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　　Have you heard of sport stacking? Since one of the meanings of stack is toarrange something unfairly, this is not an illegal gambling activity even though it may sound like it. Instead, sport stacking is one of the hottest new game trends sweeping the planet. _(1)_ The goal is to stack plastic cups in a certainsequence as fast as possible. _(2)_
　　Sport stacking has been around Southern California since the early 1980s. After catching on there, it was eventually featured on national television. That's how it caught the imagination of a high school physical education teacher named Bob Fox. _(3)_ The idea was so well received that Fox quickly turned the activity into a real sport, complete with rules, standardized equipment, and its own international governing body. There are organized teams on almost everycontinent, and the sport is growing rapidly.
　　Like every sport, stacking offers its players real benefits. _(4)_ A study at the University of Wisconsin showed a 30 percent increase in all of thesemeasurements in stackers. Stacking is useful training for other activities that require the good use of both hands. _(5)_ Kids don't need convincing about the benefits of sport stacking. They love it, and it's also fun for the whole family.

(A) Hand-eye coordination, quickness, and ambidexterity, which is defined asperforming equally well with both sides of the body, have all been documentedas advantages of participating in the sport.
(B) He started a small, home-based business to promote sport stacking as a resource for physical education teachers. 
(C) Also called cup stacking and speed stacking, sport stacking is a real sport played by teams and individuals.
(D) One such example is playing a musical instrument.
(E) Thousands of stackers can be seen on YouTube showing off their skills and fastest times.

風行全球的競技疊杯
競技疊杯從 1980 年代就已出現，但近來卻大受歡迎。
　　你聽過競技疊杯（sport stacking）嗎？雖然它聽起來可能有點像一種非法的賭博活動，這是因為 stack 這個字的其中一個意思就是用不公平的方式去安排某件事，但其實並非如此。相反的，競技疊杯是一種席捲全球的火紅新運動。這項運動也被稱為疊杯運動或是快速疊杯，它是一種由團隊和個人所從事的真正運動。這項運動的目的是要用最快的速度將塑膠杯以某種特定的順序疊起來。人們在 YouTube 上可以看到數千名競技疊杯選手展示他們的技巧和最快的疊杯速度。
　　競技疊杯從 1980 年代早期就已出現在加州南部。在當地大為流行之後，它最後登上了全國性的電視節目。這也使得一位名叫鮑伯．佛克斯的中學體育老師大感興趣。佛克斯創立了一家小型的家庭式公司來推廣競技疊杯，並把這項運動當作體育老師的資源。這個點子被廣泛地接受，於是佛克斯很快地便把這項活動轉變為真正的運動，比賽時有完整的規則及標準的配備，而且也擁有專屬的國際性管理組織。幾乎各洲都有組織完善的隊伍，而且這項運動正快速發展。
　　就和所有的運動一樣，疊杯運動提供給選手實質的幫助。手眼協調、速度及活用雙手的本領，也就是使身體兩邊都能表現得一樣好，這些都被記錄為參加這項運動的優點。一項由威斯康辛大學所做的研究顯示，從事疊杯的人在以上這些測量項目的表現都提升了百分之三十。疊杯運動對其他許多需要活用雙手的運動而言是一種很有用的訓練。其中一個這樣的例子就是彈奏樂器。人們不需要去說服孩子們有關競技疊杯有諸多益處。他們很熱愛這項運動，而且它對全家人而言也相當有趣。
答案：1. C　2. E　3. B　4. A　5. D