Việc tham khảo và giải đề thường xuyên trên tài liệu Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2017-2018 có đáp án - Trường THPT Đoàn Thượng (Bài kiểm tra số 4) sẽ giúp các em nắm bắt được nội dung môn học, ôn tập ngữ pháp và học được thêm nhiều từ vựng. Đồng thời giúp các em củng cố kiến thức và rèn luyện kỹ năng giải đề. Chúc các em thi tốt! | SỞ GD&ĐT HẢI DƯƠNG TRƯỜNG THPT ĐOÀN THƯỢNG Mã đề: 132 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA 45 PHÚT SỐ 4 Môn: Tiếng Anh 12 Năm học: 2017-2018 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 questions. There is very little documentation about the origins of water polo. It is known, however, that the sport originated in the rivers and lakes of mid-19th century England as an aquatic version of rugby. Early games used an inflated rubber ball that came from India known as a "pulu" (the single Indian word for all "balls"). Pronounced "polo" by the English, both the game and the ball became known as "water polo". To attract more spectators to swimming exhibitions, the London Swimming Association designed a set of water polo rules for indoor swimming pools in 1870. At first, players scored by planting the ball on the end of the pool with both hands. A favorite trick of the players was to place the five-to-nine inch rubber ball inside their swimming suit and dive under the murky water, and they would then appear again as close to the goal as possible. The introduction of the modern rules by Scottish players changed the nature of water polo. It became a game that emphasized swimming, speed and passing. Scottish rules moved from a rugby variant to a soccer style of play. Goals became a cage of 10 x 3 feet and a goal could be scored by being thrown. Players could only be tackled when they "held" the ball and the ball could no longer be taken under water. The small rubber ball was replaced by a leather soccer ball. If the player came up too near the goal, he was promptly jumped on by the goalie, who was permitted to stand on the pool deck. Water polo was first played in the USA in 1888. The game featured the old rugby style of play which resembled American football in the water. "American style" water polo became very popular and by the late 1890's was played in such venues as Madison Square Garden and Boston's .
