Some people argue that the pressures on international sportsmen and sportswomen kill the essence(本质) of sport-seeking for personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they bee petitive but they still enjoy playing. A single person’s representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoying himself; he has to think only about winning. He is responsible for an entire nation’s hopes, dreams and fame.
A good example is the football World Cup. Football is the world’s most important sport. It is even more important now that the United States is seriously taking it up. Winning the World Cup is perhaps the greatest of international sporting success. Mention “Argentina” to someone and the chances are that he’ll think of football. In a sense, winning the World Cup “put Argentina on the map”.
Sports fans and supporters get quite irrational(失去理性的) about the World Cup. People in England felt that their country was somehow important after they won in 1996. Last year thousands of Scots sold their cars, and even their houses and spent all their money traveling to Argentina where the finals were played.
So am I arguing that international petition kills the idea of sports? Certainly not! Do the Argentineans really believe that because eleven of their men proved that most skillful at football, their nation is in every way better than all others? Not really. But it’s known that you won, and that in one way at least your country is best.
【小题1】What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage?A．To explain the role of sportB．To pare Scotland with ArgentinaC．To show that Argentina is better than all others.D．To prove that football is the world’s most important sport.【小题2】According to the passage, Argentina is world famous because of its .A． clear position on the mapB． successes in the football World CupC． excellence at all important sportsD．large number of sports fans and supporters【小题3】According to the passage, if a sportsman thinks about winning, he will .A．be irrationalB．be successfulC．fail to succeedD．lose enjoyment【小题4】What is the writer’s attitude towards international games?A．Nations that meet on football are unlikely to meet on a battle field.B．Nations that win in international games prove best on the sports field at least.C．Nations that win the football World Cup are considered as best in all ways.D．Nations that give much attention to international petitions are world-famous in many ways.【小题5】 From this passage, we can infer that .A．We should learn from EnglandB．We should play football only for fun, not for fameC．We should learn from ArgentinaD．We should give chances for other countries to win the World CupA
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(答案→)A
解析：运动意味着什么？如果我们一味地强调胜负，那么运动就失去了其本质！
【小题1】主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章是向大家解释运动的重要性。
【小题2】推理题。根据第2段最后一行In a sense, winning the World Cup “put Argentina on the map”.可知阿根廷的出名是因为足球。
【小题3】推理题。根据第一段第五行A single person’s representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoying himself;可知一旦某个运动员考虑到输赢，那么他就会失去运动的快乐了。
【小题4】推理题。根据文章最后一句话可知在运动会上获胜至少可以证明在这个领域这个国家是最优秀的。
【小题5】推断题。根据文章最后四行内容可知虽然阿根廷人在足球方面获胜，但是他们也知道这不能代表一切，说明阿根廷人非常客观，我们应该向他们学习。