第三版新视野大学英语读写教程1课后答案1-8单元(13)

Insurance保险inherent固有的，内在的，天生

Established已建立的contracts契约

Separate分开分离

For several centuries, cricket (板球) has been a very popular sport in England. It has been enjoyed by both professional and (1)(amateur) players. This super-popular game is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players. It can provide you with health benefits like building (2)(endurance), balance, and physical fitness. But for a team sport, cricket also places (3)(individual) players under unusual pressure because every team player is (4)(independent) of each other. Cricket might have started in early 16th-century England. Written records (5)(present) evidence of a game known as creag being played by Prince Edward at Newenden, Kent in 1301; and it is possible, (6)(despite) no hard evidence, that this was a form of cricket. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had (7)(developed) into a national sport of England. The growth of the British Empire led to cricket being played abroad and by the mid-19th century the first international (8)(contests) were held. Cricket has had a(n) (9)(remarkable) impact on popular culture in England. It has had an influence on the vocabulary of the English language, with such phrases as that's not cricket (10)(coined) to describe unfair behavior in general.

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regardless of不管give away暴露

fall ill生病pass away去世

up to达到，至多have no intention of doing sth.不打算做某事

leave behind把···抛在脑后忘记拿走might (just) as well还不如

in attendance出席to this day直到现在

1. I felt terribly sorry to learn that his sister (passed away) after having fought against cancer for three years.

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