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Voice Your Opinion: Change Is Needed in Youth Sports

Everywhere you look, you see kids bouncing a basketball or waving a tennis racquet (网球拍). And these kids are getting younger and younger. In some countries, children can compete on basketball, baseball, and volleyball teams starting at age nine. (46) And swimming and gymnastics classes begin at age four, to prepare children for competition.

It's true that a few of these kids will develop into highly skilled athletes and may even become members of the national Olympic teams. (47) This emphasis on competition in sports is having serious negative effects.

Children who get involved in competitive sports at a young age often grow tired of their sport. Many parents pressure their kids to choose one sport and devote all their time to it. (48) But 66 percent of the young athletes wanted to play more than one sport-for fun.

Another problem is the pressure imposed by over-competitive parents and coaches. Children are not naturally competitive. In fact, a recent study by Paulo David found that most children don't even understand the idea of competition until they are seven years old. (49)

The third, and biggest, problem for young athletes is the lack of time to do their homework, have fun, be with friends-in short, time to be kids. When they are forced to spend every afternoon at sports practice, they often start to hate their chosen sport. A searchers found that 70 percent of kids who take part in competitive sports before the of twelve quit before they turn eighteen. (50) Excessive competitive away all the enjoyment.

Need to remember the purpose of youth sports - to give kids a chance to have developing strong, healthy bodies.

A.But what about the others, the average kids?

B.The youth soccer organization has teams for children as young as five.

C.A survey found that 79 percent of parents of young athletes wanted their children concentrate on one sport.

D.Very young kids don't know why their parents are pushing them so hard.

E.Sports for children have two important purposes.

F.Many of them completely lose interest in sports.

46  D  注意这个空格前后的句子都是和小孩参加体育竞赛的低龄化有关的，所以这个空格里的句子很有可能还是讲孩子过小就参与到体育竞赛里去。果然，在六个选项中的D就是讲青年足球组织居然有由5岁大的孩子组成的球队。

47  F  前面一句话讲的是这些孩子中可能有部分人会发展成为优秀的运动员，甚至成为国家奥运队的成员，后面一句话在语义上很有可能出现转折，即大部分人却未必如此。选项F句子开头的but恰恰表明了这一期待中的转折。

48  A  空格后面的以but开头的句子提供了很好的启示。那句话说的是66%的小运动员希望参与多种运动项目，所以前面的那句话极有可能说的是和这一句相反的内容，果然，这些孩子父母的想法和他们不同，他们希望自己的孩子专攻一项运动。

49  C  前面讲的是小孩天生并没有竞争性，7罗以前他们都不懂什么是竞争，所以太小的孩子不会理解自己的爸爸妈妈为什么要对他们施加那么大的压力。

50 B  这一段的中心是过早参与到竞技运动中去会使孩子失去兴趣，空格前面的一句说的是在1 2岁前就参与竞技的孩子中有70%在18岁前放弃，接着说“他们中许多人对运动完全失去了兴趣( Many of them completely lose interest in sports)”就十分自然、合理。

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