高中毕业班英语阅读理解专项练习（两套）

　　第一套

　　A

　　Somepeoplebelievethatinternationalsportcreatesgoodwillbetweenthenationsandthatif

　　countriesplaygamestogethertheywilllearntolivetogether.Otherssaythattheoppositeistrue:

　　thatinternationalcontestsencouragefalsenationalprideandleadtomisunderstandingandhatred.

　　Thereisprobablysometruthinbotharguments,butinrecentyearstheOlympicGameshavedone

　　littletosupporttheviewthatsportsencourageinternationalbrotherhood.Notonlywastherethe

　　tragicincidentinvolvingthemurderofathletes,buttheGameswerealsoruinedbylesser

　　incidentscausedprincipallybyminornationalcontests.

　　

　　Onecountryreceiveditssecond

　　—

　　placemedalswithvisibleindignationafterthehockeyfinal.

　　Therehadbeennoisyscenesattheendofthehockeymatchas,thelosersobjectingtothefinal

　　decisions.Theywereconvincedthatoneoftheirgoalsshouldnothavebeendisallowedandthat

　　theiropponents‟victorywasunfair.Theirmanagerwasinaragewhenhesaid:“Thiswasn‟t

　　hockey.HockeyandtheInternationalHockeyFederationarefinished.”Thepresidentofthe

　　Federationsaidlaterthatsuchbehaviorcouldresultinthesuspensionoftheteamforatleastthree

　　years.

　　

　　TheAmericanbasketballteamannouncedthattheywouldnotyieldfirstplacetoRussia,

　　afteradisputableendtotheircontest.Thegamehadendedindisturbace.

　　Itwasthoughtatfirst

　　thattheUnitedStateshadwon,byasinglepoint,butitwasannouncedthattherewerethree

　　secondsstilltoplay.ARussianplayerthenthrewtheballfromoneendofthecourttotheother,

　　andanotherplayerpoppeditintothebasket.ItwasthefirsttimetheU.S.A.hadeverlostan

　　Olympicbasketballmatch.Anappealjurydebatedthematterforfourandahalfhoursbefore

　　announcingthattheresultwouldstand.TheAmericanplayersthenvotednottoreceivethesilver

　　medals.

　　

　　Incidentsofthiskindwillcontinueaslongassportisplayedcompetitivelyratherthanforthe

　　loveofthegame.Thesuggestionthatathletesshouldcompeteasindividuals,orinnonnationalterms,mightbetoomuchtohopefor.ButinthepresentorganizationoftheOlympicsthereisfar

　　toomuchthatencouragesaggressivepatriotism.

　　

　　1.Accordingtotheauthor,recentOlympicGameshave____.

　　A.createdgoodwillbetweenthenations

　　B.bredonlyfalsenationalpride

　　C.hardlyshowedanyinternationalfriendship

　　D.ledtomoreandmoremisunderstandingandhatred

　　2.Whatdidthemanagermeanbysaying,“...HockeyandtheI

　　nternationalHockeyFederation

　　arefinished”?

　　

　　A.Histeamwouldnolongertakepartininternationalgames.

　　B.HockeyandtheFederationare60thruinedbytheunfairdecisions.

　　C.ThereshouldbenomorehockeymatchesorganizedbytheFederation.

　　D.TheFederationshouldbedissolved.

　　3.Thebasketballexampleimpliedthat____.

　　A.toomuchpatriotismwasdisplayedintheinciden