올림포스 영어독해기본(2) 7강 변형

Cuju, an ancient ____ ball game, holds a significant place in sporting history.

It was recognized by FIFA as one of the earliest foot-based ____

However, ____ influence on modern football was not direct.

In Cuju, players aimed to kick the ball through a central hoop without letting it touch the ground, all while ____ the rule of not using their hands.

Traditionally, the ball was crafted from leather, ____ matches took place on fields with two teams of equal size.

Players wore light and flexible clothes to move ____ during the game.

Beyond its sporting aspect, Cuju holds cultural significance in China, often included in celebratory occasions and events, highlighting its deep-rooted ____ in the country’s heritage.

Born in New York City, Albert Lorey Groll was an etcher and also a ____ painter specializing in Western scenes.

He was elected to ____ National Academy of Design in 1910.

____ became a landscape painter, it is said, because he was then too poor to pay for models. In 1899, he studied at the Royal Academy in Munich under N. Gysis and Loefftz as well as in London.

He painted landscapes in the vicinity of ____ York until about 1904.

He then went West and sketched desert and mountain scenes in Arizona ____ New Mexico.

The ____ painting “Arizona” won a gold medal at the Penn Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in 1906.

Groll was the rare painter in northern New Mexico before World War I, choosing “bare mesas and ____ cloud formations” rather than mountains.

One of his paintings can be seen at the Octavia Fellin Public Library in ____ He died in New York City in 1952.

Hibiscus mutabilis, also known as the cotton rose, is a plant cultivated for ____ showy flowers.

Originally ____ to southern China, it is now found in all continents except Antarctica.

The plant grows rapidly, and its flowers are 4–6 inch in diameter, blooming late ____ right through autumn.

The species name mutabilis means ‘change’ in Latin, referring to the changing color of the flowers from white in the morning through light pink ____ noon to a deep rosy red colour all in one day.

Temperature is thought as an ____ factor affecting the rate of colour change as white flowers kept in the refrigerator remain white until they are taken out to warm, whereupon they slowly turn pink.

This plant is best grown in well-drained soils and is ____ drought tolerant.

Ralph J. Bunche was born on August 7, 1904, ____ a poor household.

____ his parents died, Bunche’s grandmother moved the family to Los Angeles, California.

The ____ African American in his class, he earned the highest grades and graduated from his high school with honors, and was easily admitted to UCLA.

Although he ____ with honors, a lack of money stood in the way of his dreams of attending Harvard Law School.

Fortunately, a women’s ____ in the area raised the money to help him pay for tuition.

During World War II, Bunche was asked to work for ____ State Department, and he helped to found the United Nations.

His first important negotiating ____ came during the 1948 war between the Arabs and Israelis.

Much to his and the world’s relief, a peace treaty was finally ____ In 1950, he was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Ralph Bunche was the first African American to win ____ honor.