Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one's country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child's character　as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils' time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team end not for himself On the football field, he　will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.  

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    体育锻炼让我们体格强壮，避免（prevent…from）我们变的太胖，从而使我们保持健康。他们的好处还不止这些。网球给了我们的眼睛、大脑和肌肉（muscle）彼此协作的有益练习。打网球时候，我们的眼睛看着网球的来来往往，判断（judge）它的速度（speed）和方向（direction），并把信息（information）反馈给大脑。由大脑最终决定如何行动，大脑然后把命令传给胳膊和腿部肌肉，这样就可以很自如的接球和出球。这些动作都发生在一瞬间，只有那些在网球方面锻炼了很长时间的人，才能出色的完成这一系列动作。对那些从事智力劳动的人，这种技能的训练更是必要的。

    体育锻炼对性格的塑造（character-training）也有很大帮助。在学校学习期间，孩子们可能学了很多诸如，无私（unselfishness）、勇气（courage）、纪律（discipline）和爱国等品德。但是从书上学到的东西远没有从实际经验（experience）中学到的东西对孩子的性格塑造影响大。学校通常不能给孩子足够的关于如何生活的培训，因为孩子们大部分的时间都花在学习上。这样孩子们在课余时间所做的，才真正影响他们的性格，使他们长大后在社会上勇于承担他们应该承担的责任。如果大家在足球场上都学着为他的团队而不是为他自己的话，那么等他长大之后他也会觉得为国家的利益（benefit）而不是为个人利益去奋斗是理所当然的（natural）。

16. When we play tennis we have to _____. 
[A] use, first, our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles 
[B] make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time 
[C] use mainly the arms and legs to hit 
[D] use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back 
答案：B 细节题。打网球的时侯我们必须？B，让我们的眼睛、大脑、肌肉几乎同时工作。本文第一段，They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together。

17. The "complicated chain of events" refers to_______. 
[A] the passing of information and making of decisions 
[B] the meeting and hitting back of the ball 
[C] the coordinated movements of our eyes, brain and muscles 
[D] a lot of practice before playing tennis 
答案：C 细节题。这一系列复杂的动作是指—－C，对我们的眼睛、大脑、肌肉的协调。文章中的In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go。