Module 8 任务型阅读练习 2023-2024学年外研版英语九年级上册

Module 8　Sports life 任务型阅读练习 A Water ball History Water polo (水球) or water ball is a team water sport. It started in England in the nineteenth century. The sport has been popular ever since. The Sport Water polo is played between two teams in a swimming pool. Players swim in the pool, carrying and throwing the ball to their team members. They try to score as many goals as possible. There are 6 players and 1 goalkeeper (守门员) on a team. The teams have two different coloured caps. Visiting team field players usually wear white caps, and home team field players usually wear blue caps. Both goalkeepers wear red caps, numbered “1”. During the game, the goalkeepers can use two hands, but the other team members can only use one hand when carrying or throwing the ball. The game is divided (划分) into 4 periods. Each goal is one point. In the Olympics Water polo was introduced in the Olympics of 1900. The only two teams were Great Britain and Belgium (比利时). Great Britain beat Belgium at last. Water polo used to be a sport for men only, but after a long wait, women’s water polo became an official sport in the Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney. 1.Water polo started in __________ in the 1800s. 2.There are _________ players on a team in a water polo game, including a goalkeeper. 3.The goalkeepers usually wear _____________in water polo games. 4.Each water polo game has _________ periods. 5.Women’s water polo was introduced in the Olympic Games in __________. B Naim, from Turkey(土耳其), is a great Olympic weightlifting hero. He was the first weightlifter to win a gold medal in three Olympic Games. In 1996, when he won his third gold medal, he lifted a total of 335 kilograms and set a world record. Patty is the world’s top aerobatic(特技) flyer in the USA. She entered her first flying competition in 1984. She became the first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic Champion in 1991. And she did the same again in 1992 and 1993. Ahmed is an Egypt’s champion. He is one of t