Section I Reading Comprehension (40 points) ARead the passage.Then answer the questions that follow.(5 points each) Street Sports and the Olympics A Most cultures have at least one popular street sport.This is a game that children or adults may play informally whenever they can get enough players together.Typically,even the poorest members of society can play a street sport because it involves very little equipment.It also involves very little planning or organization. B In the United States,for example,basketball is probably the most commonly-played street sport.Since it requires only a basket,a paved surface,and a basketball,it can be played in nearly any city park or home driveway.In Canada and parts of the U.S.,the everyday sport is ice hockey,played in winter with ice skates on a frozen pond and in summer with in-line skates in a parking lot.In most of the world,soccer is the informal sport of choice.Even easier to organize than street basketball,it requires only a ball and a wide-open space.In Thailand,Malaysia,and Vietnam,a game called sepak takraw is played by children and adults in nearly every town or village.It involves kicking a simple wicker ball over a head-high net,like volleyball played with the feet. C Street sports are great for neighborhood games,but are they suitable for international competition?Fans of any given street sport would like to see it in the Olympic Games.Other people may say the Olympics should keep it out.Typical objections are that the street sport is not really a sport,or it is too local,or the Olympics simply have enough events already. D The controversy is less about basketball,ice hockey,or soccer than it is about other street sports.Basketball,no longer a mostly North American game,has been an Olympic sport since 1936.Soccer (officially called football)was the first team sport to become a regular Olympic event(1908).Ice hockey has been part of the Winter Games ever since the league's establishment in 1924. 1358Section 1 Reading Comprehension (40 points) Read passage. Then answer questions that follow. (5 points each) Street Sports and the Olympics A Most cultures have at least one popular street sport. This is a game that children or adu\ts may play informally whenever they can get enough players together. Typically. even the poorest members of society can play a street sport because it involves very little equipment. It also involves very little planning or organization. B In the United States. for example. basketball is probably the most commonly-played street sport. Since it requires only a basket. a paved surface. and a basketball. it can be played in nearly any city park or home driveway. In Canada and parts of the U. 丘. the everyday sport is ice hockey. played in winter with ice skates on a frozen pond and in summer with in-line skates in a parking lot. In most of the world. soccer is the informal sport of choice. Even easier to organize than street basketball. it requires only a ball and a wide-open space. In Thailand. Malaysia. and Vietnam. a game called sepak takraw is played by children and adults in nearly every town or vi1lage. It involves kicking a simple wicker ball over a head-high net. like volleyball played with the feet. C Street sports are great for neighborhood games. but are they suitable for international competition? Fans of any given street sport would like to see it in the 01ympic Games. Other people may say the Olympics should keep it out. Typical objections are that the street sport is not really a sport. or it is too local. or the Olympics simply have enough events already. D The controversy is less about basketball. ice hockey. or soccer than it is about other street sports. Basketball. no longer a mostly North American game. has been an Olympic sport since 1936. Soccer (officially called footbalD was the first team sport to become a regular Olympic event (1 90 时. Ice hockey has been part of the Winter Games ever since the league' s establishment in 1924. 1358