It is fashionable for the amateur administrators who run international sporting events to ___ 1___ that sportsmanship is a thing of the past and to put the blame for everything wrong with sport on the growth of professionalism. They ___ 2___that when the modern Olympic Games began, athletes felt that ___3___ was sufficient reward for them to compete. They are ___ 4 ___that some athletes today run as work and expect to be paid for what they do. The truth is that ___ 5___ high ideals were always an aspiration and ne ver had ___ 6___ to do with reality. The Olympic Games of 1900 and 1904 were tied up with business, because they ___ 7___ organized as a seconda ry attraction to international trade fairs. It was a frequent occurrence ___ 8___ athletes to be disqualified for breaking the rules and ___ 9 ____ one occasion the losing team in the Olympic football final ___ 10___ off the field and refused to go on with the game. The love of amateurism and the belief that ___ 11___ is important is how ___ 12___ behave on t he field, not whether you win or lose, comes from a time ___ 13___ the o nly people who played games seriously ___ 14___ to earn their leaving. E ven ___ 15___, it was common for rich men and universities in some count ries to subsidize “amateurs” by paying their bills or tuition fees.
1. A. complain B. praise C. emphasize D. point out
2. A. were claiming B. would have claimed C. claimed D. claim
3. A. this B. that C. it D. they
4. A. expected B. horrified C. happy D. grateful
5. A. this B. so C. such D. such a
6. A. a great many B. lot C. little D. much
7. A. would be B. should be C. could be D. were
8. A. that B. which C. there D. for
9. A. in B. on C. at D. with
10.A.walked B. set C. ran D. left
11.A.what B. which C. it D. this
12.A.will you B. do C. you D. to
13.A.when B. how long C. that D. for
14.A.need B. didn’t have C. had D. have to
15.A.now B. though C. then D. if
1. A) 根據(jù)上下文和語義線索可猜測(cè)句義為：那些經(jīng)辦 國際體育賽事的業(yè)余體育官員們抱怨體育道德已經(jīng)成為歷史。由此可知此空應(yīng)選complain。
2. D) 根據(jù)語法線索此空應(yīng)使用動(dòng)詞的一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)，因此選項(xiàng)D為正確答案。
3. C) 根據(jù)語法線索此空需要使用it作形式主語，故選項(xiàng)C為正確答案。
4. B) 根據(jù)上下文可猜測(cè)句義為：他們對(duì)今天的一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員以運(yùn)動(dòng)為工作 和從運(yùn)動(dòng)中索取報(bào)酬感到恐懼，因此選項(xiàng)B為正確答案。
5. C) 根據(jù)語法線索此空應(yīng)選such，因?yàn)榇颂巗uch為限定詞。
6. D) have much to do with是由have something to do with演變而來。
7. D) 根據(jù)語法線索很明顯此處應(yīng)使用過去時(shí)，因此D為正確答案。
8. D) 根據(jù)語法線索可知，此空需要一個(gè)介詞引導(dǎo)動(dòng)詞不定式的邏輯主語,我們知道只有介詞for可以。
9. B) 名詞occasion應(yīng)使用介詞on與之搭配。
10. A) 根據(jù)句意可知此處應(yīng)選walked，使此句意義為：走出賽場(chǎng)。
11. A) 根據(jù)語法線索此處使用what引導(dǎo)名詞從句作句子的主語。
12. C) 根據(jù)下文此處應(yīng)使用代詞you作主語。
13. A) 根據(jù)語法線索when在此處引導(dǎo)定語從句修飾a time。
14. B) 根據(jù)語義線索可知此處答案應(yīng)為選項(xiàng)B。
15. C) 根據(jù)句義：即使在那時(shí)，一些國家的有錢人或大學(xué)通過給錢或?qū)W費(fèi) 的形式對(duì)業(yè)余運(yùn)動(dòng)員給予補(bǔ)貼，可知此空應(yīng)使用then。Even though和even if都不能單獨(dú)使用。