四、阅读理解
The first time I realized that I had a love for sports competitions was during the Field Day in primary school. Small for my age, and more of a book-lover than a sports-lover, I had suffered that special humiliation of being picked last for various gym teams. The Field Day, which focused on individual skills, was different. In the Softball Throw event, I got my first taste of sporting victory. Credit goes to the example of my first coach, my father. He lifted weights every morning at home. He bought us all baseball gloves and hats, and in the warm months, we spent hours playing catch. When fall came, our backyard football games began with passing practice.
Once I got to sixth grade and went to private school, all the students were asked to join in either the Red or the White team. Throughout the year, we fought against each other in various games and exercises for points. I eventually became president of The Committee of Games, speeding up my competitive fever. However, in girls' sports games at my school, I was no star. I also played on the field hockey team and the basketball team. There were no school sports at the weekends, as they do today, but at home, playing tennis, skating, skiing and biking were simply normal things we did. During break time, magazines were also quite popular for us teens. These regularly featured articles on physical exercise. Somehow, my college roommate and I took up the habit of completing Royal Canadian Air Force(RCAF) exercises every day, a practice that continued into my marriage, when we had no spare funds to use to join a gym.
So, though, it shocks some of our friends that early foundation(基础) developed in adulthood into a sports and health focus, considered necessary even on vacation. I still love reading and the arts, too. I think, life is the richest with my feet in both worlds.
()1. What does the underlined word "humiliation" in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Desire. B. Shame.
C. Emotion. D. Regret.
()2. In the author's opinion, what led to her victory in the Softball Throw event?
A. Her advanced sports outfits. B. The sports talent from her father.
C. The training offered by her father. D. Her confidence in her sports ability.
()3. What happened after the author stepped into adulthood?
A. She continued her love for sports.
B. She preferred reading to exercising.
C. She generally exercised on weekends.
D. She joined Royal Canadian Air Force.
()4. What is the author's purpose in writing the article?
A. To express her love for sports and health.
B. To stress the benefits of physical exercise.
C. To describe how her father built her interest in sports.
D. To think back to her childhood memories about sports.

1~4 BCAA
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲的是作者对体育运动的热爱及其对作者的影响。
1. B 解析:词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“Small for my age, and more of a book-lover than a sports-lover, I had suffered that special humiliation of being picked last for various gym teams”可知,作者曾遭受过一种特别的 humiliation——在各种体育运动队中,作者都是最后一个被选中的,所以 humiliation 意思应为“耻辱”。故选 B。
2. C 解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中的“In the Softball Throw event, I got my first taste of sporting victory. Credit goes to the example of my first coach, my father. He lifted weights every morning at home. He bought us all baseball gloves and hats, and in the warm months, we spent hours playing catch. When fall came, our backyard football games began with passing practice.”可知,作者把她在垒球比赛中的胜利归功于她父亲的指导和培训。故选 C。
3. A 解析:细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“So, though, it shocks some of our friends that early foundation developed in adulthood into a sports and health focus, considered necessary even on vacation.”可知,作者成年后保持了对运动的热爱。故选 A。
4. A 解析:写作目的题。通读全文,尤其是根据最后一段中的“So, though, it shocks some of our friends that early foundation developed in adulthood into a sports and health focus, considered necessary even on vacation.”可知,作者写这篇文章的目的是表达她对运动和健身的热爱。故选 A。