There are those who point with alarm at Americans’ relative lack of interest in the world’s most popular games, soccer, a sport many feel has important advantag es over football and baseball. Football and baseball of their very nature preven t mass participation; their popularity must therefore bear some of the responsib ility for turning America into a nation of spectators. The violence of football makes necessary specialized conditioning and elaborate equipment if injury is to be avoided; even so there are crippling accidents and deaths each year. Basebal l (hardball, that is) is so difficult that few can participate; throwing a ball demands special talents and training, while hitting is also difficult that a gam e with unskillful players is hardly worth the bother. Soccer, on the other hand, is a game anyone can play and enjoy.
8 T6 m4 Y2 @2 p/ F Since soccer’s superiority in encouraging active participation is so obvious, an d since soccer’s ability to arouse intense feeling of identification among spect ators is at least equal to football’s, why has it failed to become a major sport on the professional and college level? Soccer’s worldwide popularity may be jus t what is keeping it from becoming popular. Baseball is also an international sp ort, played in Canada, Latin America, Japan, Korea and, in a minor way, Europe. There are professional leagues in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Japan, but about all this the American public neither knows nor cares. Spectator s here are interested only when American teams play other American teams. The ma jor league baseball teams from Toronto and Montreal hardly destroy this generali zation.
! U$ _# C; R2 B* U) l 1. Many think soccer has important advantages over football and baseball because ______.% n# A% V7 u& W7 e) y x
A. more people can participate
* ?9 O7 H: ^) L9 R4 A/ |* L0 k3 W B. it is an international sport
/ Y6 e# d2 H3 F; D C. it needs special training
( K" t/ l9 }/ d D. violence is involved in playing the game
0 f- M" ^8 T# [1 _ v 2. What made the U.S. a nation of spectator?
% v3 x/ g8 O B( A0 ~; q6 _ A. The excellent performance of the players.
}6 O' }9 V# _! q1 }7 [ B. Mass participation.- q4 D7 t5 W* R. d8 Z
C. Violence on the playground./ h1 m7 X. k( A$ [" h; E; m D
D. Elaborate equipment.
4 r+ }+ j& T, w% |) ^$ |7 e0 W/ ] 3. Which of the following statements CANNOT be concluded from the passage?
! X; D. r7 i% `/ e A. The Americans have a different idea of value in regard to the sports.
% k. J/ r$ F) h/ X, G# f0 D# N B. Some games are more professionalized in the U.S.5 x9 X, l& O; R( X6 q( _6 n/ H
C. Football can arouse intense feelings among spectators.9 a' K! v! V" y) J& g6 s2 @% v/ I: W: r
D. Baseball teams from other countries do not play in the U.S.
+ a6 u4 R8 C; }* V3 Z/ n0 H 1. A) 根据第二段第一句，足球鼓励人们积极参与。因此，人们认为足球 优于橄榄球，故选A。但是，正是人人都能参加踢足球，美国人不喜欢足球，本题与美国人的看法无关。& U/ y& ^# G6 _+ M8 _/ ~4 \
2. A) 美国人不喜欢看水平低的、人人都能参加的球类比赛，basketball 不一定需要多少装备，baseball不一定有多少拼抢，美国人喜欢的是球艺。- e! a! M9 S9 b5 `" g
3. D) 通过阅读文章可知只有选项D文章没有提及。 |
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