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The word“sport”first meant something that peopledid in their free time.Later it often meant hunting wildanimals and birds.About a hundred years ago the wordwas first used for organized games.This is
　　
the usualmeaning of the word today.People spend a lot of theirspare time playing football,basketball,tennis and manyother sports.Such people play because they want to.Afew people are paid for the sport they play.These peopleare called professional sportsmen.They may be sportsmenfor only a few years,but during that time the best ones canget
a lot of money.
For example,a professional footballer in England getsmore than
￡30,000 a year.The stars get a lot more.Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen andmoney is this：the stars can get more money fromadvertising than from sport.An advertisement for sportsequipment
（器械）does not simply say“Buy our things”.It says“Buy the same shirt and shoes as?”.Famoussportsmen can even advertise（做广告） things like watchesand food.They allow the companies to use their names
ora photographs of them and they are paid for this.Sport isno longer just something for people’s spare time.
True or False
1.Both advertisements and sports may bring moneyto stars.
　　2.People play football,basketball,tennis and manyother sports in their free time.
3.All sportsmen can be paid a lot of money.
　　4.Hundreds of years ago the word “sport” got theusual meaning of the word today.
答案：1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F
如果是有选项的答案是：1.(C) organized games 2.(A) people play sport whenever they want to
3. (B) those who are paid for the sport they play 4. (D) the starts earn a lot more than common professional footballers do. 5. (C) as time goes on, sport is no longer just something for people's spare time.