It is fashionable for the amateur administrators who run international sporting events to ___ 1___ that sportsmanship is a thing of the past and to put the blame for everything wrong with sport on the growth of professionalism. They ___ 2___that when the modern Olympic Games began, athletes felt that ___3___ was sufficient reward for them to compete. They are ___ 4 ___that some athletes today run as work and expect to be paid for what they do. The truth is that ___ 5___ high ideals were always an aspiration and ne ver had ___ 6___ to do with reality. The Olympic Games of 1900 and 1904 were tied up with business, because they ___ 7___ organized as a seconda ry attraction to international trade fairs. It was a frequent occurrence ___ 8___ athletes to be disqualified for breaking the rules and ___ 9 ____ one occasion the losing team in the Olympic football final ___ 10___ off the field and refused to go on with the game. The love of amateurism and the belief that ___ 11___ is important is how ___ 12___ behave on t he field, not whether you win or lose, comes from a time ___ 13___ the o nly people who played games seriously ___ 14___ to earn their leaving. E ven ___ 15___, it was common for rich men and universities in some count ries to subsidize “amateurs” by paying their bills or tuition fees.
1. A. complain B. praise C. emphasize D. point out
2. A. were claiming B. would have claimed C. claimed D. claim
3. A. this B. that C. it D. they
4. A. expected B. horrified C. happy D. grateful
5. A. this B. so C. such D. such a
6. A. a great many B. lot C. little D. much
7. A. would be B. should be C. could be D. were
8. A. that B. which C. there D. for
9. A. in B. on C. at D. with
10.A.walked B. set C. ran D. left
11.A.what B. which C. it D. this
12.A.will you B. do C. you D. to
13.A.when B. how long C. that D. for
14.A.need B. didn’t have C. had D. have to
15.A.now B. though C. then D. if
答案
1. A) 根据上下文和语义线索可猜测句义为：那些经办 国际体育赛事的业余体育官员们抱怨体育道德已经成为历史。由此可知此空应选complain。
2. D) 根据语法线索此空应使用动词的一般现在时态，因此选项D为正确答案。
3. C) 根据语法线索此空需要使用it作形式主语，故选项C为正确答案。
4. B) 根据上下文可猜测句义为：他们对今天的一些运动员以运动为工作 和从运动中索取报酬感到恐惧，因此选项B为正确答案。
5. C) 根据语法线索此空应选such，因为此处such为限定词。
6. D) have much to do with是由have something to do with演变而来。
7. D) 根据语法线索很明显此处应使用过去时，因此D为正确答案。
8. D) 根据语法线索可知，此空需要一个介词引导动词不定式的逻辑主语,我们知道只有介词for可以。
9. B) 名词occasion应使用介词on与之搭配。
10. A) 根据句意可知此处应选walked，使此句意义为：走出赛场。
11. A) 根据语法线索此处使用what引导名词从句作句子的主语。
12. C) 根据下文此处应使用代词you作主语。
13. A) 根据语法线索when在此处引导定语从句修饰a time。
14. B) 根据语义线索可知此处答案应为选项B。
15. C) 根据句义：即使在那时，一些国家的有钱人或大学通过给钱或学费 的形式对业余运动员给予补贴，可知此空应使用then。Even though和even if都不能单独使用。
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