Question

Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada. It involves the use of nets, or “heads” as they are called, which consist of a wooden or metal stick with a net on   the end. Hockey is a game based on this sport.

The name “lacrosse” was named by the French settlers ，with “Crosse” meaning curved stick. Lacrosse played a more serious role in Indian culture than anywhere else. Lacrosse was not a very well-known sport until the late nineteenth century. It was mostly a boy’s game until a few years ago, and now it is played by both boys and girls.

There were about three different forms of lacrosse based on the different tribes or places of how they played it. One of the ways still played today is called double stick; you play by using a two-and-a-half-foot stick in each hand and tossing a deer skin ball in between the two sticks.

Like many other ball games ，there are two teams in Lacrosse ，each with ten players. There is one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. The game has four quarters and starts with a "faceoff “at the beginning of each quarter. A faceoff is when the ball is on the ground to start the game ，and one person from each team fights for the bail.

1.Who invented the game Lacrosse? (no more than 3 words)

2.When did Lacrosse become a well-known sport? (no more than 6 words)

3.How many players are needed to play a Lacrosse game? (no more than 1 word)

4.What is a goalie’s job? (no more than 7 words)

5.What happens if two teams score the same goals at the end of a game? (no more than 6 words)

Answer

1.The native Americans.

2.Not until the late nineteenth century./In the late 1890s.

3.20./twenty.

4.To defend the goal.

5.An overtime period is played.

【解析】

试题分析：长曲棍球是印第安人发明的，是一个在北美和加拿大国家受欢迎的团队夏季运动。它包括网的使用，或被称为“头”，使用一个在底部有网的木制或金属的木棍。曲棍球就是基于这项运动创造的。

1.The native Americans. 细节题。文章第一句Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada.可知这项运动是美国本土人发明的。不超过3个词即可。

2.Not until the late nineteenth century./In the late 1890s. 细节题。文章 Lacrosse was not a very well-known sport until the late nineteenth century. 可知直到19世纪晚期这项运动才变得出名了起来。不超过6个词即可。

3.20./twenty. 细节题。第四段 Like many other ball games ，there are two teams in Lacrosse ，each with ten players. 可知一场比赛中分两组，每组10个人，一共要20个人。不超过1个词即可。

4.To defend the goal. 细节题。根据文章第四段The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. 可知这个位置的人要守球。不超过7个词即可。

5.

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