Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
1. How long is it since basketball was invented?
A．1000 years B．More than 100 years
C．1100 years D．Less than 100 years
2.The students felt unhappy because _______.
A．they had much homework to do
B．they often got into fights
C．they couldn't play outdoors
D．they had little time to study
3.Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
A．Some students B．Some teachers
C．Some students' parents D．Some of his friends
4.When a student ______ , he makes a score.
A．receives the ball.
B．throws the ball to another student
C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand
D．throws the ball into the basket
5. Which sentence is right?
A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.
B．It was easy to invent the game.
C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.
D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.
It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married couple from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the country’s first gold medal in the pairs figure（花样）skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Everyone was very quiet when Shen and Zhao were skating onto the ice. They were expecting something wonderful to happen. As soon as the music started, Shen and Zhao skated around the field quickly with beautiful style; every move was perfect. When the music stopped, all the people cheered. In the end Shen and Zhao won the Olympic gold medal.
In China, winter sports are not as popular as they are in America and Northern European countries. So China sent only 90 athletes to Vancouver to take in a few, carefully chosen sports. Such a good decision also led to Wang Meng and Zhao Yang winning gold medals in the little known, but exciting sports of short track (轨道) speed skating.
China did not win a lot of medals at these Winter Games. Most of the events are still very new to China and need to be developed. But Chinese athletes learn very quickly. For example, China’s women’s curling team(冰壶队) only began in 2003, but they were No. 1 at the 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship.
This means that with hard work and a bit of luck, China’s winter stars could soon shine on the world stage.
1.Shen Xue won the gold medal in the ________event at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
A．pairs of figure skating B．short track speed skating
C．women’s curling D．long track speed skating
2.The people were _____when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo started skating at the games.
A．noisy B．quiet C．cheering D．excited
3.The underlined（划线）word “couple” means _____in Chinese.
A．对手 B．朋友 C．夫妻 D．同事
4.China’s women’s curling team won’t be eight years old until______.
A．2003 B．2009 C．2010 D．2011
5.What made China’s winter athletes get such a success?
A．Luck. B． A chance.
C．Hard work and a little luck. D．The country’s support.
完型填空
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will 1 their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often go to different places to find good jobs. They often 2 to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own 3 . Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.
Children are asked to do some house work at 4 . In many families, children are paid for 5 the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.
1.A. leave B. go C. love
2.A. come B. drive C. write
3.A. jobs B. job C. works
4.A. playground B. home C. classroom
5.A. to do B. do C. Doing
Sandy was ________a bad mood and nobody could __________yesterday.
A．with, cheer up her B．with, cheer her up
C．in, cheer up her D．in, cheer her up
—How about singing songs with me?
—I’m sorry I can’t. I help my father with his work.
A. have to B. can C. may
______ nice time the boys had playing football with the national team last Sunday!
A．What B．What a C．How D．How a
