All over the world people enjoy sports; sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.

     Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when "their" player or team wins.

     Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for(参加) them. Football, for example, has spread(展开)around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many love to skate or ski (滑雪) in Japan, Norway or Canada.

      Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

      People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train(培养,训练) a person’s character(性格,品格).One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(胜不骄,败不馁).

59. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports?

    A. Because they are healthy.                    B. Because they are happy.

    C. Because they want to live longer.         D. All the above.

60. Why do some people get excited when they watch a game? Because________.        

    A. their favourite team wins                  B. they win the game

    C. they get the good news                D. they can’t help themselves

61. Which of the sports has a long history?

    A. Water-skiing.        B. Basketball.        C. Volleyball.      D. Long jump.

62. Why do people from different countries often become friends after a game together?

    Because       

    A. they train their character in the game                  B. they understand each other

    C. they are friendly to each other                   D. they help each other

III. 完形填空

     All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to (37)_______ healthy and happy, and to live longer.

Many people like to watch others (38)_______ games. They buy tickets or (39)______ their TV sets to watch the games.

Sports change (40)_______ the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer. Swimming is (41)________ in warm weather, but skating is good in winter.

Games and sports often grow from people’s work and everyday activities(活动). The Arabs use horses or camels(骆驼) in much of their everyday life. They use them in their sports, too. It is the same (42)_______ people in Xingjiang and Inner Mongolia (内蒙古). Millions of people hunt and fish (43)________ a living, but hunting and fishing are very good sports too.

Sports are so interesting (44)_________ people everywhere like them. Football, (45)_______, has spread (46)________ the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those (47)________ many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or India! And think of the people in cold countries. Some sports or games go back (48)_________ of years, (49)_________ running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a long history. But basketball and football are rather new. (50)_________one is a hundred years old yet. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but (51)__________ playing a game together they often become good friends.

37. A. get           B. turn          C. keep        D. develop

38. A. played        B. to play         C. playing         D. play

39. A. turn          B. turn on         C. turn down       D. turn around

40. A. from         B. in              C. into            D. with

41. A. fun          B. excite          C. funny          D. excited

42. A. with         B. as             C. to              D. from

43. A. because of    B. for            C. out of           D. from

44. A. as           B. when          C. that             D. which

45. A. however      B. for example     C. also            D. too

46. A. to           B. around         C. on              D. about

47. A. near          B. from          C. in              D. with

48. A. thousand      B. a thousand     C. thousands        D. several thousand

49. A. as            B. such          C. so              D. such as

50. A. No           B. Neither        C. /               D. a

51. A. before        B. over           C. after            D. in