Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

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

1. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

2. Football, for example, has spread 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!

3. Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. 4. Water-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. 5. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

A. Sports help to train a person’s character.

B. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

C. And think of people in cold countries.

D. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

E. Many people like to watch others play games.

F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G. Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves.

Answer 1

1.E

2.F

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

1.E上下句联系。根据下一句“他们买票或是打开电视观看比赛”可知，此处是说“很多人喜欢看别人打比赛”。故选E。

2.F上下句联系。根据空格后的内容“足球是一项世界范围内的运动；游泳在很多沿海国家受欢迎。。。。。。”可知此处是说“有些运动在世界上很多地方都很受欢迎”故选F。

3.C上下句联系。根据空格后的内容“在日本，挪威，加拿大有很多人喜欢滑冰”可知此处是说“想一想寒冷国家的人喜欢的运动”。故选C。

4.B上下句联系。根据空格后一句话“划水运动是其中一项最新的运动” 可知此处是说“人们一直在发明新的运动”。故选B

5.A上下句联系。根据空格后一句“一个人学会公平竞争，胜不骄，败不馁。”可知此处是说“运动有助于培养一个人的性格。”A正确。

考点：议论类短文