Forget famous goal celebration such as “The Robot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African “Diski dance”, which is performed through heading and kicking an imaginary ball, may be a goal celebration to watch in the following matches.
South Africa's Siphiwe Tshabalala and his team mates performed this different dance when they celebrated his goal against Mexico in the opening World Cup game on Friday. The dance is already popular on YouTube and many soccer fans may want to learn the moves.
Even South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has learnt the Diski dance which could surpass Cameroon Roger Milla's corner flag dance celebration in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. U.S. actor John Travolta performed the dance shortly after landing his Boeing 707 at Lanseria airport, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
Goal celebrations are now part of the biggest sporting event and players plan them in advance just in case they find the back of the net. In football, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal. The celebration may be performed by the goal- scorer, his or her teammates, the manager or coaches and the supporters of the team.
The Robot goal celebration was so popular that England fans were surprised when Crouch , an English international footballer, said that he “wouldn’t be doing it any more unless England won the World Cup.”
The word Diski is a word used by the local people for soccer and may also describe the local style of football which focuses on dribbling（帶球）and other tricks.
小題1:Besides “Diski Dance”, how many types of goal celebrations are mentioned in this passage?
A．2.B．3.C．4.D．5.
小題2:The underlined part “find the back of the net” in Paragraph 4 means               .
A．score a goalB．win the match
C．take a restD．take part in a match
小題3:What do we learn about the word “Diski”?
A．It has become the most popular sports word in the world now.
B．It was used to show how people were good at dribbling.
C．It was used to describe a football which was imagined by footballers.
D．It was mainly used in South Africa before the South Africa World Cup.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D

試題分析：文章講述了和世界杯有關(guān)的一些進(jìn)球的慶祝儀式，和它們的起源，，流行的原因等。
小題1:除了：“Diski Dance”文章第一段還提到：“The Robot” by Peter Crouch and “The Dive” by Juergen Klinsmann, 第三段還提到：Cameroon Roger Milla's corner flag dance celebration in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.所以是三個(gè)，選B
小題2:猜詞題：從緊跟其后的句子：In football, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal. 可知答案是：A
小題3:推理題：從文章的最后一段可以推斷出：Diski這個(gè)詞在南非世界杯前就是在南非使用。選D
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章還是有些難度的，，而且題目要我們理解有些重點(diǎn)的句子。集中考查了句意理解題和細(xì)節(jié)題，要求考生有較強(qiáng)的細(xì)節(jié)理解能力。
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