–Twice a week.

–Let's _______ it this Sunday.

–Yes, and his team often played _______ the famous teams, such as the Lakers.

–No, she didn't. But she _______ us for dinner.

–I am watching an _______ basketball game.

–Yes, _______.

 –Because they _______ love.

    Mike Tam is a 16-year-old boy. He has many good habits(习惯)－he 1 every morning and reads books every night. He does well in studies and his favorite 2 are science and history.

    Both of Mike's parents are good 3. When Mike was four years old, his father 4 to teach him how to swim. After two months of learning, Mike could swim 5 a fish.

    Each week, Mike has to spend at least 16 hours 6. He spends two 7 practicing swimming every day before school. After morning practice, he goes to school by 8. He likes riding bikes, 9 it is good for his health.

    On Saturday, he gets up at 7:00 a.m. He 10 in the pool for four hours. After that, he goes home to do his homework. He 11 watching movies, so he goes to the cinema(电影院) every Sunday. “It helps me to 12 to watch movies with my friends,” he said. His parents often go to the pool on weekends to encourage(鼓励) 13 when they don't have to 14.

    Mike doesn't 15 spending a lot of time practicing. “I love swimming, and practice can help me get good results in competitions(比赛),” he said.

A

    Nick, 13, is tall and strong. He is good at running. Two weeks ago a new student came. His name is David. He is thin and short. He plays soccer well, and he can run very fast. Larry told Nick about it. Of course, Nick did not believe it.

    “Why not have a race with him?” said Larry.

    “Good idea!” said Nick. “I'll have a race with him after school.”

    After school, Nick went to the playground. He did some warm-up exercises for half an hour, and got ready for the race. He was sure that he could win it. Larry had to take part in a club activity that afternoon, so he could not watch the race between Nick and David.

    That evening Larry went to see Nick. They began to talk about the afternoon race. Nick's grandmother heard them in the next room. She came in and asked, “Which place?”

    “The second place,” answered Nick.

    His grandmother was very happy to hear that, and asked, “Which place did David win, then?”

    “The last but one.”

B

    Streetball is a city game. People play it on playgrounds and in gyms around the world.

    Usually only one side of the court is used in the streetball, but the rules of the game are almost the same as basketball games. The number of players in a game may be only 2, and it is called one-to-one. Sometimes there are also two teams of five players each. It is easy for you to join a streetball game. You only need to go to an outdoor court. If there are some teams playing, and they agree to let you take part in, then you have a chance to join any team.

    Streetball is a very popular game in the world, and it is very popular with the young people. Some cities in the United States even have streetball programs on TV. It is said(据说) that this is a good way for young people to keep away from troubles such as crimes(犯罪) and drugs(毒品).

                                     C

    People call the Winter Olympics the White Olympics. At this time, they publish(发行) many stamps to mark(标志) the great games. The first stamps came out on January 25th, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

    During the 4th Winter Olympics, people published a group of stamps in November 1936. They drew five rings of Olympics. It was the first time that the rings appeared(出现) on the stamps of the White Olympics.

    In the 1950s，the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as non-host countries published stamps to mark those games. China also published four stamps in February 1980 when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.

    In Asia, Japan was the only country to hold the White Olympics. They sold 14,500 million stamps during the Olympics.

    People drew different kinds of sports on these small stamps, and they enjoyed the wonderful sports and some famous players.

A: Hello, Jim!

B: Hello, Mike!

A: What are you going to do this evening?

B: I have no       . What about you?

A: There is going to be a basketball game this evening. Let's watch it together.

B:        great! What time will it begin?

A: It will begin at half past eight.

B: Which two        will play the game?

A: The Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakes.

B: It must be       . When and where will we meet?

A: Let's meet        the Sports Center at eight o'clock this evening.

B: OK. See you then.

A: See you.

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