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【題目】Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murders of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions. They believed that one of their goals should have been allowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said: “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(停賽) of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable(有爭(zhēng)議的) end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury (評(píng)審委員會(huì)) debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (愛國(guó)主義).

【1】According to the author, recent Olympic Games have _______.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. hardly showed any international friendship

C. caused only false national pride

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

【2】What did the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. Hockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.

B. His team would no longer take part in international games.

C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

D. The Federation should be ended.

【3】The basketball example implied that _______.

A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident

B. the announcement to make the match last longer was wrong

C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

D. the American team was right in receiving the silver medals

【4】Which statement best summarizes this passage?
A. Athletes should compete as individuals.
B. Different teams often have disputes when fighting for the first place.
C. Any team that has disrespectful behavior should be suspended.
D. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要圍繞現(xiàn)今奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)對(duì)國(guó)際關(guān)系的影響進(jìn)行探討，作者認(rèn)為競(jìng)爭(zhēng)大于友誼的實(shí)質(zhì)和東道主國(guó)家的愛國(guó)主義等因素都影響了奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的公正以及賽事本身對(duì)各國(guó)友誼的促進(jìn)作用。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)分析題。根據(jù)第四行but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood.可知作者認(rèn)為如今的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)在促進(jìn)國(guó)際友誼方面的作用越來越小，故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句話There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions.可知，對(duì)于賽事結(jié)果的評(píng)斷存在不公平的質(zhì)疑，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容可知美國(guó)人因?yàn)榈谝淮屋數(shù)魥W林匹克籃球賽而不滿評(píng)審委員會(huì)的決定，不接受這樣的賽果，反映出愛國(guó)主義情懷在比賽中的泛濫，But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (愛國(guó)主義).從最后一句也可以看出這一點(diǎn)，故選A。

【4】歸納分析題。本文主要圍繞奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的一些問題進(jìn)行闡述，反映了作者希望能夠進(jìn)行改進(jìn)的想法，故選D。