山东省 德州市第九中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期开学英语试题

九年级英语寒假作业评估试题 一、阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，计50分） 阅读下列短文，然石从每小题A、B、C、D,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A An early form of a game in which a ball was kicked around a field is recorded in 1004 B.C.Japan.Some sports historians believe that the game of soccer began in England in the third century.They say that early English warriors(L)kicked around the head of a killed encmy.This may or may not be true but it is certain that soccer is an ancient sport. Without doubt,the English played soccer during the times of King Edward I in the 1300s.In fact,the king passed a law against playing it.The law said,"There is great noise caused by kicking large balls from which many ghosts may appear."Anyone caught playing soccer at that time was put into prison.Two bundred years later.Queen Elizabeth I still had people put into prison for playing this"vulgar"sport.Although there were such laws.soccer grew more popular.In 1681 it became an official (F.)sport in England.By the 1800s.people throughout the country played soccer.By the 18th century upper-class boys played it at schools.Its popularity grew among all English people At a meeting held in an English school in 1843,the first rules were suggested.In 1863 the heads of English soccer teams met in London to agree on some official rules.They organized an English football association( )By 1871 all of the English clubs were following these rules.Today all soccer teams play by them Soccer is called "football"everywhere but in the United States.The game is played mostly with feet.No players except the goalie()may touch the ball with their hands.They may control the ball with any part of the body except their hands Soccer is by far the world's most popular sport.Every four years,nearly every country in the world fights for the World Cup.Tens of billions of soccer fans from around the world watch the World Cup on television. )1.According to the historians,soccer game began in England in A.the 2nd century B.the 3rd century C.the 10th century D.the 13th centur