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 to 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(体面).
小题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．basketball has a longer history than volleyball
D．not all the games have a long history小题2:The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that ____.
A．basketball was invented in America
B．sports change with the season
C．games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities
D．football is played all over the world小题3:People all over the world enjoy sports because ____ .
A．sports are interesting
B．sports help to keep people healthy , happy and to live longer
C．sports help to train one’s character
D．all of the above小题4:From this passage we can see that _____ .
A．sports and games are unimportant things that people do
B．sports and games should be treated only as amusement (娱乐活动)
C．sports and games are only useful to the old
D．none of the above is true小题5:What’s the writer’s attitude of the sports?
A．positive
B．negative
C．neutral
D．We have no idea.
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A
本文介绍了运动的益处及运动的种类，说明了世界各国人民通过运动促进了相互之间的友谊与交流。
小题1:细节题。结合第四段Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new.可知答案。
小题2:细节题。结合第一段Sports change with the season.排除B;结合第二段Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities.排除C；结合第三段Football, for example, has spread around the world.排除D。
小题3:细节题。结合文章3、4、5段可选出答案。
小题4:推断题。结合全文内容可知本文介绍了运动的益处及运动的种类，说明了世界各国人民通过运动促进了相互之间的友谊与交流，故A B C三项说法都不正确。
小题5:作者态度题。本文介绍了运动的益处及运动的种类，说明了世界各国人民通过运动促进了相互之间的友谊与交流，故作者对sports的态度是肯定的。