1、閱讀強化訓練（八）（建議用時：25分鐘）I閱讀理解A fresh and gentle wind on your face , soft sand under your feet and blue waters as far as the eye can see.Is there any other Olympic sport that is played in such pleasant conditions as beach volleyball?"I ' ve gone to a lot of beautiful places , and met a lot of be

2、autiful people.That wouldn' t have happened if I had been playing another sport , “ said Randy Stoklos, America' s famous beach volleyball player.The sport began as a four a side game on beaches in Southern California inthe 1920s.The first recorded two man game took place there in 1930, and

3、the first tournament was held in Los Angeles 18 years later.The winners were awarded a case of Pepsi.In the 1950s, women started playing and the sport soon spread to Europeand South America.Yet at that time , beach volleyball was more an entertainment show than a sport , with beauty contests include

4、d.The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1983 and beach volleyball developed into a fast,athletic sport.Itsworld wide popularity won beach volleyball a place at the 1996Olympics in Atlanta , where 24 male teams and 16 female teams took part.At present , the U . S. and Brazil are

5、the best in the world at beach volleyball.The gamecame to China in the early 1990s and there have been national tournaments since 1994.It became an official event at the Eighth National Gamesin 1997.China' s You Wenhui and Wang Lu finished ninth in the women s beach volleyball world championship

6、s in Brazil.【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文，主要講述了沙灘排球的歷史。1. The passage is mainly aboutA. the history of beach volleyballB. how to play beach volleyballC. the importance of beach volleyballD. women s beach volleyball in ChinaA解析：主旨大意題。文章前兩段的目的是引出話題“沙灘排球”，而第三、四兩段 則主要是講述了沙灘排球的歷史。2. According to the passage , which of

7、the following statements is TRUE?A. Beach volleyball was first played like other Olympic sports.B. Beach volleyball began on beaches in Southern California.C. Beach volleyball has always been an entertainment show rather than a sport.D. Women started playing beach volleyball in South America in 1945

8、.B解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句可知B項正確。其余三項均描述錯誤。3. According to the passage , we can learn thatA. in 1996 , beach volleyball became an official event in ChinaB. China' s beach volleyball team is the best in theworldC. China' s beach volleyball players won the first place in BrazilD. beach volleyball cam

9、e to China in the early 1990sD解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句可知D項正確。n完形填空The bell for the beginning of the math exam rang. Suddenly I realized that.I had _1_ my geometry（ 幾何）box at home. I decided to _2_ oneSo I ran _3_ into the sixth graders ' classroom and asked, “Does anyone have a geometry box? I badly n

10、eed it for the _4_ . ” Luckily, a girl came to meand _5_ me a geometry box. I _6_ herand promised to return it.After the exam, school was _7_ and I rushed home. I had _8_ to return the girl her box and I realizedthis _9_ while I was having dinner. I 10 to giveher the box the next day. I was about to

11、 go to bed when my sister came to me. She wanted me to deliver（ 送）a _11_ to one of her friends, Vanessa, _12_ she wasn' t going to school tomorrow. The girl was in the _13 class of the othergirl from whom I had taken the box.The next day I went to school. I was _14_ and so I rushed to my sister

12、' sfriend ' s class. Since I was _15_, I asked one of her classmates to give thebag to Vanessa.Then I rushed to my _16 _. I was in such a hurry that I didn' t _ 衛(wèi)_ thatthe bag also had the geometry box of the othe r girl whose name I didn ' t _ 但_! When I just realized my _19_, a gir

13、l came to me and handed me a(n) _20_,which said.“Thanks for returning mygeometry box. And thank your sister Annika for such a lovely birthday gift ! - Vanessa ”【解題導語】本文是一篇記敘文。作者描寫了自己的一次經(jīng)歷，事情發(fā)生的偶然和巧B. hiddenD. left合的確讓人感到出乎意料。1 A.lostC. thrown?可知，作者把幾何文具盒D 解析： 根據(jù)下文的Does anyone have a geometry boxB. b

14、orrowD. pick可知，作者準備借(borrow) 一套。B. quietlyD. sadly(quickly)跑到六年級的教室。B. work落在了 (left) 家里。2 A.buyC. changeB 解析：聯(lián)系下文的.promised to return it3 A.quicklyC. secretlyA解析：開考的鈴聲都響過了，所以作者是迅速4 A.gameC. examD. lessonC 解析：根據(jù)上文的The bell for the beginning of the math exam rang.可知,考試(exam)開始了，所以作者非常需要幾何文具盒。5 A.show

15、edB. handedC. soldD. packed6. A.praisedB解析：幸運的是，一個小女孩遞給(handed)作者一個幾何文具盒。B. encouragedCrecognizedDthankedD 解析：作者感謝了(thanked) 她并許諾一定還她幾何文具盒。7 A.overBlongChappyDhardA 解析：根據(jù)空后的.and I rushed home 可知，已經(jīng)放學了(over) ，作者就回家了。8 A.askedB requestedC forgottenD wantedC 解析： 根據(jù)下文的I.to give her the box the next day.

16、 可知， 作者忘了(forgotten)還那個幾何文具盒了。9 A.newsB ideaC promiseD factD 解析：此處選fact 指代上文中提到的那件事情：作者忘記還幾何文具盒了。10 A.preferredB decidedC agreedD refusedB 解析：作者忘記還幾何文具盒，所以決定(decided) 第二天給她。Bgift11 A.ticketC boxD pictureB 解析：根據(jù)最后一段的And thank your sister Annika for such a lovely birthdaygift.可知，因為(as) 妹妹明天不去上學了，所以妹妹讓

17、作者幫她送一個禮物(gift) 。12 A.ifBorCasDandC 解析：參考上題解析。13 A.sameBnewCusualDspecialA 解析：根據(jù)最后一段的Thanks for returning my geometry box.友和作者借幾何文具盒的那個女孩在同一個(same) 班。14 A.nervousB upsetC luckyD lateD 解析：根據(jù)下文的.and so I rushed to my sisters friend可知，妹妹的朋s class可知，作者遲到了(late)B in angerD in a mess可知，因為作者很著急(in a hurry) ，B house15 A.in surpriseC in a hurryC 解析：結(jié)合下文的I was in such a hurry.所以他就讓一個同學把這個包給了Vanessa。16 A.classC libraryD officeA 解析：作者是去上學的，所以把東西送出之后就匆忙去了自己的班級(class)17 A.