单选题 The author's attitude towards the suggestion to change soccer into one of four 25-minute quarters is ______.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】态度题。
[解析] 由soccer定位到末段首句So it came as a terrible shock...(令人震惊的消息),接着The idea is unashamedly...(这个想法很无耻地……)。因此可以推断出作者对此事的态度是D)“批判的”。