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Sports events　课时跟踪检测B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2015·扬州中学高三模拟)The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression，“ athletics are 90 percent __1__and 10 percent physical，” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge __2__in competitions. “The physical aspect of the sport can only take you __3__，” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to __4__， especially when youre talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone __5__hard. Everyone does the work. What __6__the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game. ” Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or __7__， to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of __8__found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated __9__when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental __10__can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that __11__weight lifting caused __12__changes in muscle activity. “Mental imagery __13__many cognitive(认知的) processes in the brain: motor control，attention, perception, planning, and memory，” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the __14__is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and __15__your brain for success.” __16__visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event.__17__athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind?s eye. “During visualization, she incorporates(整合) all of her __18__into the experience，” sports psychologist Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post __19__a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off t