There are many dimensions(维) to football's allure（诱惑）and appeal: top-class moves, thrilling goals, majestic star players, thunderous encounters and passionate fans. Football stirs the emotions all over the globe, brings people from contrasting cultures together, and promotes solid virtues such as fairness, team spirit and tolerance. All these facts will emerge in their most intense form at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil next summer.
Millions of people will be transfixed（让…出神）by this unique festival of sport and friendship. We are thoroughly looking forward to football of the highest quality. We're delighted to wele the biggest names in the sport as well as those nations set to appear at the finals for the first time. And we're looking forward to greeting fans from all over the world as they fill our cities with even more colour and life. A heartfelt wele to everyone!
Brazil is a cosmopolitan（四海一家的）country with a passion for football. The people will devote themselves to the job of ensuring the 2014 FIFA World Cup is an unforgettable experience, a fact demonstrated by the thousands of ordinary folk who have e forward as volunteers.
Brazil is well prepared to host the FIFA World Cup. We have finished constructing our new, modern stadiums and an outstanding transportation system. The organization is in the enormously capable hands of the Organizing Committee headed by RonaldoLuiz Nazario de Lima. The slogan A time to make friends perfectly describes our intention to ensure everyone delighted in a secure and peaceful festival of football.
The FIFA World Cup is a unique opportunity for Brazil to present herself as a hospitable, joyful and modern nation bursting with ideas. I am convinced that the flames of passion and togetherness engendered by the FIFA World Cup in Brazil will spread to the entire world.
I'm personally looking forward to a festival of goals, excitement and fair play. We Brazilians will be right behind our national team, but our aim is to act as weling hosts and friends to every team and their fans. Passionate and cosmopolitan Brazil is delighted to wele visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
【小题1】The charm of football includes all except .A．thrilling goalsB．the playersC．violenceD．the fans【小题2】The underlined word “engendered ” (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to .A．brought aboutB．handed overC．turned intoD．passed down【小题3】In order to host the World Cup ,Brazil A．has organized groups of passionate fansB．sets up a national teamC．has constructed new , modern stadiumsD．tries to take a friendly disguise【小题4】This passage can be classified as A．a news reportB．a feature storyC．greeting speechD．an advertisementC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文是一篇热情洋溢的欢迎词。在文中作者表达了对于各国球队的热烈欢迎，而且表示为 FIFA 世界杯的举办巴西已经做好了充分的准备，表述了急切的期待之情，盼望着能看到最高质量的足球比赛，希望各国球队能够在比赛中弘扬公平、团队精神和宽容等体育精神。
【小题1】C细节理解题。从文章第一段There are many dimensions(维) to football's allure（诱惑）and appeal: top-class moves, thrilling goals, majestic star players, thunderous encounters and passionate fans.可知C选项正确。
【小题2】A词义猜测题。A 引起，造成；B移交；C 变成；D传递下去。从语境判断是“团结和激情的火焰”应该是由世界杯所带来的。所以A选项正确。句意：我确信，德国 FIFA 世界杯足球赛带来的团结和激情的火焰会散布到全世界。
【小题3】C细节理解题。从文中第四段We have finished constructing our new, modern stadiums and an outstanding transportation system.可知C选项正确。
【小题4】C推理判断题。A 新闻报道；B 专题报道；C 欢迎词；D 广告。从文章热情友好的讲话内容以及文章最后our aim is to act as weling hosts and friends …Brazil is delighted to wele visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.等判断可知C选项正确。