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1、Unit2TheOlympicGamesⅠ.阅读理解Polo(马球)isasportwhichhasbeenplayedforcenturiesthroughoutAsiaandtheMiddleEast.However,itspreadslowlyacrossAsia,whereitwasplayedbykingsandpeopleofhighrank.TheWestwasintroducedtothesportwhentheBritishtookpoliticalcontroloverIndia,andtheyquickly
2、spreadthesportaroundtheworld.Numerousformsofpolohaveappeared,includingonbicycles,camels,andforthebraveofheart,elephants.TheoriginsofthesportappeartolieinPersia,andthegamehasbeenplayedthereforatleast2,000years,asartworkandcontemporarywritingsindicate.Thenameoriginates
3、inPakistan,whereitmeans“ball”inBalti,alanguagenativetothatarea.Therearetwoteamsofthreetofourpeopleinagameofpolo,dependingonthesizeofthefieldandthestyleofgamebeingplayed.Eachplayerhasalong,flexiblemallet(球棍)whichisusedtohitaball.Theaimistodrivetheballthroughtheopposin
4、gteam’sgoal.Poloisplayedinbriefperiodscalledchukkas;eachchukkalastssevenminutes,andplaycanbefierceandviolent.Bytradition,horsesarereplacedateachchukka,ensuringthattheystayfreshandfit.Thehorsesusedinthesportarecalledpoloponies,whichisamisnomersinceponiesaresmallhorses
5、,buttheyarefull-sizedhorses.Inallcases,horsesareselectedforspeed,ability,andobedience(顺从).Agoodhorseiscapableofstoppinginaverysmallarea,workingwithotherhorsesandriders,andmovingquicklywiththeflowofplay;championshiphorsescanbesoldatagoodprice.1.Wecaninferthatinancient
6、Asia,polowasmainlyplayedby . A.artistsB.writersC.theupperclassD.peoplelivingontheplain2.Whereistheprobablebirthplaceofpolo?A.India. B.Persia.C.Britain.D.Pakistan.3.What’sParagraph3mainlyabout?A.Therulesofpolo.B.Thedevelopmentofpolo.C.Theequipmentusedwhenplayi
7、ngpolo.D.Themattersneedingattentionwhenplayingpolo.4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“misnomer”inthelastparagraphmean?A.Afunnytale.B.Anoldtradition.C.Adifferentspecies.D.Anunsuitablename.Ⅱ.完形填空(2016·山西考前质检)Theworstproblemwithourcurrenteconomiccrisisisthestrongsenseofworry.I
8、tiseatingpeoplealive.Worryaffectsourchildren,ourmarriages,our 1 ,andoursenseofsecurity. Wehavechosentotellourfourchildren,agedthree
