Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Curling(冰壶)is a winter sport played on ice. Therefore, it’s most popular in northern countries like Canada. Curling is played in the USA by about 15,000 people.【1】Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread, and in the 1700s curling clubs formed. Then Scottish soldiers brought it to North America.

【2】Men, women, and children often compete on the same team, if they can slide a forty-pound stone down the ice! Both teams slide their stones toward the same goal. After all 16 stones have been cast, the team whose stone has slid closest to the goal gets one point.

【3】The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.【4】Water helps the stone slide, but it can also change the stone’s path.

In curling, a broom is part of each player’s equipment. A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.【5】That may explain why the international Olympic Committee decided to make curling an Olympic sport in 1998.

A.Players compete on the court.

B.Then the play begins in the other direction.

C.Curling is played by teams of four people.

D.In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.

E.The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.

F.The melting of the ice makes things tough for the curlers.

G.Curling probably began in Scotland in the 1500s or earlier.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】C

【3】E

【4】F

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项奥林匹克运动项目——冰壶。

【1】

根据后文的“Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread (苏格兰的冬天很长，有各种娱乐形式。因此，人们开始用重石头在结冰的湖面上滑动制作一项运动，这项运动逐渐传播开来)”可推知，此处是概述冰壶的历史渊源，所以G项“冰壶运动可能起源于16世纪或更早的苏格兰”切题。故选 G项。

【2】

根据本段的整体内容可知，本段主要讲的是冰壶的具体游戏规则，所以C项“冰壶比赛由四人组成的队伍进行”切题。故选C项。

【3】

上段讲的是冰壶的游戏规则，根据空后“The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.(冰面很平滑，并且石头很重，所以投球时，最微小的偏差也可以使石头滑出很远或者骤然停止)”可知，本段讲的是冰壶具体操作起来并非易事，所以E项“The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.（规则很容易学，但从事这项运动却很难。）”承上启下。故选E项。

【4】

根据空格前句可推知，冰壶在实际操作中并非易事，与选项F“对于冰壶球员来说，冰融化会使情况更艰难”呼应，都是讲冰壶操作不易；且F项中的The melting of the ice与空后的Water呼应，所以F项切题。故选F项。

【5】

根据空前一句“A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.(一个好的冰壶球员必须知道用多少力量。运动员必须知道球场上冰面的准确条件)”可知，D项“In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.(换句话说，一个好的冰壶球员必须是一个优秀的运动员)”与上文意义一致，且D项中“a good curler”与上文中“A good curler”呼应。故选D项。