Question

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them 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 people love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

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. 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 they often become good friends. 5. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

A. And think of people in cold countries.

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

C. Not a few people like sports in the world.

D. Many people like to watch others play games.

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

F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them.

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

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