《2025年全优方案夯实与提高九年级英语全一册外研版A版》

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Man invented a lot of sports equipment. The first true piece was the ball.
The children's favourite game was throwing stones in Egypt thousands of years ago. But the child could be hurt by a badly thrown stone. Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the people in Egypt made the balls.
At first, they used tree leaves to make balls. They used vines to keep the leaves together. Later they began to use pieces of animal skin and filled them with some light things. These balls were much better than the old ones.
Before long they invented a lot of ball games, each had its own rules. They began to play these ball games according to the rules. They thought that ball playing was one of the ways to teach the young men to be brave and strong.
Ball was the first 1. sports equipment which was invented by man. Stones might 2. hurt children, so the Egyptians invented balls instead thousands of years ago. They made the first ball with leaves and vines. Later they began to use pieces of 3. animal skin and filled them with some light things. The Egyptians invented a lot of ball games and different 4. rules for each. They thought ball playing would make the young men brave and 5. strong.

答案： 1. sports equipment 2. hurt 3. animal skin 4. rules 5. strong