　　　　　　　　　 C. grandparents　　　　 D. family

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 
【小题1】The painting shows about ______ games.

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.

Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.

The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.

Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 

1.The painting shows about ______ games.

2.The children in the painting are playing ______.

3.From the painting we learn that ______.