1、你知道吗？奥运会是世界上最重要的体育节日，其比赛项目一直在发生着变化，为赢得金牌，主办国常常添加新的项目。The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. There were nine sports: cycling, tennis，gymnastics, swimming, track and field, weightlifting，rowing, wrestling and shooting. Sailing was also to have taken place, but had to be cancelled
2、because of bad weather at sea.In the first Olympics there were no real team sports. Then, slowly, a few team sports joined the program. Football and hockey were the first team sports introduced into the Olympics in London in 1908. Then in 1936, at the Berlin Olympics, the Germans brought in handball
3、 and the Americans had basketball accepted as an Olympic sport.It often happens that the country that introduces a new sport into the Olympics then goes on to win the gold medals. In 1904, at the Olympics in St. Louis, the Americans introduced boxing and won all seven events.Five horse riding events
4、 were introduced into the 1912 Stockholm(斯德哥尔摩) Olympics, and Swedish riders won four of them. And in 1964, at the Tokyo Olympics，two sports which are very popular in Japan were introduced: judo and volleyball. The Japanese won all three gold medals in the judo, and also won the first womens volleyb
5、all competition. Some new sports have recently been added to the Olympics. In Los Angeles，in 1984, baseball was introduced and became an Olympics sport. In Seoul, Korea in 1988, table tennis was introduced for the first time, and tennis returned as an Olympics sport. Unlike tennis, some sports, such
6、 as golf and rugby (橄榄球), have been tried in the Olympics but have never returned.诱思导读1What is the passage mainly about?The Olympic sports.2When and where was football first introduced into the Olympics?In 1908，in London.Section Reading (Starting out & Understanding ideas).匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.goalAn.死
7、，死亡()2.basisBn.武装冲突，战斗，战争()3.content Cn.球门()4.factorDn.基础；根据()5.defend En.满意，满足()6.conflict Fn.因素，要素()7.soldier Gv.(在比赛中)防守，防卫()8.death Hn.士兵，军人答案14CDEF58GBHA.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思A尽情地，心满意足地B从中得到C追溯到D而且E垮掉；崩溃F以为例G爆发H放下，记下()1.We can dance and sing to our hearts content at the party.()2.This is the benefit yo
8、u get from exercise everyday.()3.The history of the popular sport game may go back to Ancient China.()4.The student put down their books as soon as the bell rang.()5.A lot of people died every time the disease broke out in the past.()6.Take football for example，every sport can benefit us a lot.()7.T
9、o understand the grammar of the sentence，you must break it down into parts.()8.Whats more，I can learn a lot from my teachers.答案14ABCH58GFED第一步速读了解文章主题和段落大意.速读P2627教材课文，回答问题。Whats the authors purpose in writing the passage?ATo talk about the history of football.BTo express his/her love of football.CT
10、o explain why football is such a popular game.DTo prove that he/she is a professional football fan.答案C.速读P2627教材课文，匹配段落大意。1Para. 1AFootball becomes one way of communicating.2Para. 2BWhat Bill Shankly thinks of football.3Para.3 CCreativity and excitement make football popular.4Para .4DThe basis of fo
11、otballs popularity is simple and cheap.5Para .5 EThe development and history of football.答案15EDCAB第二步细读把控文章关键信息细读P2627教材课文，选择最佳答案。1According to the first paragraph，what is true about football?AFootball is too popular to attract millions of players and fans.BFootball was taken to the Moon by Neil Arm
12、strong.CThe history of the football was known in Ancient China.DFootball we now play all over the world started in Great Britain.2Which is not the factor that makes football popular?ASimple.BCheap.CCreative.DProfessional.3Football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate because Ape
13、ople can understand it without any wordsBit brings people together only on the fieldCit always makes soldiers put down their gunsDit makes soldiers remember the conflict of the years4How did Bill Shankly think of the football?AVery important.BVery funny.CVery surprising.DVery amazing.答案14DDAA第三步研读能力
14、升华，接轨高考根据P2627教材课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Nowadays，football is popular enough 1.to attract (attract) millions of players and fans all over the world.It has a history that 2.goes (go) back over two thousand years to Ancient China.In fact，football we now play started in Great Britain，3.where the gam
15、e was given new rules.The reasons 4.why football is so popular are as follows：First，football is such a simple and cheap game to play 5.that you can see kids 6.playing (play) to their hearts content with a ball made of plastic bags；just like Pele did when he was a boy.Next，it is a game with 7.creativ
16、ity(create) and excitement on the field.It is amazing to see how professional players use their bodies to pass，score and defend，or to feel the excitement of a game 8.ending (end) with a surprising twist.Whats more，football breaks 9.down walls and brings people together on and off the field.For example，British and German soldiers 10.put(put) down their guns and played football together on Christmas Day 1914.So just as Bill Shankly said，football is much more than just a sport.
