Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the world cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer. Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost 18 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States.
The study also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the world cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams play. Organizers say this year' s world cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold.
Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country? And how long has it existed in other parts of the world.'? No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer.
Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modem soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.
46. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A．Americans were preparing for the world cup when the author wrote this article.
B．More younger Americans became interested in soccer in the last 30 years.
C．Soccer is the fastest developing sport in the world.
D．The article was written before the world cup held in the United States.
47. Which was the most popular sport as a traditional game among students?
A．Basketball.
B．American football.
C．Soccer.
D．Tennis.
48. For how long has soccer been played in the United States?
A．About a hundred years.
B．About fifty years.
C．Only recently.
D．About thirty years.
49. Who invented the modem soccer game?
A．American Indians.
B．British.
C．Greeks.
D．Romans.
50. What is the author going to state in the next paragraph?
A．There have been attempts to start a professional soccer organization in the U. S
B．In the 12th century soccer games in Britain often involved whole towns.
C．Professional soccer grew quickly in Europe.
D．Experts believed that the United States would win.
Text 2
參考譯文
一個家庭的內聚力似乎要依靠家庭成員們一起做一些常規的事情來維系。然而由于美國勞動力人數的增多，在非正常工作時間的輪班工作，也就是我們通常所說的“換班工作”，使家庭生活面臨困境。
現有的調查表明男性和女性的倒班工人都承認壓力很大，工作和家庭生活的需求相互沖突。但是，從事換班工作的夫婦們仍然保持著對婚姻的意義和夫妻各自責任的傳統觀念。他們表示仍然愿意“不惜一切代價”實現他們認為正常的婚姻生活，譬如犧牲睡眠時間或是在非常規的時間去做一些慣例的事情。大多數接受采訪的夫婦，甚至是那些妻子在外工作的家庭都認為，正常家庭生活的顯著特點還是清楚的分工：丈夫是家庭的“支撐者”，他們主要的責任是養活全家，而妻子仍然是“主婦”，她們負責打掃、做飯、照顧丈夫和孩子。
以下是一個妻子對“好丈夫”的定義，這代表了所有女人的看法：
我希望他能養家。在我需要的時候陪在我身邊，和我熱衷于相同的事物。希望他也愿意支配我，就像我期望的那樣。這么說吧，在需要他表現得像個男人的時候，我希望他挺身而出，而不是坐視不管，卻想讓我去處理一切。
丈夫們眼中的好妻子是這樣的：
她要理解我在工作中的感受。我需要在工作時受尊重，我希望能在工作中找到受尊重的感覺。我要我的妻子明白我對工作的期望。我可不想每天下班回家的時候，她嘮叨個沒完，因為我也不知道這是否有意義。
以上的觀點對于維護那些輪班工作的夫妻家庭是至關重要的。 |
