初中英语专项阅读——文学常识

英语专项阅读—文学常识

A

Scientists think that a game like bowling was played in Egypt thousands of years ago. Toys that look like a ball and bowling pins(木柱) were found buried(埋葬) with a child who died around 5200 B.C.

People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played by people in some churches in order to show that they were good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to churches more often.

The first indoor bowling center was built in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the US where most people played it outside.

During the 1800s, many people in the US began to bowl for money, so several cities made the game illegal (违法的). Many people kept on bowling illegally. A group named the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentlemen’s game again.

At that time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they wore a veil(面罩) up so that the men weren’t able to see them.

Then, in 1916, a woman’s group named the Women’s National Bowling Association made a point of showing that the game was fine for both men and women.

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

( )1. In _______, poor bowlers had to go to churches more often.

A. the US

B. Germany

C. Egypt

D. England

( )2. In the US _______ during the 1800s.

A. lots of people bowled for money

B. women never bowled

C. people discovered bowling

D. bowling was forbidden

( )3. Who was probably in the American Bowling Congress?

A. People who bowled in the church.

B. Some gentlemen who liked bowling.

C. People who bet money on bowling.

D. People who kept on bowling illegally.

( )4. The Women’s National Bowling Association began _______.

A. about 1455

B. before 1900

C. in the 1800s

D. in 1916

( )5. Before 1916, women probably _______ when they bowled.

A. wore thick clothes

B. hurt themselves

C. wore a veil up

D. paid much money

B

There are no peasants(农民) in Britain. People who are working on a farm are called farm workers. The farmer pays workers every week. There are not many workers on a farm. The farmers have many machines. The machines do most of the work. A farm with four workers is a big farm, and a farm with one worker is a small farm.

Britain does not grow rice. The summer is not hot enough. The most important grain crop in Britain is wheat(小麦). Wheat and other crops grow best in the east of Britain. In the west, there is a lot of rain. There grass grows very well. So, in the west of Britain, most farms are animal farms. They are not crop farms. The British winter is warm and the grass grows all the year round. The animals live out in the fields and on the highlands all the year round. The British people eat lots of meat and drink lots of milk. Cattle give milk and meat, and sheep give meat. Cattle and sheep farms are in the west. Pigs are on farms here and there.

Britain can now produce about half of its food. However, it doesn’t produce enough wheat, so some wheat is imported(进口) from other countries. Britain must also import hot climate food, such as rice, tea, coffee and so on. True (T) or False (F).

( )1. In Britain, a farm with four workers is a big farm.

( )2. In Britain, it isn’t very hot in summer, so rice isn’t grown in Britain.