The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent ____ and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge ____ in competitions. “The physical aspect of the sport can only take you ____ ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to ____ , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone ____ hard. Everyone does the work. What ____ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.” Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or ____ , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of ____ found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated ____ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental ____ can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that ____ weight lifting caused ____ changes in muscle activity. “Mental imagery ____ 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 ____ is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and ____ your brain for success.” ____ visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. ____ athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye. “During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her ____ into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post ____ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race ____ before executing (完成) her performance.” 小题1: A．lucky B．intelligent C．mental D．strategic 小题2: A．difference B．importance C．improvement D．challenge 小题3: A．so long B．so far C．so much D．so high 小题4: A．turn on B．show off C．take up D．set off 小题5: A．thinks B．moves C．runs D．trains 小题6: A．breaks B．pushes C．decides D．distinguishes 小题7: A．activation B．visualization C．motivation D．perception 小题8: A．athletes B．gymnasts C．weightlifters D．skaters 小题9: A．regularly B．normally C．finally D．similarly 小题10: A．connection B．practice C．performances D．directions 小题11: A．imagining B．considering C．reviewing D．dreaming 小题12: A．few B．usual C．actual D．strange 小题13: A．impacts B．increases C．slows D．follows 小题14: A．brain B．body C．attention D．memory 小题15: A．help B．apply C．use D．prepare 小题16: A．Though B．But C．Thus D．Otherwise 小题17: A．Unless B．After C．When D．Until 小题18: A．observations B．spirit C．determination D．senses 小题19: A．to B．for C．about D．with 小题20: A．in surprise B．in detail C．on time D．for example