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

live longer.

     Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.

     Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or

camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.

     Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them.Football,for example,has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

     Some sports or games go back thousands of years,like running or jumping.Chinese boxing for example

, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new.  Neither one is a hundred years old yet.  People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

     People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often

become good friends.  Sports help to train a person's character (性格).  One learns to fight hard but fight

fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

1.According to this passage we know that ______ .

A.people began to play about one hundred years ago

B.about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played

C.not all the games have long history

2. According to this passage, which of the following isn't true?

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

B. People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.

C.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.

3. The writer didn't tell us in this passage that______  .

A. basketball was invented in America

B. sports change with the seasons

C. football is played all over the world

4.A lot of people have more free time from their work to enjoy sports because______  .

A. they like sports very much

B they want to live long

C. they want to make a lot more friends

5. From this passage we can see that______  .

A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do

B. sports and games should be treated(对待)only as amusement

C. sports and games are not only useful to the old