People all over the world know Wimbledon as the centre of lawn tennis.
In 1874 it was a country village, but it was the home of the All England Croquet Club. The Club had been there since 1864. A lot of people played croquet in England at that time and enjoyed it, but the national championships did not attract many people. So the Club had very little money.
"This new game of lawn tennis seems to have plenty of action (精彩场面), and people like watching it," they thought. "Shall we allow people to play lawn tennis on some of our beautiful croquet lawns"
In 1877, Wimbledon held the first world lawn tennis championships (men’s singles).
Wimbledon grew. There was some surprise and doubt, of course, when the Club allowed women to play in the first women’s singles championship in 1884. But the ladies played well--even in long skirts that hid their legs and feet. Until 1907 the winners, both men anti women, were always British
A. a country village
B. the home of an unusual croquet club
C. the centre of lawn tennis
D. a famous place of interest near London
Everyone ought to know that the world is in danger. It is hoped that every government should act quickly in order to conserve (保护) nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866. The others have been destroyed by modem man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and the water, and everything that grows and lives~ We cannot live without these things either.
What will happen in the future Perhaps it is more important to ask "What must we do now" The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. In some countries young people spend their spare time as "conservation volunteers". They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of eleven kilometer
A. every government is conserving nature
B. people are changing the earth
C. people’s technology is good to nature
D. we can live without plants, trees and flowers
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