Question

Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada. It involves the use of nets, or ”heads” as they are called, which consist of a wooden or metal stick with a net on the end. Hockey is a game based on this sport.

The name “lacrosse” was named by the French settlers ，with “Crosse” meaning curved stick. Lacrosse played a more serious role in Indian culture than anywhere else. Lacrosse was not a very well known sport until the late nineteenth century. It was mostly a boy’s game until a few years ago, and now it is played by both boys and girls.

There were about three different forms of lacrosse based on the different tribes or places of how they played it. One of the ways still played today is called double stick; you play by using a two and a half foot stick in each hand and tossing a deer skin ball in between the two sticks.

Like many other ball games, there are two teams in Lacrosse, each with ten players. There is one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attack-men. The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. The game has four quarters and starts with a "faceoff” at the beginning of each quarter. A faceoff is when the ball is on the ground to start the game, and one person from each team fights for the ball.

1.Who invented the game Lacrosse? (no more than 3 words)

2.When did Lacrosse become a well-known sport? (no more than 6 words)

3.How many players are needed to play a Lacrosse game? (no more than 1 word)

4.What is a goalie’s job? (no more than 7 words)

5.What happens if two teams score the same goals at the end of a game?(no more than 6 words)

Answer 1

1.The Native Americans.

2.Not until the late nineteenth century. / In the late 1890s.

3.20/Twenty.

4.To defend the goal.

5.An overtime period is played.

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了当地的美国人发明的一项运动Lacrosse（长曲棍球），这项运动到十九世纪晚期成了一项非常著名的运动。

1.1】根据文章第一段第一句Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans Lacrosse，被当地的美国人发明。可知答案是The Native Americans.。

2.2】根据第二段第三句Lacrosse was not a very well known sport until the late nineteenth century.直到十九世纪晚期Lacrosse才成了一项非常著名的运动。 可知答案是Not until the late nineteenth century. / In the late 1890s。

3.3】根据第四段第一句Like many other ball games, there are two teams in Lacrosse, each with ten players.像很多其他的球类运动，在Lacrosse 有两个队，每个队有是名运动员。故答案是20/Twenty。

4.4】根据第四段中的第三句The goalies defend the goals守门员防守进球。可知填To defend the goal。

5.5】根据第四段中的第四句Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. 谁进球最多，比赛最后胜利，如果比赛平手进行一个加时赛的比赛。从这里可知答案是An overtime period is played。

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