单选题
The word "sport" first meant something that people
did in their spare time. Later in often meant hunting wild animals and birds.
About a hundred years ago the word was used for organized games. This is the
usual meaning of the word today. People spent a lot of their spare time playing
football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because
they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are
called professional sportsmen. They may be such sportsmen for only a few years,
but during that time the best ones can make a lot of money. For
example, a football player in England earns more than 50,000 pounds in a year.
Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much money as that.
It is possible for middle class people to engage in sports like golf, tennis and
motor-racing. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is
this: the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sport.
An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say "Buy our
things." It says, "Buy the same shirt and shoes as...". Famous sportsmen can
even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use
their names or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer
just something for people's spare time.
单选题
A professional sportsman is someone who ______.
A. makes money in his spare time
B. play all the time
C. earns money by playing a sport
D. play for his country and the people
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。本题测试对细节的理解。从文中第一段中的两句话“A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen.”可以得出答案C。
单选题
Most people spend a lot of their spare time playing a sport because
they ______.
A. would like to
B. have to do so
C. want to earn some money
D. will be stars
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】细节题。从文中第一段中的两句话“People spent a lot of their spare time playing football，basketball，tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to.”可以得出答案A。
单选题
Famous sportsmen perhaps earn more money from ______.
A. sport
B. advertising
C. football
D. his country
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。从文中第三段中的最后一句话“The stars can earn more money from advertising than from sport.”可以得出答案B。
单选题
Why do the companies pay the famous sportsmen? Bemuse they ______.
A. like the sportsmen
B. are asked to do so
C. would buy the same shirt
D. want to sell more of their things
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】推断题。本题问的是公司为什么付钱给有名的运动员。文中最后一段前两句提到：An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say “Buy our things.” It says，“Buy the same shirt and shoes as...”，由此可以证实有名的运动员帮助公司做宣传，所以不难得出答案D。