Mời các bạn học sinh tham khảo Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia môn tiếng Anh năm 2017 - THPT Phú Bình - Mã đề 456 tài liệu tổng hợp nhiều đề thi khác nhau nhằm giúp các em ôn tập và nâng cao kỹ năng giải đề. Chúc các em ôn tập hiệu quả và đạt được điểm số như mong muốn! | SỞ GD&ĐT THÁI NGUYÊN TRƯỜNG THPT PHÚ BÌNH ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017 MÔN: MÔN TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Mã đề thi 456 Họ, tên thí sinh:.SBD:. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the question from 01 to 07. The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, student at the University of Wisconsin, planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed a water ballet in a glass tank in New York in 1907. Katherine Curtis, an American woman, was very inspired by the water sport. So she tried to get synchronized swimming added to the physical education programme for female students. In 1923 she founded a water ballet club at the University of Chicago and sixty swimmers of the club attracted national and international publicity. The sport quickly became popular among young women in Chicago. Curtis developed the competition rules, based essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics and diving. The first recorded competition was held on May 27,1939, between Chicago Teacher’s College coached by Curtis and Wright Junior college. Shortly afterwards, the Central Association of the Amatur Athletes Union (AAU) staged the first multi-team competition on March 1, 1940. A year later, the AAU officially accepted synchronized swimming as a competitive sport for team events. In 1946 the first formal national championships were conducted by the AAU. Synchronized swimming became an Olympic event at the Los Angeles Games in 1984 and it has been one of the “ American’s favorite sports”, and many fans contend that there is no greater thrill than watching a beautiful girl perform water ballet skillfully in a series of actions. Question 1: Synchronized swimming was first performed _. A. in a swimming pool B. in a .
