Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 170 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team managers. When things go bad for the Brazilian team, the newspapers would demand that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they me in heaven,” a manager once said. “If we lose, they put me in hell(地狱).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels(频道) in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends lots of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give us a good team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”
Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production(产量) in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they loses, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time, for four days fans danced and sang in the streets,
Why are people so loyal to one football team? What makes a football fan? One man says, “Without Corinthians my life would be sad. Corinthians bring some joy and excitement into my life. We all need that, don’t we?”
1.In Paragraph 1, what the manager said means_______.
A, he is respected by newspapers B,. he will probably be killed by fans
C. he is judged on his team’s results D. it’s difficult for him to get good scores
2.All the following statements about the Brazilians and football are true EXCEPT _______.
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A．all the Brazilians know all about football |
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B．football has an influence on politics in Brazil |
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C．the Brazilians spend a lot of money on football |
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D．Corinthians’ fans are always supporting their team |
3.Some people danced and sang in the streets for four days in Sap Paulo because_______.
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A．production in the Sao Paulo car factories increased |
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B．Corinthians won a national football championship |
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C．Corinthians won the World Cup |
D．the newspapers put a team manager in heaven |
4. People are loyal to their football team mainly because _______.
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A．it brings joy and excitement to their life |
B．they could always count on it |
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C．it can increase the car production |
D．they could see hope in it |
I was loading (装载) my truck to go to the market when I hurt my left eye. The pain was like a hot sword(剑) being shoved through my head. I fell down on my hands and knees, and I knew it was bad.
I was taken to the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, and the doctors operated on me several times but couldn’t save my left eye. When they told me the news, I wanted to die.
Even after I got my fake（假的） eye, I couldn’t shake the sadness. To make matters worse, I lost my job as a transportation officer because of my lost eye. But one morning, I woke up and the TV was on, and there was a 16-year-old girl who had been badly burned on her face and legs. Her situation was much worse than mine. She wore a big smile and seemed to look right at me and said, “You can’t ever give up.” At that moment, I thought, “This is just an eye. Get over it.” And I did.
It’s been almost 12 years since my accident, and there’s nothing I can’t do now that I used to do. And although I didn’t get my old job back, I got my license again.
I read a story once. In that story, a man was feeling bad because he had no shoes until he met a man who had no feet. No matter how terrible your problem is, remember there’s always someone somewhere who’s worse off. So cheer up and smile at life!
1.Because of the accident, the writer _______.
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A．lost both of his hands. |
B．lost one of his eyes |
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C．was paid a lot of money |
D．knew he was not a good driver |
2.According to Paragraph 2, when the writer heard the bad news, _______.
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A．he decided to refuse the fake eye |
B．he accepted the fact immediately |
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C．he decided to live a happier life |
D．he felt extremely sad |
3.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．The writer got his old job back |
B．The writer can’t see things clearly |
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C．The writer is not strong-minded |
D．The writer has got over the accident |
4.By writing his story, the writer most probably wants to _______.
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A．tell us his unusual experience |
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B．ask people to help the disabled |
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C．advised us to be positive（积极乐观的） about life |
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D．tell us that accident can happen anytime |
A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift.
“I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what the young woman said, the hitchhiker(搭车者) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug(耸肩).
Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands, which were large and hairy. Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “ I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said, “Would you mind clearing it for me?”
The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off.
When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp. Inside the bag was a gun.
1.The woman stopped the car because _______.
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A．the old woman asked her to |
B．she recognized the old woman |
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C．she knew what the woman wanted |
D．she wanted to helped the old woman |
2.What made the woman feel strange about the old woman?
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A．That she kept nodding her head |
B．That she was unable to speak |
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C．That she gave no answer to her questions |
D．That she had large and hairy hands |
3.The young woman asked the hitchhiker to clear the rear screen because _______.
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A．this is the way she thought of to get rid of him |
B．the hitchhiker frightened her |
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C．the hitchhiker was very helpful |
D．she couldn’t see out of the rear screen |
4.The hitchhiker left the bag with a gun in it behind because_______.
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A．he wanted to give her a warning |
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B．he had not expected the woman would leave him behind in the rain |
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C．it was his present for her |
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D．he wanted to kill her with the gun |
I spent my last Christmas Day working the whole day!
Due to the nature of my job, I had to go back to my __41___ and spent my whole Christmas Day there. Of course, It __42___ no good! Surely you will get ___43__ when almost all of your friends are either resting at home, watching TV, listening to music, __44___ watching movies in the cinema, and you are the only one that is not __45___. The feeling is really bad. And I really did not feel like __46___ and going to work in the morning. But I __47___ went to work. I am a responsible guy. Since the arrangement was like that, I __48___.
Of course, there is something __49___ about working on Christmas Day and most public __50___. First of all, since I had no plan to go out, or do any __51___ activities on that day, I most likely would __52___ the day at home playing computer games, so why not go to work and ___53__ some extra money? It makes sense to me. Besides, it is a holiday for __54___ the whole world. It __55___ most of my company’s offices in other __56___ would probably not be working, __57___ those in China, Japan and Thailand as Christmas is not a holiday for people there. Less users, less problems, meaning? Less __58___ for us to do. And the best part is, the office is ours! I can __59___ my laptop to the office, watch movies, play games, and at the same time, get my extra __60___! Well, what do you think of working on holidays?
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B．isn’t able to |
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-----Will you attend tomorrow’s meeting?
-----No, _____ I am invited, I will not go there.
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