单选题
You could say on the court, these are the best days in the history of NBA. So why isn't the world is singing the praise of the NBA? Why isn't today's NBA outperforming the NFL, NASCAR, and Major League of Baseball (MLB), all of which have been rocked by scandals large and small over the last few years? Simple Because today's NBA scares the white people. The NBA stands at the dead-center intersection of two rampant social dynamics: the ascendancy of hip-hop culture and 21st-centrury marketing's sworn duty to easily definable demographic group. Break yourself into generalized demographic qualities: gender, age, race, economic class. There is full range of music, TV shows, movies, and website explicitly designed to keep you warm and toasty in your comfort zone, free from sharp edges. The NBA as it stands today has plenty of sharp edges and has a serious image problem; more than any other sports. For years, whites make up a majority of fan base, blacks make up a majority of players. And those players have benefited from ever-upward-spiraling paychecks, they've exercised their influence' to shape the sight of the game around them in their own image. But the NBA is still all about improvisation, artistry, jazz, poetry on the way to and above the rim. And while we appreciated the artistry in and of itself, the fact that we can't do it puts many fans at some kind small, but measurable emotional distance from the game. For the white audience, the skill divide one thing. There always been players that could do things the rest of us couldn't. What's freaking white Americans out is the way NBA is embracing every element' of hip-hop culture--the music, the fashion, the attitude, everything... Many events, stories hurt NBA, cementing its lawless-blacks image in observers' minds. Referring to the word "thug", that's operative in short-handing the new NBA culture, as many observers noted. "Thug" was so-opted by black culture sometime during the Tupac Era. When people slag NBA' players as "thug", it's good bet they're not taking about Adam Morris or J. J. Redic. It's absolutely a racial tag. The NBA, more than any other sports entity, has potential to be a bridge between cultures, a way to bring both sides together in cheering some best athletes of any color. It's already produced Jordan, the most widely known athlete in history, and it's gaining ground fast on soccer as the world's best known sport. But it's fragile indeed, with fans in colors viewing basketball as a zero-sum game, where every stereotypically black or white culture apparently forces out it's ethic opposite. But with serious image problems, another slat falls out of the bridge. And it's not hard to imagine a time when nobody will be interested in crossing over.
单选题
Why isn't the world singing the praise of the NBA?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第一段第二句：So why isn't the world is singing the praise of the NBA?…Because today's NBA scares the white people． [深层剖析] 文章说的理由是NBA吓到白人了，实际上就是其形象问题吓到了白人，结合下文尤其是第三段第一句The NBA as it stands today has plenty of edges and has a serious image problem，可知[C]正确。 [主干扰项分析] 文章说NBA吓到白人，但并没有说白人不喜欢NBA比赛，排除[D]；文中的rocked是“被…困扰”的意思，由“为什么现今的NBA就不能超越那些近几年被大大小小丑闻困扰的NFL，NASCAR和MLB?”并不能得出“NFL、NASCAR、MLB比NBA好”的结论，可以排除[A]。 [次干扰项分析] 文中提到黑人和白人在NBA文化上的冲突，但并未提到种族主义，排除[B]。
单选题
What can we infer from this passage?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第三段第二句至第四段末句：For years，whites make up a majority of fan base，blacks make up a majority of players．…they've exercised their influence to shape the sight of the game around them in their own image．．． the fact that we can't do it puts many fans at some kind small，but measurable emotional distance from the game… What's freaking white America out is the way NBA is embracing every element of．hip-hop culture—the music，the fashion， the attitude，everything．．． [深层剖析] 此题只要能正确把握各选项在文章的出处，就能选对。由the fact that we can't do it puts many fans at some kind small，but measurable emotional distance from the game．可知[C]正确。 [主干扰项分析] 工资不断上涨的NBA球员塑造了联盟的形象。但并没有提不良形象是他们塑造的，排除[B]。说hip-hop文化有害于NBA，过于笼统，过于绝对，排除[D]。 [次干扰项分析] 由For years，whites make up a majority of fan base，blacks make up a majority of players．可知[A]与原文正好相反，是白人买票看黑人打球。
单选题
We can infer from the fifth paragraph ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 倒数第二段：Many events，stories hurt NBA，cementing its lawless-blacks image in observers' minds． Referring to the word “thug”，that's operative in short-handing the new NBA culture，as many observers noted．“Thug” was so-opted by black culture sometime during the Tupac Era．When people slag NBA players as“thug”，it's good bet they're not taking about Adam Morris or J.J. Redic．It's absolutely a racial tag. [深层剖析] 本题考查对倒数第二段的理解和推理，虽然不是很难，但要联系上下文事实进行一定的推理，此段末句说“当人们给NBA球员冠以暴徒之名时，他们指的绝对不是Adam Morris 或J．J．Reduic，毫无疑问，这是一个种族主义标签”。Adam Morris 和J．J．Redic是白人才会被排除在暴徒之外。[D]正确。 [主干扰项分析] 单问thug在某些场合被观察家用来形容NBA，这时候是racial tag，但单词本身没有这种意思，排除[A]；句子“Thug”was so-opted by black culture sometime during the Tupac Era．说在Tupac的时代，黑人和单词thug联系紧密，但这是事实，无需推断，即可排除[B]。 [次干扰项分析] cementing意思是“固化的”，由Many events，stories hurt NBA，cementing its lawless-blacks image in observers' minds．可知是观察家脑海里加固了黑人无法无天的形象，而不是其他人都这样认为，即可排除[C]。
单选题
What's the author's attitude about NBA as a "bridge" ?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 最后一段：The NBA．．．has potential to be a bridge between cultures，…But it's fragile indeed，…apparently forces out it's ethic opposite．But with serious image problems，another slat falls out of the bridge．And it's not hard to imagine a time when nobody will be interested in crossing over． [深层剖析] 首先找到“bridge”一说的段落，即最后一段。作者先讲到NBA作为桥梁的潜力，接着话锋一转说 But it's fragile indeed，…，表明作者对这个说法持怀疑态度，故选择[D]。 [主干扰项分析] [A]尽管作者说明了NBA作为桥梁的潜力，但But后面才是作者的重要思想，所以作者并不乐观。排除[A]。 [次干扰项分析] 作者全段都在对NBA的桥梁作用做分析，但是NBA的形象问题对这种桥梁作用是一种伤害，说明作者的态度还是有一定的倾向的，不算是“中立的”，排除[C]；也更不能说冷漠，排除[B]。