Basketball stars are usually tall．The stars of other sports are sometimes short．Some of the best football players are not very tall．

Short people often have better balance than tall people, so they do not fall over（摔倒）very often．In some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis and running．

You do not need long legs to run fast! Some of the fastest runners in the world are not very tall．Some are tall and some are short．There is no medicine to make people grow taller or to make people shorter．

The tallest woman in the world is Sandy Allen．She is 2．317 meters tall and lives in the United States．

The shortest person in the world is Gul Mohammed from India．He is only 57 centimeters （厘米）tall．

Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents．This is because they eat better food today．Good food can help children grow．

根据短文内容，回答下列问题：

1．How many different sports do we talk about in this passage （段落）? What are they?

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2．Is there any medicine to make people grow taller or to make people shorter?

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根据短文内容，补全下列句子（每空填一个单词或数字）：

3．The tallest person in the world is ________ meters taller than the shortest one．

4．_______ _______ helps young people today grow taller than their parents．

5．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语：

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Basketball stars are usually tall．The stars of other sports are sometimes short．Some of the best football players are not very tall．

Short people often have better balance(平衡)than tall people．So they do not fall over very often．In some sports the players must have good balance．For example，table tennis and running．

You do not need long legs to run fast! Some of the fastest runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some people are short. There is no medicine to make people grow taller or shorter．

The tallest woman in the world is Sandy Allen．She is 2.41 metres tall and lives in the United States. The shortest person in the world is Gul Mohammed from India．He is only 57 centimetres(厘米)tall.

Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents．This is because they eat better food today．Good food can help children grow．

53．Basketball players are ____________.             

A．usually tall     B．all tall        C．very short     D．usually short

54．The tallest woman in the world is in ___________.

A．America        B．India         C．China       D．Japan

55．What can make boys and girls grow taller according to the passage?

A．Playing basketball．                 B．Taking some medicine

C．Playing football．                   D．Eating good food．

56．Which of the following is true ?

A．The fastest runners are all tall.          B．The shortest person in the world is in India.

C．Young people are not as tall as their parents.    D．Tall people have better balance.

　　Short people often have better balance（平衡）than tall people, so they don't fall over very often. In some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis and running.

　　You do not need long legs to nm fast. Some of the fastest runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some people are short. There is no medicine（药）to make people grow taller or shorter.

　　The shortest person in the world is Gul Mohammed from India. He is only 57 centimeters（厘米）tall.

A．Playing basketball.

B．Taking some medicine.

C．Eating good food.

A．The faster runners are all tall.

B．The shortest person in the world is in India.

C．Tall people have better balance.