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外研(新标准)版2018-2019学年初中英语九年级上册Module 8 Unit 2 同步练习

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    Volleyball is a team sport played with a ball and a net. There are teams on each side of the net. Each team tries to score points by grounding the ball on the other team's court(球场).

    There are two main kinds of competitive(竞技性的)volleyball played in the world right now. They are sports. Team volleyball is played indoors on a hard court with 6 people per team. Beach volleyball is played outdoors on the sand with 2 players per team.

    Volleyball can be a lot of fun to play. To play with friends you can play with any number of people and anyone can join in. To be a competitive player takes lots of practice. Good height and jumping ability helps a lot.

    Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1895. He worked for the YMCA(基督教青年会)and was trying to think up a game that would be fun, like basketball. Of course the rules have changed some since then, but it quickly became a popular sport at the YMCA. The name volleyball came about when a man named Alfred Halstead noticed how the game had a volleying nature.

    Volleyball was first played as an Olympic sport in the 1964 Olympics. Japan won the first gold medal in women's volleyball and the USSR(苏联)won the first gold in men's volleyball.

(1)、What does the underlined word“grounding”mean in Chinese?

A、给……以底色 B、把……种在地下 C、把……接地 D、使……碰到地面
(2)、Volleyball was invented ______.

A、in 1985 B、about 119 years ago C、in 1964 D、by Alfred Halstead
(3)、______won the first Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball.

A、Japan B、The USA C、The UK D、The USSR
(4)、The last two paragraphs of the article are mainly about ______.

A、the history of volleyball B、how volleyball rules have changed C、basic volleyball rules D、how the name volleyball came about
举一反三
 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

Working for a big company in London on a salary (薪水)of over £100, 000, you might expect Grayden Reece-Smith to have a luxurious (奢侈)lifestyle, going on expensive holidays or driving a sports car around south London, where he lives. In fact, the 28-year-old leads a very different life from his colleagues. He gives away everything he earns over £42, 000–a number that he thought he could comfortably live on. 

Over the past five years, Reece-Smith has handed over more than £250, 000 to organizations such as International Care Ministries, which helps poor families in the Philippines, and the Against Malaria Foundation. He is part of a growing number of young people described as "influential altruists". Influential altruists donate regularly to a charity which they think will have a great impact(影响). Some change careers to make more money, which can then be given away. 

Reece-Smith considered working in the charity after graduating from university, but thought that he could make a bigger difference by donating a large part of his salary. He had volunteered as a teacher at a school in Tanzania, but then realized that earning and giving would be more effective. "The cost of my flights there could have paid the salaries of two teachers for an entire year, " he says. Instead, he could "stay at home, living a nice life and still make a huge difference in the world". 

He is not mean with money-last year he went to Cuba on holiday, and spent several thousand pounds on a new sofa. But his lifestyle isn't as luxurious as some of the people he works with. "I usually don't buy supermarket-branded food products, but I don't own a car. Other people on my salary might have a bigger house. Some of my colleagues have four-bedroom houses, but we only bought what we needed-a two-bedroom flat. £42, 000 is more than enough to live on and still save, " he says. 

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