【正文】 self a superior boxer to Mendoza. D． Because Humphries wanted to train Mendoza as his assistant. 答案 A 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的 “ Mendoza rose to fame quickly after a boxing match...This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was the most famous boxer in England.” 可以看出， Mendoza 的天賦引起了 Richard Humphries的注意。 58． Which of the following is NOT true? A． 200 years ago， boxers were more likely to get seriously injured. B． Mendoza has never been remembered since he was beaten. C． Mendoza earned a lot of money but his money ran out quickly. D． Humphries became Mendoza’s teacher at first but enemy in the end. 答案 B 解析 推理判斷題。從第二段第四句 “Even to this day...” 可以判斷 B項(xiàng)不正確。他現(xiàn)在仍舊被窮人和富人記得。 59． After the matches between Humphries and Mendoza， ________. A． Mendoza lost much money to the public B． Humphries got much money from the public C． Humphries became champion of England after an hour’s fight D． they finally settled their argument 答案 D 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 D項(xiàng)為兩者用三次比賽的方式解決了爭(zhēng)端。 A、 B、 C三項(xiàng)內(nèi)容均與原文不符。 B Once a group of 17173。year173。old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon wanted to play for niy hours and that is to add six hours to the team had nine players， with five at a boys decided each person would play hours and then rest for 2 they started at 6 o’clock in the evening. The first night was very hard for the it was their turn to rest，they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time， they had to play the second night，they fell asleep as soon as they of them had trouble with their feet and hands， but the only serious problem was a psychological(心理上的 ) boy was thinking： why am I doing this？ How can I play any longer？ After the third night，the players knew they could finish the niy basketball on the fourth night was very in the final hours， the players got the last few minutes， the players looked as fresh as when they happy everyone was! 60． In the story， there were ________schoolboys playing basketball marathon. A． 9 B. 14 C． 17 D． 18 答案 D 解析 推理判斷題。文章第一段提到：第一組 9 個(gè)人，文章雖沒(méi)說(shuō)有幾組，但不可能只有一組， 9的倍數(shù)也不可能是 14或 17，因此選項(xiàng) A、 B、 C都不正確，故選 D。 61． Before this basketball marathon， the world record was ________. A． 84 hours B． 86 hours C． 90 hours D． 96 hours 答案 A 解析 推理判斷題。文章第一段提到：他們想持續(xù)打 90個(gè)小時(shí)的籃球，比紀(jì)錄多了6個(gè)小時(shí)。由此可知原紀(jì)錄是 84個(gè)小時(shí)，所以選 A。 62． The first night was hard for the players to fall asleep because ________. A． they were too excited B． they only slept for a short time C． no one watched them play D． it was very long 答案 A 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段最后一句提到，他們太興奮以至于睡不著，所以選A。 63． The underlined word “fresh” in the last paragraph means “________” ． A．新鮮的 B．興奮不已的 C．精神飽滿的 D．傷痕累累的 答案 C 解析 詞義猜測(cè)題。由全文大意可知，到了最后幾分鐘，他們變得像剛開(kāi)始打籃球時(shí)那樣精神飽滿。 C The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free it often meant hunting wild animals and a hundred years ago the word was first used for anized is the usual meaning of the word spend a lot of their spare time playing football， basketball， tennis and many other people play because they want few people are paid for the sport they people are called professional(職業(yè)化的 ) may be sportsmen for only a few years， but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example， a professional footballer in England earns more than ￡ 3,000 a stars can earn a lot golf(高爾夫球 ) and tennis champions(冠軍 ) can make more than ￡ 50,000 in a course， only a few sportsmen can earn as much money as is only possible in sports for individuals(個(gè)人 )， like golf， tennis and motor racing(賽車(chē) )． Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is this： the stars can earn more money from advertising(打廣告 ) than from advertisement for sports equipment doesn’t simply say “Buy our things” ． It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as...” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and allow the panies to use their name or a photograph of them and they are paid for are no longer just something for people’s spare time. 64． The word “sport” first meant ________. A． something for people’s spare time B． anized games C． hunting wild animals and birds D． money 答案 A 解析 細(xì)節(jié) 理解題。由短文第一段可知， “ 運(yùn)動(dòng) ” 一詞最初的含義是 “ 人們?cè)跇I(yè)余時(shí)間里所做的事情 ” 。 65． ________are paid for the sport they play. A． Many B． Few C． Professional sportsmen D． People who want to play 答案 C 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段倒數(shù)第二、三句可以得出答案。 66． It is only possible for champions of ________that can earn more than ￡ 50,000 in a year. A． football B． volleyball C． basketball D． tennis 答案 D 解析 推理判斷題。由第二段第二句可知網(wǎng)球冠軍可以掙 5萬(wàn)多英鎊。 67． Sports stars can earn money from ________. A． sports B． advertising C． sports and buying things D． sports and advertising 答案 D 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段可知，運(yùn)動(dòng)員一方面通過(guò)比賽成績(jī)掙錢(qián)，別一方面還可以通過(guò)廣告掙錢(qián)。 D Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club)and opened on 10 January park is operated by Ocean Park Corporation， which is a statutory(法定的 ) offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private anization for mercial purposes. In the early operation of the park， the main sources of ine for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey the ticket price was low， most of the time Ocean Park was operating under defic