单选题   A soccer referee suspended (吊销执照) for scoring a goal while taking charge of a game has resigned after being found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute by the Essex County Football Association. The Essex County Football Association said that they were disappointed by the decision of Savill, who hit the headlines last year when his sympathy for a team getting beaten 18-1 went too far. 'It is a pretty unique case and hopefully it won't happen again,' said Essex County FA chief executive Phil Sammons.
    Brian Savill was taking charge of a Great Bromley Cup game in the south of England between Earls Colne Reserves and Wimpole 2000. With 10 minutes remaining and Wimple getting beaten 18-1, Savill found the ball at his feet in front of the Earls Colne goal and immediately banged it into the net, before signaling a goal.
    The laws of the game state that the referee is part of the playing area and that the game continues if the ball strikes him. There is no item in the laws to differentiate between an accidental or deliberate (故意的) touch of the ball. Savill's bizarre (匪夷所思的) goal made little difference to the outcome as Earls Colne went on to win 20-2, but the officials were impressed. The Essex County Football Association finally found 47-year-old Savill guilty of bringing the game into disrepute and suspended him for seven weeks. Savill, a referee with 18 years' experience, resigned after finding out about the decision. 'They haven't got a sense of humor,' he told The Times newspaper. 'It brought enjoyment to everyone's lives. It shows refereeing can be enjoyable and that we are not Hitters running blowing whistles all the time.' However, he advised other referees against following his example.
单选题     According to the passage, Savill hit the headlines because ______.
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本文主要讲述一名足球裁判因在执法比赛时射入一球而被停职。该裁判去年执哨一场比赛时对一支以1:18落后的球队的同情太过火并因此上了头条新闻。足协认定他的行为让那场比赛极不光彩，而他在得到停职处罚后引咎辞职。他认为足协太没有幽默感，他指出裁判的工作也可以是轻松愉快的。 细节理解题。首先根据Savill hit the headlines定位到第一段。根据第二句话的who hit the headlines last year when his sympathy for a team getting beaten 18-1 went too far(他对一支以1:18落后的球队的同情太过火了)，可知他的所作所为已经违反了球赛的规则，故答案为A。
单选题     What is the meaning of the word 'disrepute' in the first paragraph? ______
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义理解题。本题可以用构词法进行解答。disrepute由dis-这个否定前缀和repute(名声)这个词干构成，故其意为“坏名声”。如果考生对repute不熟悉的话，还可以从reputation推导出所考单词的意思。另外，也可通过语境或上下文进行猜测。Savill被吊销执照的原因肯定是负面的，可排除选项D，再把剩下的三个选项放进原文进行判断，可知答案为C。
单选题     What does the word 'it' in Paragraph 3 refer to? ______
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】推理判断题。Savill的话是针对自己踢进的球而说的，而且用的是过去时态，故it是指他所进的球。选项A比较有迷惑性，因为前面说They haven't got a sense of humor，但是这里强调的是他们不能理解他的做法，故选项A不正确。答案为C。
单选题     Savill resigned because ______.
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推理判断题。文中两次提及Savill辞职，尾段第四、五句说他得知足协中止他裁判资格7周的决定后就辞职了，故他认为自己不应该受到这种处理，即D。A项说他觉得自己给其他裁判树立了坏榜样，通过他说的话可知这不是他内心的真实感受；B项中的“观众很气愤”是文中未提及的信息；C项中的“他不了解体育规则”与事实相反，他是为了“幽默”才违反规定的。答案为D。
单选题     Which of the following is true according to the passage? ______
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节理解题。分别对四个选项进行定位，根据尾段第二句中的made little difference，A项有误；尾段首句说，赛规说裁判碰球后比赛可以继续，不管是有意还是无意的，故选项D错。文中未提及比赛当时中断了，故C项有误。答案为B，如果这种行为很常见，Savill也不会成为新闻人物了。