Chinese bullfighters bringmartial arts to their sport

河北乐亭第一中学 胡金莹

听力扫障

1.aggressive adj.好斗的

2.martial art武术

3.symbolize v.象征

4.pit...against使竞争

5.intensively adv.集中地

6.explosive adj.爆发的

7.animal rights activists动物权益保护者

8.undeniable adj.不可否认的；确凿的

扫码听测

Ⅰ.听力理解

听录音并阅读3个简短的陈述，根据录音内容判断这些陈述是否符合所听内容，本题考查重点是学生对意义的理解能力和信息获取能力。

In this section， you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage， decide whether each of the statement is correct（A）， incorrect（B） or not mentioned （C）.

1 2 A B C A B C Ren Ruzhi works as a teacher who teaches martial art of kung fu.The bulls in the contest are usually very fierce.3Chinese bullfighting is more violent than that in Spain.A B C

Ⅱ.听写练习

一边听录音一边阅读以下文字材料，这些文字材料不是录音的全部内容，而是以提纲、摘要、笔记、图表等形式再现的录音的主要内容，需要补全的内容一般是录音中的关键信息。注意每空一词。

1.Ren Ruzhi is so interested in fighting bulls that he feels battling the bull makes him feel_________.

2.Compared with bullfighting in Spain，Chinese form of bullfighting is less _________.

3.Bullfighters often have _________careers because of the demand of the sport.

4.Bullfighters taking place of others only have _________minutes to wrestle the animal to the ground.

5.The bulls get better _________than the animals involved in the Spanish sport.

文本解说

中国武术家喻户晓，西班牙斗牛世界闻名。如今，一位年仅24岁的中国武术教练将中国传统武术融入斗牛运动中，演绎了一场别开生面的新型斗牛运动。

Several times a week，Ren Ruzhi battles an opponent that is five times his weight and strong enough to kill him.He is skilled in fighting bulls，animals known for theiraggressivebehavior.

Ren teaches the Chinesemartial artof kung fu.The 24-year-old's mixing of martial arts and bullfighting worries his mother.But Ren has never been hurt.And， he says， battling the bulls makes him feel energized.

“Itsymbolizesthe bravery of a man，”Ren told the Reuters news agency in the city of Jiaxing，China.

Bullfighting may be more famous in Spain，where it is usually very bloody.But the Chinese form of bullfighting is lessviolent.Instead itcombinesmoves from the sport of wrestlingwiththe skill and speed of kung fu to bring down animals weighingup to400 kilograms.

“Spanish bullfighting is more like a performance or a show，” said 41-year-old Hua Yang.Hua watched a bullfight during a visit to Spain.

The Chinese form is truly a contestpittinga human's strengthagainsta bull.“There are a lot of skills involved and it can be dangerous，”he added.

Han Haihua， a former wrestler， teaches bullfighters at his Haihua Kung fu School in Jiaxing.Han said the physically demanding sport requires fighters to trainintensivelyand they usually have short careers.

Han described the form of bullfighting he teaches as theexplosivepower of hard“qigong”， saying it combines the skill and speed of martial arts with traditional wrestling moves.

Usually， a fighter faces the bull directly，seizes its horns and turns its head until the bull falls over.

If the first fighter gets tired，another one can take his place fighting the bull.But they have just three minutes in which to wrestle the animal to the ground or they lose the event.

“The bulls， too， are trained before they go into battle，” Han said.“ They learn how to spread their legs or find a place tostand againstbeing taken down.”

“A bull can also think like a human，they are intelligent，” Han added.He said that his bulls get better treatment than the animals involved in the Spanish sport.Butanimal rights activistsbelieve Chinese bullfighting is still painful for the animals.

Layli Li is with the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.She says it isundeniablethat the bulls experience pain in Chinese bullfighting.

“As long asit exists，that means there is suffering，” she added.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.violent adj.暴力的

2.combine...with...把……和……结合起来

3.up to到达（某数量、程度等）

4.stand against反对；抵抗

5.as long as只要

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.I_________all forms of cruelty，especially cruelty to children.

2.The car is so small that it can only take_________two people in it.

3.Everyone knows that_________films can do great harm to children's mental health.

4.You should work hard to try to achieve it________you have your dream.

5.Only when__________practice can theory be useful to us in our life.