Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Curling(冰壺)is a winter sport played on ice. Therefore, it’s most popular in northern countries like Canada. Curling is played in the USA by about 15,000 people.【1】Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread, and in the 1700s curling clubs formed. Then Scottish soldiers brought it to North America.

【2】Men, women, and children often compete on the same team, if they can slide a forty-pound stone down the ice! Both teams slide their stones toward the same goal. After all 16 stones have been cast, the team whose stone has slid closest to the goal gets one point.

【3】The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.【4】Water helps the stone slide, but it can also change the stone’s path.

In curling, a broom is part of each player’s equipment. A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.【5】That may explain why the international Olympic Committee decided to make curling an Olympic sport in 1998.

A.Players compete on the court.

B.Then the play begins in the other direction.

C.Curling is played by teams of four people.

D.In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.

E.The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.

F.The melting of the ice makes things tough for the curlers.

G.Curling probably began in Scotland in the 1500s or earlier.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】C

【3】E

【4】F

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了一項奧林匹克運動項目——冰壺。

【1】

根據(jù)后文的“Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread (蘇格蘭的冬天很長，有各種娛樂形式。因此，人們開始用重石頭在結(jié)冰的湖面上滑動制作一項運動，這項運動逐漸傳播開來)”可推知，此處是概述冰壺的歷史淵源，所以G項“冰壺運動可能起源于16世紀(jì)或更早的蘇格蘭”切題。故選 G項。

【2】

根據(jù)本段的整體內(nèi)容可知，本段主要講的是冰壺的具體游戲規(guī)則，所以C項“冰壺比賽由四人組成的隊伍進行”切題。故選C項。

【3】

上段講的是冰壺的游戲規(guī)則，根據(jù)空后“The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.(冰面很平滑，并且石頭很重，所以投球時，最微小的偏差也可以使石頭滑出很遠(yuǎn)或者驟然停止)”可知，本段講的是冰壺具體操作起來并非易事，所以E項“The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.（規(guī)則很容易學(xué)，但從事這項運動卻很難。）”承上啟下。故選E項。

【4】

根據(jù)空格前句可推知，冰壺在實際操作中并非易事，與選項F“對于冰壺球員來說，冰融化會使情況更艱難”呼應(yīng)，都是講冰壺操作不易；且F項中的The melting of the ice與空后的Water呼應(yīng)，所以F項切題。故選F項。

【5】

根據(jù)空前一句“A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.(一個好的冰壺球員必須知道用多少力量。運動員必須知道球場上冰面的準(zhǔn)確條件)”可知，D項“In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.(換句話說，一個好的冰壺球員必須是一個優(yōu)秀的運動員)”與上文意義一致，且D項中“a good curler”與上文中“A good curler”呼應(yīng)。故選D項。