题目内容
首字母填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。(共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)
Tennis is in its second life. Its first game b 1. in France. The name of the game comes from the French w 2. "tennez". The English men c 3. the game "tennis" when they watched the Frenchmen play 800 years ago.
The Englishmen liked the French game. Tennis courts were b 4. in every park, in every city, just like today. The two countries played against each other. At first they played for h 5. . Then they won money. Later people began cheating（欺骗）to get money. Three hundred years ago the game was forbidden（禁止）to s 6. the cheating. The game also d__7.___. Americans found the old courts when they went to Europe 100 years ago. They learned w __8.__ they could do about the game. They liked the game as the Englishmen did before. After returning home, the Americans built tennis courts. Tennis began to become p 9. in all the United States. Now it is one of the most e 10. games in the world again.
2.word
3.called
4.built
5.honor
6.stop
7.disappeared
8.what
9.popular
10.exciting
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了网球的起源和发展。文章从网球的名字来源说起，然后介绍网球在英国的发展，最后如何在美国及全球深受欢迎。
1.句意：第一次比赛开始是在法国。根据上下文可知这是发生在过去的事情，故用过去式began。
2.句意：比赛的名字来自法语的单词"tennez"，故用word。
3.句意：当英国人在800年前看比赛时他们把这种比赛成为网球。这里是短语call sth sth把……称为什么。故用called。
4.句意：网球场被建在每个公园每一个城市就像今天一样。这里Tennis courts与build之间是被动关系，故用过去分词built.
5.句意：起初他们为了荣誉而战。For honor为了荣誉，故用honor荣誉。
6.句意：三百年前这种比赛被禁止来阻止作弊。stop sth阻止某事。故用stop。
7.句意：比赛也消失了。根据上文Three hundred years ago可知这里应该用过去式，故用disappeared。
8.句意：他们知道应该为了比赛应该做些事情。这里缺少do的宾语，所以用what。
9.句意：网球在美国变得很流行。become是系动词，所以后面用形容词，故用popular。
10.句意：现在它成为世界上最令人高兴的比赛之一。因为这里修饰game,故用exciting。
考点：科普类短文。
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