英语阅读小测试englishreadtest

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1、Test1Justoverahundredyearsago,therewasayoungCanadianphysicaldirectorwhowasworkinginatrainingschoolforathletesintheUnitedStates.    OnedaytheCanadianinstructorwasaskedtodesignateamsportthatwouldprovidegoodexerciseandbefuntoplay.Hedecidedonaballgame.Thegamehadtobeflexible(灵活的)andavoidroughplay.Ther

2、ewastobenobodilycontactbetweenplayersandrunningwiththeballwasprohibited.    Therulesweresimpleandplayersdidn'tneedmuchequipmenttoplay.Peachbasketswereoriginallynailedtoawoodenbalconysurroundingthegymnasium(体操房).Theywereplacedabovetheheadandtheballhadtobeskillfullythrownintothebasketinordertoscore

3、.Thatgavethegameitsname:basketball.Speedandfinessewerethemainrequirements,notstrength.Itwasanidealindoorteamsport.    ThegamewasfirstplayedintheUnitedStatesbutwasintroducedtoCanadasoonafter.Canada'smostfamousteamheldtheWorldChampionshipforsixteenyearsduringthe1920sand1930s.Thisteamalsocompetedinf

4、ourOlympicdemonstrationmatches(表演赛)winningtwenty-sevenconsecutive(连续的)games,buttheyreceivednomedals.Whynot?Becausetheywerewomen,andwomen'sbasketballwasn'tanofficialOlympicsportuntil1976.1. Basketballfirstappearedin________.C    A. Canada    B. England    C. America    D. Germany2. Whatdoes"finess

5、e"inPara.3mean?B    A. Goodness.    B. Greatskills.    C. Strength.    D. Quickresponse.3. BasketballwasNOTdesignedtobeaformofsportthat________.D    A. isplayedbymorethanonepersonatatime    B. prohibitsbodilycontact    C. iseasytolearnandplay    D. requirestheplayerstobeverystrongorheavy4. Whicho

6、fthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?D    A. Basketballwasnamedafteritsinventor.    B. Basketball-playerscanrunwiththeball.    C. BasketballwasintroducedtoCanadain1920s.    D. Basketball-playersusuallymovefast.5. Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.A    A. womenbasketball-playersdidbetterthanmen  

7、  B. women'sbasketballbecameanofficialOlympicsportin1976    C. basketballbecomesverypopularinCanada    D. basketballwasintroducedtoCanadabyitsinventortest2Theheartismadeupalmostentirelyofmuscle.Itisalarge,toughorgan,ab