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given to a University of Minnesota student named Johnny Campbell, who got the students to shout “Rah, rah, rah! Sku-u-mar, Hoo-rah! Hoo-rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-so-ta！” for their football team in the 1898 season. Soon after, a yell-leader group of six male students was organized, a practice that became popular at numerous other universities.
For the first few decades of its history cheerleading was an all-male activity, but by the 1920s, women began to take part in the activity as well. Nowadays more than 90% of America's cheerleading participants are female.
In 1948, Lawrence Herkimer, a former Southern Methodist University cheerleader formed the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA). Herkimer is credited with creating many of cheerleading's fundamental moves.
Cheerleading remained in its supporting role until the 1980s, when cheerleading competitions, organized by the National Cheerleaders Association and other groups, started to grow in popularity. For the first time, teams got off the sidelines and took centre stage, competing with teams from all over the U．S.
Today cheerleaders can be found at almost any kind of sporting event, including the Olympics and the Cricket World Cup. The sport has spread from the U. S. to many other countries, like Mexico.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，简单介绍了拉拉队的发展历史。
1．Which of the following is TRUE to the first organized cheer? A．It started in the early 19th century.
B．It made crowds around the school chant and yell to encourage their teams. C．It had the students shout certain words for their football team. D．It got a group of six male students to shout for their football team. 解析：选C 细节理解题。第一段第二句提到，第一次有组织的加油要归功于明尼苏达大学的学生强尼·坎伯，在1898年赛季他让学生(而非学校周围的人或者六个男学生)喊口号为他们的足球队助威，故C正确。
2．At the early years of the cheerleading history ________ took part in the activity.
A．only men
B．only girls
C．both males and females D．both youths and adults
解析：选A 细节理解题。第二段第一句提到，在拉拉队出现的早期，拉拉队的活动全是男性参加，而到了20世纪20年代才有了女性参加。
3. After the 1980s, teams of cheerleading ________. A．played their part on the sidelines B．could play their part on the centre stage C．stayed the same as they were before
D．were completely different from what they were before
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知，20世纪80年代之后，拉拉队离开场外区域，进入了场区的中心位置，并且和来自全美的其他队伍竞争。故B项正确。
4．The best title for this passage may be “________”． A．People who started cheerleading B．How cheerleading was started C．What cheerleading means D．A brief history of cheerleading
解析：选D 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了拉拉队的发展历史。故D项做文章标题最佳。
Ⅴ.阅读七选五
Tips on How to Save Money
It's important for you teenagers to know how to save money. You know that the money you save can be for rainy days and be used to pay through your college education. If you think it's a difficult task and don't know how to do it, please do as the followings.
__1__
My dad always tells me that if one doesn't respect money, it will never respect you. Hence, it's important that you keep a record of your daily expenses. Make it a habit to write down all that you have spent. And when you find out the total expenses at the end of the month, you will realize what you have spent more money in doing. __2__
Open a savings account.
Opening a savings account is a better way to save money. You can set a goal, say (for example), the money is for a new notebook or for college, and then save, until
you have enough money to buy a notebook or until you go to college. __3__
Do not carry much cash.
Do you have the habit of not leaving a store without buying anything? The only way to stop that is carrying less money around with you. Go to the store with the minimum amount of money, which will not even help you buy a drink. __4__
Save the changes.
Save the changes that you get back. If you have gone to a shop to buy something and get back some changes, then do not spend them. __5__ And you'll be surprised at the huge amount of money after days.
Follow these tips above, and thus you can save a lot of money. And surely, they'll help you to be more responsible in your life.
A．Keep a record of your daily expenses.
B．After a few days, you'll get rid of this habit.
C．Instead, you can save them in your piggy bank (储钱罐)． D．By that time, you will realize the importance of saving money. E．Saving money builds your financial power and personal freedom.
F．Next month, you will automatically (自动地) try and save more in that part. G．Nowadays in the developed and developing countries, people are all working for the sake of earning money.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了青少年应该怎样存钱。比如说，记录日常开销，去商店少带钱以改掉爱花钱的习惯以及把零钱存入储钱罐等。
1．选A 根据第二段第二句“Hence, it's important that you keep a record of your daily expenses.”可知，这一段主要是讲要记录日常开销。故选A项。
2．选F 空格前一句“And when you find out the total expenses at the end of the month, you will realize what you have spent more money in doing.”指出，在月末时你会发现在什么方面花销比较大，那么下一句应该是说下个月就应该努力攒下那部分的钱。故选F项。
3．选D 空格前一句中的“... until you have enough money to buy a notebook or until you go to college.”指出，到时候你就有足够的钱去买笔记本电脑或者上大学。因此可推知，下一句应是对以上内容的总结，即到时候你就知道存钱的重要性了。故选D项。
4．选B 根据空格前一句“Go to the store with the minimum amount of money, which will not even help you buy a drink.”可知，去商店少带钱能让你少买东西。时间长了自然就改掉了爱花钱的习惯。故选B项。
5．选C 空格前一句提到拿到零钱时，不要把它们花掉。只有将零钱存入储钱罐是最合
适的答案。故选C项。