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牛津版（深圳•广州）初中英语九年级下册Module 3 Sport and health Unit 5 Sport单元综合能力检测题（音频暂未更新）
Sumo wrestling (相扑) is a national sport in Japan. Every year there are six tournaments, and millions of Japanese watch them on television. A tournament is a series of matches.
Sumo wrestling is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2,000 years ago. There are written records of national sumo tournaments in the 8th century.
In many sports, athletes are thin and can move very quickly. However, sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilograms. One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilograms. Sumo wrestlers do not move quickly, and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport.
Sumo wrestlers start hard training when they are boys. They exercise to make their bodies strong. They also eat a lot.
They wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler loses the match if he leaves the ring. He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring. Sometimes one wrestler just steps aside when the other wrestler rushes towards him. Then, the wrestler who is rushing falls down or moves out of the ring.
Sumo wrestling is not very popular in other countries, but the Japanese think that it is a very exciting sport.
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Jokes are things that we say to make other people laugh. Sometimes a joke is just a short sentence, while other times it can be a story that can take a while to tell. An example of a simple joke is:
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Q:Why do birds fly south? A:Because it's too far to walk. |
People who tell jokes are welcomed everywhere bacause everyone likes hearing a good joke. Here is another example of a jokes:
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Q:Why do hummingbirds hum（嗡嗡叫）? A:Because they don't know the words. |
We say a joke is “corny” if it is stupid. An example of a corny joke is:
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Q:Why did the chicken cross the road? A:To get to the other side. |
But some people may think a corny joke actually a good joke. Telling a good joke depends not only on the joke itself but also on the way it is told. Some people have a skill for telling jokes. And some people simply do not know how to tell jokes. Every language and culture has its own funny jokes. As a result, many jokes lose their humor if they are translated into a different language. Some jokes depend on making fun of other people to be funny. However, these jokes may hurt people's feelings.
Sometimes jokes are told about certain races and religions (宗教). These are called “racial” and “religious” jokes, and they can be burning people, too. Jokes about the supposed special things of the members of one sex are sometimes considered to be “sexist (性别歧视的) rubbish”. Jokes that hurt people's feelings are not really funny.
Have you heard a good joke lately? Can you tell your classmates one that will make them laugh?
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