2011年专四考试阅读篇模拟试题（9）

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 11:54:21

　　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.
　　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.
　　1. Many think soccer has important advantages over football and baseball because ______.
　　A. more people can participate
　　B. it is an international sport
　　C. it needs special training
　　D. violence is involved in playing the game 
　　2. What made the U.S. a nation of spectator?
　　A. The excellent performance of the players.
　　B. Mass participation.
　　C. Violence on the playground.
　　D. Elaborate equipment. 
　　3. Which of the following statements CANNOT be concluded from the passage?
　　A. The Americans have a different idea of value in regard to the sports. 
　　B. Some games are more professionalized in the U.S.
　　C. Football can arouse intense feelings among spectators.
　　D. Baseball teams from other countries do not play in the U.S.
　　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。
　　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。
　　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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[考试试题] 2011年专四考试阅读篇模拟试题（9）