Eat to Excel

How fit are you? Do you look after yourself? Do you eat healthily or do you eat anything you like? Premier League football club Aston Villa are encouraging their players and local children to eat healthy food. They know that what you eat is the key to success.

How fit is a footballer?

Could you run ten kilometers in 90 minutes? A professional footballer can. Footballers have to be strong, quick, skillful and creative in their moves. Every Premier League club makes sure it has a good coaching scheme and a well-planned fitness program. They also ensure that players have the practice and training that will prepare them for matches. What else do you think clubs pay special attention to? A good stadium? Anything else? What about the food they eat?

Eating the right thing

A good diet is a fundamental part of sport these days. Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill’s sport and health experts have chosen a secret weapon --- organic food (food grown without chemicals). Fitness manager Jim Henry eats with his players and said: “I chose to switch to organic food for Aston Villa because I’ve read studies showing that organic food has higher levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.” He believes that the best way to get these is to eat the very best fresh food.

What to eat after the match

Head chef at Aston Villa, lan Edge, feeds players with the best food as soon as they finish an away match. He says: “Food is very important to sports stars and particularly after a game. There is an hour of opportunity when they need to eat to get the best muscle strength, so I hand out meals on the coach on the way home. If we can make one per cent difference to the players by using organic food, then it is worth it.”

Teaching healthy eating

Everyone at Aston Villa enjoys organic food at their training ground. But the club is also worried about the unhealthy diet among local children who prefer sweets and unhealthy fast food. As part of their work in the community, Aston Villa has opened up their kitchen and invited children from local schools to come and learn how to cook with the help of the Villa head chef. Villa midfielder, Nigel ReoCoker, visited the children on the opening day. “The kitchen promotes healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle.” he said.

A final word from the kitchen

Head chef Ian says: “Footballers know how important food is to their profession and nine times out of ten, they go for the healthiest option.” Do you watch your diet? If you do and you keep yourself fit, you can be a winner!

Every Premier League Club provides footballers with ______________.

A. a good coach

B. a fitness center

C. proper practice and training

D. a delicious diet

According to Jim Henry, ___________________.

A. he believes the studies he has read about organic food

B. he will only eat organic food with his players

C. he thinks food is especially important after a game

D. he chose organic food as a secret weapon for footballers

We can learn from the passage that ___________________.

A. people can make one percent difference to players by using organic food

B. only a few footballers pay attention to the healthy eating

C. footballers in Aston Villa usually eat on their way to the match

D. footballers in Aston Villa usually eat some food within an hour after a match.

Why has Aston Villa invited children from local schools?

A. Because they want to teach kids how to cook delicious food.

B. Because they want to teach kids to play football.

C. Because they are fond of the kids in the community.

D. Because they intend to promote healthy eating.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节，阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。（满分10分）
Jim: What’s wrong, Ann? You don’t look good.
Ann: I’m OK. I’m just (76) t_______. I didn’t sleep well last night            76.  t ________
Jim: That’s too bad. (77) W______ couldn’t you sleep well?                 77.  W_________
Ann: Well, I had a dream. I (78) w_______ up at three in the morning,         78.  w________
and I couldn’t get (79) b_____ to sleep.                               79.  b__________
Jim: Do you (80) r______ the dream?                                   80.  r________
Ann: Yes, I do. (81)F______, a big lion came into my room and               81. F________
jumped on my bed. I thought it was going to eat me. I was really frightened.
Jim: What happened next?
Ann: Well, then I started talking to the lion. I said, “ Please don’t eat me.
Get off  (82) m______ bed, and I will give you some food. Then maybe you   82.________
will be happy and go away.”
Jim: How did the dream end?
Ann: Well, I closed my eyes and counted to one hundred.
Then I (83) o_____ my eyes, and the lion was gone. But…                 83. o_______
Jim: But what?
Ann: My cat, Poco, was sitting (84) o______ my bed. He was watching me.      84 . o_______
Jim: Oh, now I understand. I think you should give Poco a lot of (10) f____ tonight. 85. f_____

第三部分 阅读理解（共25小题：第一节每小题2分第二节每小题1分，满分45分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day Mrs. Perry said to her husband, “Jack, there is a meeting of our ladies’ club at Mrs. Young’s house at lunch time today. And I want to go to it. I’ll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that all right?”

“Oh, yes,” her husband answered, “that’s quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?”

“This tin of fish.” Mrs. Perry said. “And there are some cold boiled potatoes and some beans here, too.”

“Good,” Mr. Perry answered. “I’ll have a good lunch.”

So Mrs. Perry went to her meeting. All the ladies had lunch at Mrs. Young’s house , and at three o’clock she came home.

“Was your fish nice?” she asked.

“Yes, but my feet are hurting,” he answered.

“Why are they hurting?”

“Well, the words on the tin were ‘Open the tin and stand in hot water for five minutes.’”

41．Mrs. Perry left home some food for Jack’s lunch because     .

A．she didn’t cooking   B．Jack knew nothing about cooking

C．she wanted Jack to have a good time      D．she wanted to go to the meeting very much

42．Which of the following is not true?

A．Mrs. Perry arrived at Mrs. Young’s before lunch

B．Mr. Perry had a good lunch

C．Mrs. Perry wanted to test her husband

D．Mr. Perry liked fish

43．Jack had his feet hurt     .

A．when he was opening the tin   B．when he was helping himself to the fish

C．before he opened the tin  D．after he opened the tin

44．“Open the tin and stand in hot water for five minutes” means     .

A．you should open the tin and stand in hot water for 5 minutes

B．you should open the tin but not stand in hot water for 5 minutes

C．you should not open the tin but stand in hot water for 5 minutes

D．you should open the tin and let it stand in hot water for 5 minutes

One day Mrs. Perry said to her husband, “Jack, there is a meeting of our ladies’ club at Mrs. Young’s house at lunch time today. And I want to go to it. I’ll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that all right?”

       “Oh, yes,” her husband answered, “that’s quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?”

       “This tin of fish.” Mrs. Perry said. “And there are some cold boiled potatoes and some beans here, too.”

       “Good,” Mr. Perry answered. “I’ll have a good lunch.”

       So Mrs. Perry went to her meeting. All the ladies had lunch at Mrs. Young’s house, and at three o’clock she came home.

       “Was your fish nice?” asked she.

       “Yes, but my feet are hurting,” he answered.

       “Why are they hurting?”

       “Well, the words on the tin were Open the tin and stand in hot water for five minutes.”

Mrs. Perry went to the meeting because     .

       A．she had something to do with the ladies’ club   B． she was a member of the ladies’ club

       C．she wanted to join the club                   D．she was a friend of Mrs. Young’s

Mrs. Perry left some food for Jack’s lunch because     .

       A．she didn’t like cooking    B. Jack knew nothing about cooking

       C．she wanted Jack to have a good time      D．she wanted to go to the meeting very much

Jack had his feet hurt     .

       A．when he was opening the tin   B．when he was helping himself to the fish

       C．before he opened the tin  D．after he opened the tin

“Open the tin and stand in hot water for five minutes” means     .

       A．you should open the tin and stand in hot water for 5 minutes

       B．you should open the tin but not stand in hot water for 5 minutes

       C．you should not open the tin but stand in hot water for 5 minutes

       D．you should open the tin and let it stand in hot water for 5 minutes