2026届高考英语一轮复习提能半卷训练[4] - 学生版.docVIP

提能训练[4]

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2025·长沙市适应性考试)

FortherapidlydecreasingnumberofAmericanswhoveneverheardofpickleball,thelittle-knownpaddleballgameisoneofAmericasfastest-growingsports.

Inventedin1965bythreemiddle-agedfathersinWashingtonState,pickleballisanoddcrossamongtennis,ping-pongandbadminton,playedwithapaddleandaperforated(穿孔的)plasticball.ThefoundersaresaidtohavenamedthegameafterafamilydogcalledPickles.

Mostofpickleballscoreplayers—thosewhoplaymorethaneighttimesperyear—areoverage65,butthegameisgettingyounger,withthestrongestgrowthamongplayersunder55,accordingtoUSAPickleball.Butwithsomanynewplayers,theU．S.isstrugglingtokeepupwiththedemandforcourts.Thecountryhasonlyabout10,000placestoplay,byUSAPickleballscount,butthatcontinuestogrowbyseveraldozeneverymonth.

Pickleballisalsofastbecomingaspectatorsport(观赏性体育运动)．Itsfirstprofessionaltournament,theProfessionalPickleballAssociation(PPA)Tour,wasformedin2018andtheprofessionalplayersarebeingabletoreallybecomecelebritiesandspotlights.Traditionalbroadcastersinterestinthesportisgrowing.Sofar,pickleballfanscanwatchamateurandprofessionalmatchesonsportsorsocialchannels,mostlyonline.

“Theabilityforasporttofindanaudiencequicklyviasocialmediaisunprecedented(前所未有的)，”saysBenShields,wholecturesatMITSloanSchoolofManagementandstudiesthesportsindustry.Shieldsaddsthatpickleballstillneedsafamousstartodrawwideraudiences,ashasbeenthekeytosuccessforothersportsleagues—thatalsostartedwithgrassrootsandunusualnames.“Ithinkifpickleball,initsownhumbleway,cancontinuetogrowitsparticipationandfindwaystomakethesportanappealingfanproduct,whoknows,in10,or20years,itcouldbeabigcompetitorintheglobalsportsindustry.”

1．Whatdoweknowaboutthepickleballgamefromthetext？

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