All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
　　Sports change with seasons. People play different games in winter and in summer.
　　Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life； they use them in their sports, too.
　　Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
　　Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
　　People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s Character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(文雅).
1). According to this passage we know that______.
A. people began to play about 100 years ago
B. about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played
C. basketball has a longer history than volleyball
D. not all the games have long history
2). According to this passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Sports help to train a person’s character.
B. People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.
C. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.
D. Sports and games can develop the friendship between people all over the
world.
3). The writer didn't tell us in this passage that______.
A. basketball was invented in America
B. sports change with seasons
C. games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities
D. football is played all over the world
4). Which of the following sport is popular around the world according to the
passage?
A. Volleyball. B. Football. C. Swimming. D. Jumping.
5). From this passage we can see that______.
A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do
B. sports and games should be treated only as amusement
C. sports and games are only useful to the old
D. none of the above is true