4. 热身                                

5. 传球                                

6. 有做某事的机会  

1.为了;便于  

2. 刻苦训练                            

3. 打败某人 

4. early 5. loudly 6. slowly

1. badly 2. carefully 3. difficult

All over the world people enjoy sports;sports help to keep people healthy and happy,and to live longer.

Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when " their" player or team wins.

Some sports are so interesting that people every?where go in for (参力卩) them. Football,for example,has spread (展开) around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake,whether in China, Egypt or Italy!And think of people in cold countries. Think how many love to skate or ski inJapan,NorwayorCanada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years,like running or jumping. Chinese kungfu,for example,has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hun?dred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Watei^skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other,but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train(训练) a person's character (性格) .One learns to fight hard but fight fair,to win without pride and to lose with grace (胜不骄，败不馁) .

(   ) 1. Which is not the reason why people all over the world enjoy sports?

   A. Because they want to keep healthy.

   B. Because they are happy.

   C. Because they want to live longer.

   D. Because they are free.

(   ) 2. Why do some people get excited when they watch a game? Because         

   A. their favourite team wins

   B. they win the game

   C. they get the good news

   D. they can't help themselves

(   ) 3. Which of the sports has a long history?

   A. Water-skiing.

   B. Basketball.

   C. Volleyball.

   D. Jumping.

(   ) 4. Why do people from different countries often become friends after a game together? Because .

   A. they train their character in the game

   B. they understand each other

   C. they are friendly to each other

   D. they help each other

A：What sport do you like? B_: 1.        

A：Which ball game do you like better,basketball or football?

B_: 2.       

A_: I think I like football better.

B_: 3.        But I like basketball better than football. 

A: 4.       

B_: Yes. Most of the boys in our class are good at it.

A_: 5.        

B: Sorry,I'm afraid not. We'll have a class meeting this afternoon.

   A. Football is very popular in our school.

   B. Are you good at basketball?

   C. Very much.

   D. It's hard to say. What about you?

   E.Let's go to school together.

   F.I like ball games very much.

   G.Shall we have a basketball game this afternoon?

5. "怎么了？你看上去很累 

"看完昨晚的网球比赛后，我真的很累。"

—                           you? You look       .

―I'm really tired after last night's               

4. 我认为待在家里比去体育场更令人放松。

I think staying at home is               than                           .

3. 踢足球比跑步更令人疲劳。

Playing football is                       

2. 他们仍然有足够的时间得分。

There is still time for them to                        .