备战2022年高考英语时事热点阅读+题型专练热点14 手球、排球、曲棍球与沙滩排球(东京奥运会特辑)一、阅读理解1Handball(手球)is a hugely popular sport in Europe and Asia, and it is one of the fastest and most exciting sports in the world. It combines basketball and soccer with the attracting saves of water polo. Handball is played on an indoor court(the size of two basketball courts)and there are goals at each end. There are twelve players on each team，two goal keepers and ten field players，but there is a maximum of one goalkeeper and six field players from each team allowed on the court at any one time. The idea is simple：score more goals than the other team. The ball is made of leather or synthetic material and it must be round. The surface must not be shiny or slippery. The size and weight of the ball varies for male and female teams，and adult and junior teams. Handball has the same free-ranging play as basketball，with all players except the goalkeeper constantly moving from attack to defence. The goalkeeper uses hands, feet，head and body to keep out the other teams shots. The origins of handball are unclear. Many people believe that it developed as a training game for soccer，to be played in the off season，or when it snowing. Now，in countries where handball is popular，players can earn large sums of money，and indoor stadiums seating over ten thousand people sell out regularly. Handball has been played at the Olympics since 1972. 1. The passage states that handball was most probably developed_. A. as a replacement for basketballB. by supporters of water poloC. as a training gameD. for the 1972 Olympics2. The statement，“The idea is simple”，emphasizes that in handball the _ . A. game has only one purposeB. court is clearly markedC. players can change positionsD. goalkeeper is the last defense3. It is clear that the writer believes the sport of handball _.A. is more popular for men than for womenB. is great fun for the audienceC. requires an unusually shaped ballD. should only be played in winter4. In which order does the information appear in the passage?a. type of ball b. court sizec. beginning of the sport d. team membersA. cabdB. badcC. cdabD. bdac2The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.There are nine sports: cycling, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, weightlifting, rowing, wrestling and shooting. Sailing was also to have taken place, but had to be cancelled (取消) 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 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 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 popular in Japan were introduced: judo (柔道) and volleyball. The Japanese won all three gold medals in the judo, and also won the first womens volleyball competition. Some new sports have recently been added to the Olympics. In Los Angeles, in 1984, baseball was introduced and became an Olympic sport. In Seoul (汉城), Korea in 1988, table tennis was introduced for the first time, and tennis returned as an Olympic sport. Unlike tennis, some sports, such as golf and rugby (橄榄球), have been tried in the Olympics but have never returned.5. The text is mainly about _.A. the ancient Olympic GamesB. the modern Olympic GamesC. the ancient and modern Olympic GamesD. how many events are in the Olympic Games6. Football was first introduced into the Olympics in _.A. 1908, LondonB. 1936, BerlinC. 1904, St. LouisD. 1988, Seoul7. Which sport is different from the other three in the group?A. Basketball.B. Football.C. horse-riding.D. Baseball.8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.B. At the time when the first modern Olympic Games were held, there were not so many sports as there are today.C. The Olympic Games are held every four years.D. The country which introduces a new sport into the Olympics usually cannot get the gold medal for that event.故选D。3Ice hockeys beginning is a little uncertain. It has been tracked back to an Irish game known as hurley by some experts. Others consider ice hockey as having come from lacrosse and field games that were played by Micmac Indians. Still others say that hockey evolved in Northern Europe. At any rate, it is quite likely that ice hockey came into being from different early games played with a stick and