UNIT 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS Period Ⅳ-【高考领航】2021-2022学年新教材高中英语必修第一册同步核心辅导与测评课时作业（人教版）

Ⅰ.阅读理解 A What is America's number one sport? Can I still say baseball? You could make that statement 30 years ago，but things have changed.Baseball of course has the richest history of all sports.But with the popularity of basketball and American football，there can now be an argument on which sport is American's number one sport. Basketball really took a turn in the 1980's as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird took the NBA to another level.Of course，basketball was already popular and had seen such stars as Jerry West and Dr.J，but the real breakthrough (突破) came in the 1980's and from there it really took off with Michael Jordan into the 90's.Basketball has even become very global now as many NBA stars competed in the Olympic and faced no competition.Today，they had better be ready because there are so many talents in other countries and the competition will be stiff. Like basketball，American football has always been a favorite of many sports fans and its popularity has grown widely.The ratings (收视率) that Super Bowl Sunday brings are amazing.They have even talked about making Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday. In the year 2050，basketball and American football will have history like baseball's rich history and may be American national sport.They have been trying for years，but it is not going to happen. So what is American's number one sport? To me baseball will always be Americans' hobby－rich in history and many memories for people of all ages.If you have any comments on this subject，do give your opinions. 【语篇解读】　哪种运动是美国的第一体育运动？文章讨论了篮球、足球和棒球这三项体育运动中哪一项运动是美国的第一体育运动的问题。 1．The most powerful basketball player in 1980's is ． A．Larry Bird 　　　　　 B．Michael Jordan C．Jerry West D．Magic Johnson 解析：B　推理判断题。文章第二段提到20世纪80年代，在篮球运动方面，Magic Johnson and Larry Bird使NBA球队出现转机；Jerry West and Dr.J是当时受欢迎的明星；而Michael Jordan则是使NBA在篮球上获得突破，他带领球队进入90年代。这说明乔丹是80年代最强大的篮球明星。故选B。 2．This passage mainly talks about ． A．baseball and its history B．the most popular sport in the world C．which