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Plans kick off soon
For years, Chinese soccer fans have
rarely had the chance to cheer for a triumph
(
胜利
) from the
national team. However, hope for
Chinese soccer has been ignited
(
点燃
) recently, as the
government
released an overall reform
plan to boost (
促进
) the
development of soccer in China on March 16.
By 2025, 50,000 elementary and middle
schools will include soccer in the curriculum
(
课程
),
according
to
the
plan.
Students
will
be
given
textbooks
that
teach
the
positions
of
players
and
soccer
tactics
(
战术
). They will also be
encouraged to form soccer teams and participate
i
n competitions
regularly.
The elite young players will be enrolled into
local leagues and training camps, helping
to build up a large soccer talent
pool.
①
Chinese
soccer,
with the national team
currently ranked at No 83 in the world, has been
lagging
behind many other
countries for a long time. Critics say the biggest
reason is a lack of a well-built
youth
training system, which is key to creating a strong
soccer culture, according to the BBC.
Take Spain, a team that has dominated
the world of soccer for a long time, as an
example. It has
the
world’s
bes
t
soccer
school,
La
Masia.
The
FC
Barcelona
youth
academy
is
widely
known
for
producing
skillful and
creative soccer talents. Teams in the academy are
divided into 12 levels, from U8 (for
players under 8
years old)
to U19 (for those under 19). Its
talent
scouts (
星探
) are stationed
around
the world, always looking for
boys who show outstanding potential for soccer.
Studying there is free
of charge. A
talented 10-year-old boy can walk into La Masia
and come out eight years later as a
superstar.
The rising soccer
giant Germany also knows the importance of youth
training. Germany scored only
one
goal
at
the
2000
European
Championships,
which
started
a
national
discussion
over
why
the
country
could no longer
produce
good, young players.
So
in 2001, the
German
Football League
required
that all
Bundesliga
(
甲级联赛
) clubs set up
academies with youth teams from U12 to U23. The
clubs now spend
over
100
million
(800
million
yuan)
on
yout
h
development
each
year.
And
they
have
successfully
raised
the standards of young German players.
In 26-year-old midfielder Thomas
Mueller,
25
year-old
midfielder Toni
Kroos
and
33-year-old full
back Philipp Lahm, for
instance, the world has witnessed Bayern’s youth
work paying off handsomely.
“Youth is key to China’s soccer, as
late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. But it
takes time
to gain res
ults,”
said President Xi Jinping in 2014. “China’s soccer
dream looks far away, but we
cannot
stop.”
1. When Chinese
soccer development
is reformed, ______.
A. middle schools will be required to
form soccer teams and organize competitions
B. the outstanding young soccer players
will have access to better training
C.
students will learn more about the history of
soccer and famous soccer players
D. all
elementary schools across the country will include
soccer in their curriculum
2. Which of
the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Tuition fees at La Masia are so high
that many kids cannot afford to study there.
B. Those admitted into La Masia are
required to rece
ive a 10-year training
plan.
C. The teams in
Germany’s Bundesliga acad
emies are
divided into 11 levels.
D. Germany’s
failure at the 2000 European Championships pushed
it to improve its soccer
education.
3. What is the author’s
purpose i
n writing this article?
A. To call on the reader to get more
involved in soccer.
B. To introduce
Chin
a’s new reform plan for soccer
education.
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C. To
point out that China must learn from Spain and
Germany about soccer education.
D. To
analyze why Spain and Germany dominate the world
of soccer.
高考词汇
reform n.
改革
e.g. Some reforms to the system will be necessary.
elite adj.
出类拔萃的，精英的
e.g.
He
grew
up
in
an
expensive,
elite
boarding
school.
dominate
vt.
统治，支配
e.g.
The company has dominated the market for years.
academy n.
学院，专科学校
e.g. She met her
best friend at a tennis academy.
长难句分析
①句中动词
-ing
短语
helping
…作伴随状语。
Talent
poo
l
的意思是“人才库”。句意为：出类
拔萃的年轻运动员会被招
入当地的联赛球队和训练营，从而有利于组建一个大的足球人才库。
B
Mammoths may return
Many of us remember being in awe
(
敬畏
) when we saw cloned
dinosaurs (
恐龙
) running wild
in the
film
Jurassic
Park.
And
the
idea
of
using
technology
to
revive
(
恢复
)
extinct
species
has
long
fascinated
not only writers
and directors, but scientists as well.
According to The Telegraph, woolly
mammoths (
长毛猛犸象
), which
featured in the popular Ice Age
animated movie series, “may walk the
earth once more” now that scient
ists
have taken another step
toward
realizing a long-held dream
–
recreating their DNA.
Mammoths became extinct
around 10,000 years ago. However, since the
discovery of near-perfect
preserved
remains in Arctic permafrost
(
北极冻土带
) in May 2013, a
variety of research studies have
been
carried out since.
Geneticists
from
Harvard
University
analyzed
DNA
from
the
remains,
looking
for
genes
which
separated mammoths from elephants, such
as hairiness and ear size. They then used the
results to
reproduce exact
copi
es of 14 mammoth genes.
“It is the
first time that
mammoth genes have been
alive
–
although so far it has only been done
in the lab,” George Church, lead researcher of the
project,
told the Sunday Times.
Church
then
used
a
new
technique
which
allows
scientists
to
edit
DNA
carefully,
replacing
sections
of
elephant
DNA
with
the
mammoth
genes.
So
“we
now
have
functioning
(正常运行的
)
elephant
cells
with
mammoth DNA in them,” he
said.
However, Church ruled
out the possibility of bringing the mammoths back
to life via cloning from
frozen
remains.
He said he “preferred to focus
on rebuilding the full mammoth genome by analyzing
DNA from preserved remains and putting
it into the cells of its closest living relative
–
the Asian
elephant,” reported The Telegraph.
Church argued that the
return of the woolly mammoth
–
or rather, the return of
something very
similar
–
could help bring back
fragile (
脆弱的
) ecosystems.
However, some scientists believe that
bringing back the mammoth would be
unethical.
Professor
Alex
Greenwood,
an
expert
on
ancient
DNA,
said:
“We
may
face
the
extinction
of
African
and
Asian
elephants.
Why
bring
back
another
elephant
from
extinction
when
we
cannot
even
keep
the
ones
that
are
not
extinct
around?”
he
told
the
Sunday
Times.
“What
is
the
message?
We
can
be
as
irresponsible
with the
environment as we want. Then we’ll just clone
things back?”
“Money would
be better spent focusing on conserving
(保护
) what we do have than spending it
on
an animal that has been extinct for
thousands of years,” he said.
4. We can infer from the article that
______.
A. scientific studies on
mammoths didn’t begin until May 2013
B. the technology to revive mammoth
genes is already mature
C. George
Church and his colleagues tried to reproduce
mammoth DNA
D. Church and his team
managed to list all the genes that separate
mammoths from elephants
5. According to
Church, what is the significance of his study?
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