题目内容：

    A fresh and gentle wind on your face, soft sand under your feet and blue waters as far as the eye can see. Is there any other Olympic sport that is played in such pleasant conditions as beach volleyball?

“I've gone to a lot of beautiful places, and met a lot of beautiful people. That wouldn't have happened if I had been playing another sport,” said Randy Stoklos, America's most famous beach volleyball player.

The sport began as a four-a-side game on beaches in Southern California in the 1920s. The first recorded two man game took place there in 1930, and the first tournament was held in Los Angeles 18 years later. The winners were awarded a case of Pepsi. In the 1950s, women started playing and the sport soon spread to Europe and South America. Yet at that time, beach volleyball was more an entertainment show than a sport, with beauty contests included. The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1983 and beach volleyball developed into a fast, athletic sport. Its worldwide popularity won beach volleyball a place at the 1996 Olympics in Atalanta, where 24 male teams and 16 female teams took part. At present, the US and Brazil are the best in the world at beach volleyball.

The game came to China in the early 1990s and there have been national tournaments since 1994. It became an official event at the Eighth National Games in1997. China's You Wenhui and Wang Lu finished ninth in the women's beach volleyball world championships in Brazil.

1.The passage is mainly about _________.

A.the history of beach volleyball

B.how to play beach volleyball

C.the importance of beach volleyball

D.women's beach volleyball in China

2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Beach volleyball was first played like other Olympic sports.

B.Beach volleyball began on beaches in Southern California.

C.Beach volleyball has always been an entertainment show rather than a sport.

D.Women started playing beach volleyball in South America in 1945.

3.When did beach volleyball officially become an Olympic event?

A.In 1948. B.In 1950.

C.In 1996. D.In 1997.

4.According to the passage, we can learn that ________.

A.in 1996, beach volleyball became an official event in China

B.China's beach volleyball team is the best in the world

C.China's beach volleyball players won the first place in Brazil

D.beach volleyball came to China in the early 1990s