Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!

Archery	Archery has a 10,000-year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1900. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972.
Did you know? In the 14th century, archery was so important that an English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practice it.
Badminton	This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best.
Did you know? The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of a goose.
Football	There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games every since, except for Los Angeles 1932.
Did you know? Hungary has won three football gold medals——more than any other country.
Taekwondo	This Korean sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”,  The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used. Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Did you know? Over 60 million people for 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport.

1.Who invented the sport of badminton?

A．Indians

B．British

C．Chinese

D．Koreans

2.Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A．Archery

B．Badminton

C． Taekwondo

D．Football

3.Which sport was first named after a town?

A．Badminton

B．football.

C． Taekwondo

D．Archery

4.Where can you most probably find this web page?

A．sydney2000.com	B．beijing2008.com
C．guangzhou2010.com	D．london2012.com

 

Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea.  This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
【小题1】Who invented the tea bag?

A．An English tea seller.	B．Chinese.
C．Lipton.	D．Thomas Sullivan.

【小题2】The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.

A．the tea in bags was free and very good

B．the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

C．people were happy, with the loose tea

D．people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea

【小题3】The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.

A．silk

B．gauze

C．paper

D．plastic

【小题4】The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.

A．Tea bags soon became popular

B．Tea bags surprised everyone very much

C．Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market

D．Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold

【小题5】The reading mainly talks about________.

A．the invention of tea

B．the way of drinking tea

C．the history of tea bags

D．people' s favorite tea in the world

Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!


【小题1】Who invented the sport of badminton?

A．Indians.

B．British

C．Chinese.

D．Koreans.

【小题2】Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A．Archery.

B．Badminton.

C．Taekwondo.

D．Football.

【小题3】Which of the following pictures shows the sport of "Taekwondo"?

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Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!


【小题1】Who invented the sport of badminton?

A．Indians.

B．British

C．Chinese.

D．Koreans.

【小题2】Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A．Archery.

B．Badminton.

C．Taekwondo.

D．Football.

【小题3】Which of the following pictures shows the sport of "Taekwondo"?

 

Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.

One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(马车)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.

In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.

1.Who invented the barbecues first in history?

   A.American people.      B.Taino Indians.           C.Spanish explorers.     D.English settlers.

2.The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.

   A.is only held on a hot sunny day                 B.welcomes people who keep diaries

   C.is held both indoors and outdoors               D.has its social occasion for over 200 years

3.The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.

   A.社交功能            B.社会福利               C.社会地位            D.社会背景

4.The following are all the barbecue ways    EXCEPT __________________.

   A. drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires

   B. roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches

   C.cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal

   D.heating meat in the bright and hot daylight