Team Work in Sports

①Teams that win in team sports are often those that work well together. Learning to cooperate with others towards a common goal in sports is what builds character, friendship and important life skills for players.

②Working towards a common goal will keep the team firmly together. Entering into a new season in sports, you might only know a few of the players on your team. Some of the players may be people you do not like. But when your team decides to be the winner of the season, personal differences are often set aside for the common good of the team. By the end of the season, players who have fought through the whole season may become good friends, much like brothers.

③For kids and young adults, team sports offer a way for them to get out and meet with friends. This can help them avoid spending too much time at home watching television and playing video games. Team work teaches people how to help each other and encourage each other. It can also give players a greater respect for one another and can build friendships that last a lifetime.

④Team work in sports offers a way for people to compete for something together. It is important to know that winning is not everything in sports and healthy competition can be good for people. Working towards a goal can teach people the value of hard work, commitment and devotion. Team sports are a great way to learn these values.

⑤Team work in sports can help young people develop stronger communication skills. As every member must work for the same goal, they learn how to work with one another successfully. 

Task 1

16.Paragraph1:_____. 

17.Paragraph 2:_____. 

18.Paragraph 3:_____. 

19.Paragraph 4:_____. 

20.Paragraph 5:_____. 

A．The common goal

B．Healthy competition

C．Team cooperation

D．Exercising and friendship

E．Problems between team members

F．Building communication skills 

Task 2

21.Cooperation in team sports help build_____. 

22.When your team decides to win the season, you set aside_____. 

23.In team sports, kids learn to_____. 

24.In team sports people learn the value of_____. 

25.A long-lasting friendship can be built_____. 

A．set a goal

B．character

C．help each other

D．in team sports

E．your personal differences

F．hard work and devotion

Most farmers cannot afford new machines.

• A、True

• B、False

• C、Not Given

Planting Potatoes

When I was a boy we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes.

I can still remember those potato planting days. All the family _____（31） helped. After my Dad had _____（32） the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my _____（33） to drop the little seed potatoes in the _____（34） while my Mom dropped handfuls of fertilizer beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the _____（35） turned earth. For months _____（36）I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the _____（37）. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad _____（38） out of the soil. Those little seed potatoes had grown into

big potatoes. They would be turned into meal after meal of _____（39）

food. They would keep the _____（40） family well fed throughout the whole year. It truly was a miracle. 

A．true

B．ground

C．members

D．job

E．delicious

F．prepared

G．rows

H．afterward

I．freshly

J．entire

K．tools

L．pulled