HistoryWater polo (水球) or water ball is a tea...

History

Water polo (水球) or water ball is a team water sport. It started in England in the nineteenth century. The sport has been popular ever since.

The Sport

Water polo is played between two teams in a swimming pool. Players swim in the pool, carrying and throwing the ball to their team members. They try to score as many goals as possible.

There are 6 players and 1 goalkeeper (守门员) on a team. The teams have two different coloured caps. Visiting team field players usually wear white caps, and home team field players usually wear blue caps. Both goalkeepers wear red caps, numbered “1”. During the game, the goalkeepers can use two hands, but the other team members can only use one hand when carrying or throwing the ball. The game is divided (划分) into 4 periods. Each goal is one point.

In the Olympics

Water polo was introduced in the Olympics of 1900. The only two teams were Great Britain and Belgium (比利时). Great Britain beat Belgium at last. Water polo used to be a sport for men only, but after a long wait, women’s water polo became an official sport in the Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney.

1.Water polo started in America in the 1800s.

2.There are 7 players on a team in a water polo game, including a goalkeeper.

3.The goalkeepers usually wear blue caps in water polo games.

4.Each water polo game has 4 periods.

5.Women’s water polo was introduced in the Olympic Games in 1900.

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Volleyball is a team sport played with a ball and a net.There are teams on each side of the net.Each team tries to score points by grounding the ball on the other team's court(球场)．

There are two main kinds of competitive(竞技性的) volleyball played in the world right now.They are team volleyball and beach volleyball.Both are Olympic sports.Team volleyball is played indoors on a hard court with 6 people per team.Beach volleyball is played outdoors on the sand with 2 players per team.

Volleyball can be a lot of fun to play.To play with friends，you can play with any number of people and anyone can join in.To be a competitive player takes lots of practice.Good height and jumping ability help a lot.

Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1895.He worked for the YMCA(基督教青年会)and was trying to think up a game that would be fun，like basketball.Of course the rules have changed some since then，but it quickly became a popular sport at the YMCA.The name volleyball came about when a man named Alfred Halstead noticed how the game had a volleying nature.

Volleyball was first played as an Olympic sport in the 1964 Olympics.Japan won the first gold medal in women's volleyball and the USSR(苏联)won the first gold in men's volleyball.

1.What does the underlined word “grounding” mean in Chinese?

A. 给……以底色　　 B. 把……种在地下

C. 把……接地　　 D. 使……碰到地面

2.Which of the following about team volleyball and beach volleyball is NOT true?

A. Both are team sports.

B. Both are Olympic sports.

C. Both are played indoors.

D. Both are competitive volleyball.

3.Volleyball was invented　　　 .

A. in 1985

B. 122 years ago

C. in 1964

D. by Alfred Halstead

4.　　　 won the first Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball.

A. Japan　　 B. The USA

C. The UK　　 D. The USSR

5.The last two paragraphs of the article are mainly about　　　 .

A. the history of volleyball

B. how volleyball rules have changed

C. basic volleyball rules

D. how the name volleyball came about

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----- Which is your favorite sport, swimming, running or skating?

------_______ of them. I like water skiing best.

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Yao Ming, a basketball giant , ___________ water polo when he was young.

A. is playing B. used to play C. is used to playing D. was playing

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You should join a sport team such as tennis or badminton.

A．send out　　 B．rise into

C．put on　　　　 D．for example

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My friend Jane is a sports fan(爱好者). She has a great sports collection. She has three soccer balls, five baseballs, six volleyballs and two basketballs. They are all under her bed. Jane plays basketball very well. She likes Kobe. She thinks he is the best(最好的)basketball player in America. Jane plays baseball very well, too. Now she is in her school baseball club.

1.Jane has _______ volleyballs.

A. six　　 B. five　　 C. three　　 D. ten

2.Kobe is a _______ .

A. student　　 B. basketball player　　 C. teacher　　 D. baseball player

3.Jane plays _______ very well.

A. soccer and basketball　　 B. volleyball and baseball

C. basketball and baseball　　 D. tennis and basketball

4.Jane is ______ .

A. in her school basketball club　　 B. an English teacher

C. a sports fan　　 D. Kobe’s sister

5.We can find _______ under Jane’s bed.

A. some notebooks　　 B. a watch　　 C. three books　　 D. a great sports collection

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—In Sanya, you can enjoy all the water sports, or _________lie on the beach.

—Sounds good!

A.certainly B.hardly C.simply D.heavily

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Linda is not good at sports. She likes 　　　 balls 　　　 track and field(田径).

A. either; or

B. neither; nor

C. not only; but also

D. both; and

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A. B. C.

D. E.

1.It is a team sport played by two teams of four players each team on a rectangular (矩形) area of ice. The game is played with 16 large granite (大理石) stones. Each stone weighs 19. 96kg. The team with the most points wins the game.

2.It is played between two teams. The players wear ice skates on their feet and can skate across the ice at very high speeds. They hold hockey sticks, which they use to push, shoot or pass a puck. (冰球) around the ice.

3.Players ski along paths to compete in the sports events. They jump forward and land as far as possible down the hill below. Players must hold their skis in a V-shape before landing.

4.It is seen as the joining of two sports; skiing and shooting. It has its roots in skills practiced in the snow-covered forests, where people hunted on skis with guns hung over their shoulders

5.It is both an art and a sport, in which people skate around on ice, doing jumps and spins(旋转). The name means to make figures (规定动作) or patterns on the ice. People skate with music.

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将短文后面的五项信息与段落进行匹配，并将段落序号填入括号中。

1.. Ping-pong ball is my favorite sport. I often play it and I play it very well.

2.. Miss Green is an English teacher. She is only twenty-five years old. Her English is very good.

3.. Ted is my brother. He likes eggs and pears for dinner.

4.. Sam is my brother. He wins first prize in the English speech contest.

5.. Linda likes going to the movies. She often goes to the movies with her father on weekends.

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B.There will be a new movie this weekend at Sunshine Cinema. If you take your school ID card, you can pay only 2 yuan for it.

C.There will be an English speech contest at Xinghua Middle School. It can help you improve your English and help you make some friends. Come and join us!

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