Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there' s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.     
Stand Straight
The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don't worry; this happens to all.
Confidence is What You Need
The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slope every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris（碎片）because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor (做剪式運動) your skates. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.
Maintain Speed
Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed. While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling (滑漿), that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke (滑動). Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.
Increase Your Speed Now
Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.
Scull and Be Aware
While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simultaneously with both feet. Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.
小題1:According to the text, confidence comes from ________ .
A．constant exerciseB．strict coachesC．high speedD．good techniques
小題2:Which is the right order of ice-skating backwards?
a. Increasing your speed.                       b .Being able to scull with one foot.
c. Being about to stand straight.                   d. Trying some different tricks.
A．c→a→d→bB．c→b→d→aC．c→b→a→dD．a(chǎn)→c→b→d
小題3: In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _________.
A．one must be brave to learn to ice-skate backwards
B．skating and keeping cautious are both important
C．it’s difficult to concentrate when ice-skating backwards
D．it' s a common thing to hit someone when ice skating backwards
小題4:The purpose of the text is _______ .
A．to offer some advice on ice-skating backwards
B．to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwards
C．to explain advantages of ice-skating backwards
D．to compare different ways of ice-skating backwards

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：文章介紹了怎樣培養(yǎng)向后滑冰，只要遵循步驟，要有足夠的自信心。然后先練習(xí)站直，再能用任何一只腳滑，等都會了就可以加速了，最后嘗試一些不同的花樣。不斷進步，最后就成為倒滑高手。
小題1: 細節(jié)理解題。由Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough. （現(xiàn)在，試著用另一只腳做同樣的事情。再堅持做下去，直到你有足夠的信心。）可知A（自信源于不斷的努力。）正確。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。由全篇文章可知正確的學(xué)習(xí)倒滑的步驟：1.站直。2.能用一只腳滑。3.加速。4.嘗試一些不同的花樣。應(yīng)選C。
小題3:主旨大意題。此段的題目就是Scull and Be Aware溜冰，后面講同時要注意看路看人，保持謹慎。所以選B。
小題4:主旨大意題。這是一篇介紹如何倒著溜冰的指導(dǎo)材料，說明文題。文章第一段最后一句Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.（遵循下面給出的步驟，你就能夠馬上學(xué)會向后滑。）與A（提供一些向后滑冰的建議。）一致。
考點: 日常生活類短文閱讀。
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A．the success of a rock starB．the way rock stars live
C．rich rock starsD．the admirers of rock stars
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