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
1. A) 根據上下文和語義線索可猜測句義為：那些經辦 國際體育賽事的業(yè)余體育官員們抱怨體育道德已經成為歷史。由此可知此空應選complain。
2. D) 根據語法線索此空應使用動詞的一般現在時態(tài)，因此選項D為正確答案。
3. C) 根據語法線索此空需要使用it作形式主語，故選項C為正確答案。
4. B) 根據上下文可猜測句義為：他們對今天的一些運動員以運動為工作 和從運動中索取報酬感到恐懼，因此選項B為正確答案。
5. C) 根據語法線索此空應選such，因為此處such為限定詞。
6. D) have much to do with是由have something to do with演變而來。
7. D) 根據語法線索很明顯此處應使用過去時，因此D為正確答案。
8. D) 根據語法線索可知，此空需要一個介詞引導動詞不定式的邏輯主語,我們知道只有介詞for可以。
9. B) 名詞occasion應使用介詞on與之搭配。
10. A) 根據句意可知此處應選walked，使此句意義為：走出賽場。
11. A) 根據語法線索此處使用what引導名詞從句作句子的主語。
12. C) 根據下文此處應使用代詞you作主語。
13. A) 根據語法線索when在此處引導定語從句修飾a time。
14. B) 根據語義線索可知此處答案應為選項B。
15. C) 根據句義：即使在那時，一些國家的有錢人或大學通過給錢或學費 的形式對業(yè)余運動員給予補貼，可知此空應使用then。Even though和even if都不能單獨使用。