Question

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. 1. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

2. Football, for example, has spread 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! 3. Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or game 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. 4. 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. 5. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

A. And think of people in cold countries.

B. Sports help to train a person’s character.

C. Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves.

D. Many people like to watch others play games.

E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.F

3.A

4.G

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是全世界的人们喜欢运动，在运动中人们收获了很多。

1.…buy tkckets or turn on their TVs…. get very excited when their player or team wins）可知，该段讲的是人们热爱运动的一种方式是，看其他人运动。

2.…so interesting that people … take part in…

3.

4.

5.One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.”，也就是在讲运动可以影响人们的思想和性格，所以此处确定答案为涉及到character的B。

考点：本题考查的是学生对文章中心、文章结构、上下文逻辑关系的把握。