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1、ENGLISHATLEISURE(I)SectionI:ReadingTestInstructions:1Therearethreepartstothetest,eachincludingonereadingpassage.2Thetestwilltakeapproximately50minutes.TherewillbeNOextratimetotransferanswerstotheAnswerSheet;therefore,youshouldwriteALLyouranswersonthea
2、nswersheetasyoudoeachtask.Part1:Questions1-5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Passage1Women’sIceHockeyTakesoffinBeijingByLorraineClissold(adapted)WhywouldagroupofwomentravelacrossBeijingonafreezingevening,struggleintouglygearand,balancingontwoknifeblades,
3、fighteachotherforasmallblackdish?IcehockeyhasfoundadevotedgroupoffansamongBeijing’sforeignfemales.“Whenyouputonthatfacemask,it’slikeyoubecomesomeoneelse,”saysAngelikaDahmen,currentteamcaptain.”Youshutoutthehasslesofthedayandbecomeabsorbedinthegame.”An
4、ormalpracticesessionstartswithafewpracticedrills,movesontoskillfullyusingthesticktoshootthepuck,andendswithamatch.Oncetheexcitementstarts,thereisnotimetoworryaboutfallingonyourbacksideorbehavinglikealady.Playersrangeinagefromearlyteensto“it’snotpolite
5、toask”;studentscompetewithexecutivesforcontrolofthepuck.Theteamalsohasaninternationalcharacter,withBritish,GermanandIcelandicwomenplayingalongsideAmericansandCanadians.Withskilledcoaching,greatpatienceandasenseofhumor,TeamTaiTailaunchedintoitsfirstsea
6、son.Agroupofwomen,whoinJanuarywereconcentratingonlearningtoskatebackwards,boldlyboardedaplanetoHongKonginAprilforafriendlymatchagainsttheHongKongWelcomeWomen.WhileTeamTaiTaiwasborrowingmissingpiecesofkit,theywerealittleoverwhelmedtoseetheHongKongteamc
7、hangingfromonesetofdesignershirtstoanother.Thematchwasachallengeanddespitecriesofencouragementfromthespectators,TeamTaiTaidemonstratedthatsportisasmuchaboutlosingasitisaboutwinning.Teamcaptain,Dahmen,ahumanresourcesdevelopmentmanagerfromGermany.Alsopl
8、aysvolleyballandsquash.NowdevotedtohockeyinBeijing,sheexplains,“Icehockeyisagreatteamsport.Lastseasonweconcentratedonjustkeepinguprightandmakingcontactwiththepuck.Nowwewanttostartplaying,whichmeansfullyunderstandingthegameandconnectingwithothe
