Sports play an important role in British life. The most popular sport is football. Cricket is also popular in England, but is less important in the other home nations. Rugby union and rugby league are the other major team sports. Tennis is the most important sport for the two weeks of the Wimbledon Championships(温布尔登网球锦标赛)
Football
The modern global game of football developed from traditional British football games in the 19th century. Club football is organized separately in each of the home nations. English football has a league system which combines thousands of clubs. Scotland has a similar but smaller club football structure. The top level league in Wales is the league of Wales. In Northern Ireland the main league is the Irish Football League.
Each season the most successful clubs from each of the home nations qualify for(使…具有…的资格) the two Europe wide club competitions organized by UEFA(欧足联), the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
Cricket
Cricket was invented in England. It is regarded as England’s national summer game and it is probably the second most widely covered sport.
There are eighteen professional country clubs, seventeen of them in England and one in Wales. Each summer the country clubs compete in the first class Country Championship, which consist of two leagues of nine teams and in which matches are played over four days.
Rugby
Like football, rugby union and rugby league both developed from traditional British football games in the 19th century. For much of the 20th century there was great antagonism between rugby leagues, which was a mainly working class game based in the industrial areas of northern England, and rugby union, which is a mainly middle class game in England, and is also popular in the other home nations.
Tennis
Tennis is yet another sport which originated in the United Kingdom and the governing body of the sport is the LTA(草地网球协会). However, no British man has won Wimbledon since 1936 and no British woman since 1977. The only British players of either sex to reach the world top 50 in recent years are Greg Rusedski, who learnt his tennis in Canada, and Tim Henman and Andrew Murray ,who did not pass through the LTA system either.
1.What do we know about football?
A．The top clubs represent the UK in the two Europe competitions.
B．Football is a newly-invented game in England
C．The top level league in England is the Irish Football League
D．Club football is an organized union in the UK.
2.From the passage we can learn .
A．There exist all professional county clubs in England.
B．Rugby leagues was enjoyed by middle class
C．Tennis is in the charge of LTA
D．Greg Rusedski did not pass through the LTA system.
3.The underlined “antagonisim” in the sixth paragraph probably means .
A．preference B．friendliness C．similarity D．opposition
4.From what can we read the passage?
A．tour guidebook B．book review
C．news report D．news magzine
“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time.
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜) is good for you, too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated(积累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.
1.The author develops the third paragraph mainly .
A．by cause and effect B．by order in space
C．by examples D．by order in time
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A．Eating garlic is good for our eyes.
B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds.
C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous.
D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth.
3.What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text?
A．Objective. B．Subjective. C．Dissatisfied. D．Curious.
4.The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means “ .”
A．to be valuable B．to be believable
C．to be admirable D．to be suitable
Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern times. He was especially beloved for his Little Tramp 36 . He was the first screen artist to write, 37 and perform in his own films; in fact, 38 , Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies. He was also the first artist to use his work to pass a 39 of equality and justice for all－ 40 for the “little guy”. Charlie Chaplin’s career and life made 41 the first global icon (偶像); his too small hat, his too large shoes and his trademark moustache were instantly 42 by audiences from Chicago to China, from Iowa City to India. And they 43 are today. All of these make Charlie Chaplin the first citizen of our global village.
Chaplin, a native of London, was born in 44 on April 16, 1889 to music hall performers. Chaplin only saw his 45 twice until the age of seven. The man 46 him and his mother about a year after Chaplin was 47 . During Chaplin’s earliest years, his mother was a (n) 48 and performer. Then her voice gave out, her stage career 49 , and she began actively 50 Church of England services. At the age of 51 , Chaplin’s mother was considered insane and sent to Cane Hill lunatic asylum(疯人院), and the 52 sent Charlie and his brother to live with his father, 53 had by then stopped all payments of child support.
Charlie Chaplin lived with his father only a short time 54 his mother was released from the lunatic asylum and then 55 Charlie and his brother to live with her once again.
1. A．behavior B．character C．personality D．quality
2. A．act B．direct C．shoot D．edit
3. A．in case of B．in this case C．in some cases D．in case
4. A．possibility B．culture C．message D．importance
5. A．generally B．especially C．specially D．totally
6. A．him B．them C．us D．it
7. A．recognized B．believed C．realized D．known
8. A．really B．always C．still D．ever
9. A．happiness B．poverty C．luck D．nature
10. A．brother B．teacher C．mother D．father
11. A．taught B．left C．loved D．expected
12. A．born B．young C．ill D．old
13. A．actor B．artist C．singer D．dancer
14. A．ended B．began C．broke D．continued
15. A．serving B．attending C．joining D．asking
16. A．seven B．eight C．nine D．ten
17. A．mother B．police C．court D．family
18. A．which B．whomever C．whoever D．who
19. A．then B．before C．when D．until
20. A．picked up B．A took away C．took apart D．brought up
—Do you know why the sun looks much bigger on the horizon?
—Well, well, .I have never read about that.
A．that depends B．I can’t tell you
C．there is some doubt D．you really have me there
Statistics show that house prices in the last 2 years have risen they had expected.
A．twice as much as B．as much as twice
C．as twice much as D．as much twice as
—I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.
—Recent pressure at work may his behavior.
A．make for B．stand for C．change for D．account for
