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A fresh and gentle wind on your face，soft sand under your feet and blue waters as far as the eye can e.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 beautiful 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 in the 1920s.The first recorded two－man game took place there in 1930，and the first tournament was held in Los Angeles 18 years later.The winners were awarded a ca of Pepsi.In the 1950s，women started playing and the sport soon spread to Europe and South America.Yet at that time，beach volleyball was more an entertainment show than a sport，with beauty contests included.The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1983 and beach volleyball developed into a fast，athletic sport.Its world－wide popularity won beach volleyball a place at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta，where 24 male teams and 16 female teams took part.At prent，the U．S. and Brazil are the best in the world at beach volleyball.
The game came to China in the early 1990s and there have been national tournaments since 1994.It became an official event at the Eighth National Games in 1997.China’s You Wenhui and Wang Lu finished ninth in the women’s beach volleyball world championships in Brazil.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了沙滩排球的历史。托福写作机经
1．The passage is mainly about ________．
A．the history of beach volleyball
B．how to play beach volleyball
C．the importance of beach volleyball
D．women’s beach volleyball in China
A 解析：主旨大意题。文章前两段的目的是引出话题“沙滩排球”，而第三、四两段则主要是讲述了沙滩排球的历史。
2．According to the passage，which of 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.
好易通电子词典大一英语学习计划D．Women started playing beach volleyball in South America in 1945.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知B项正确。其余三项均描述错误。
3．According to the passage，we can learn that ________．
A．in 1996，beach volleyball became an official event in China
B．China’s beach volleyball team is the best in the world
C．China’s beach volleyball players won the first place in Brazil
D．beach volleyball came to China in the early 1990s
D 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知D项正确。
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The bell for the beginning of the math exam rang. Suddenly I realized that.I had __1__ my geometry(几何) box at home. I decided to __2__ one.
So I ran __3__ into the sixth－graders’ classroom and asked, “Does anyone have a geometry box? I badly need it for the __4__．” Luckily, a girl came to me and __5__ me a geometry box. I __6最烂电影奖出炉__ her and promid to return it.
After the exam, school was __7__ and I rushed home. I had __8__ to return the girl her box and I realized this __9__ while I was having dinner. I __10__ to give her the box the next day. I was about to 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雅思托福词汇量__ class of the other girl from whom I had taken the box.
The next day I went to school. I was __14__ and so I rushed to my sister’s friend’s class. Since I was __15__， I asked one of her classmates to give the bag to Vanessa.
Then I rushed to my __16__. I was in such a hurry that I didn’t __17__ that the bag also had the geometry box of the other girl who name I didn’t __18voa打包下载__！ When I just realized my __19__， a girl came to me and handed me a(n) __20__，which said.
“Thanks for returning my geometry boxscone. And thank your sister Annika for such a lovely birthday gift！—Vanessa.”
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者描写了自己的一次经历，事情发生的偶然和巧合的确让人感到出乎意料。
1．A.lost B．hidden
C．thrown D．left
D 解析：根据下文的Does anyone have a geometry box？可知，作者把几何文具盒落在了(left)家里。
2．A.buy B．borrow
renavatioC．change D．pick
B 解析：联系下文的．..promid to return it可知，作者准备借(borrow)一套。
3．A.quickly B．quietly
C．cretly D．sadly
A 解析：开考的铃声都响过了，所以作者是迅速(quickly)跑到六年级的教室。
4．A.game B．work sync
C．exam D．lesson
C 解析：根据上文的The bell for the beginning of the math exam rang.可知，考试(exam)开始了，所以作者非常需要几何文具盒。
无与伦比英文5．A.showed B．handed
C．sold D．packed
B 解析：幸运的是，一个小女孩递给(handed)作者一个几何文具盒。
6．A.praid B．encouraged
C．recognized D．thanked
D 解析：作者感谢了(thanked)她并许诺一定还她几何文具盒。
7．A.over B．long
C．happy D．hard
A 解析：根据空后的．..and I rushed home可知，已经放学了(over)，作者就回家了。
8．A.asked B．requested
C．forgotten D．wanted
C 解析：根据下文的I...to give her the box the next day.可知，作者忘了(forgotten)还那个几何文具盒了。
9．A.news B．idea
C．promi D．fact
D 解析：此处选fact指代上文中提到的那件事情：作者忘记还几何文具盒了。
10．A.preferred B．decided
C．agreed D．refud
B 解析：作者忘记还几何文具盒，所以决定(decided)第二天给她。
