单选题 College Sports in the US
College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and devote millions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions (51) as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit (52) from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities (54) each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly draw crowds of over 90,000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship game is a TV (54) on a par with(与……相同或相似)any other sporting event in the United States, (55) perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can (56) one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs—from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford— (57) in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
The athletes themselves are recruited and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify (58) teenagers and then go into high schools to (59) the country’s best players to attend their universities. There are strict rules about (60) coaches can recruit—no recruiting calls after 9 p. m., only one official visit to a campus — but they are often bent and sometimes (61) . Top college football programs offer scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive (62) campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc.
In return, the players (63) the program in their sports. Football players at top colleges (64) two hours a day, four days a week from January to April. In summer, it’s back to strength and agility training four days a week until mid-August, when camp (65) and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins. During the season, practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to Friday. Saturday is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of rest.

单选题 A. out B. by C. in D. back
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。此处需一个副词与句中的动词earn连用，earn back意为“挣回”，文中上一句提到美国的大学每年花费数百万美元，下一句提到电视转播费、赞助费等均属于收入，因此是挣回的钱，故选项 D back正确。选项B by与动词earn连用，意为“通过某种方式挣钱”；选项A out和选项C in均不符合题意。
单选题 A. directly B. indirectly C. apart D. indirect
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。indirectly意为“间接地”，此处缺一个副词修饰benefit，说明得到好处的方式，根据句中的the added publicity可知这并非直接的经济收益而是间接的收益，故选项B indirectly符合题意。其他选项：A directly与题意相反而C apart和D indirect均不符合句意和结构。
单选题 A. compete for B. compete in C. compete against D. compete over
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。此处需与句中宾语each other搭配的短语，选项C compete against sb.(与某人竞争)，符合题意。其他选项：A compete for sth.，B compete in a race和D compete over sth.均属搭配不当。
单选题 A. spectator B. spectacle C. spectrum D. spectacles
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于近形词辨析。spectacle意为“壮观场面”，文中提及全美大学生篮球锦标赛是电视节目中的极精彩的赛事，因此选项B spectacle(大场面)符合题意。选项A spectator意为“观众”；选项C spectrum意为“光谱，波长”；选项D spectacles意为“眼镜”。
单选题 A. save B. saving C. saved D. to save
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。save用作动词时意为“救援、拯救”等意；用作介词时意为“除了”，例如：He answered all the questions save one.此处的save一词应当作介词，与文中的the Super Bowl连用，意为：除了全美橄榄球超级杯赛，故选项A save正确。其他选项：B saving为现在分词；C saved为过去分词； D to save为不定式均与句意和语法不符。
单选题 A. flip on B. flap at C. fling away D. flush out
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。flip意为“轻击，轻弹”，根据上下文提示，美国大学间有许多精彩的比赛，打开电视才能欣赏，故与one’s TV set连用的应是选项A flip on。选项B flap at意为“拍打”；选项C fling away意为“扔掉，错过”；选项D flush out意为“冲洗(掉)”。
单选题 A. battle B. to battle C. battling D. battled
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语法题，see sb. doing sth.意为“看到某人做某事”，本句意为；能看到一流大学的选手们正展开激战，故选项C battling符合题意。
全句可译为：在秋冬季节，只要在规定的时间内打开电视，就能看到一流大学的体育比赛——从密歇根大学、洛杉矶加州大学、杜克大学到斯坦福大学——选手们在座无虚席的体育场与全国电视观众面前展开激战。
单选题 A. promising B. pleasing C. prominent D. professional
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。promising意为“有前途的”，根据前一句：运动员都是被招进大学的并享受奖学金，大学教练确认的应是有培养前途的高中生，故选项A promising符合题意。其他选项：B pleasing (令人愉快的)；C prominent(著名的)；D professional(职业的)，均不符合题意。
单选题 A. contrive B. convince C. convert D. convict
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。convince sb. to do/of sth. 意为“说服某人”，根据句意：教练们先是确认有发展前途的高中生，随后就会到其所在学校说服这些全国最优秀的运动员，故选项B convince正确。选项 A contrive意为“图谋，设法”，如：contrive a way of escaping；选项C convert意为“使改变(形式，形状等)”，常与介词into/to/for等连用；选项D convict意为“判某人有罪”，如：The criminal was convicted of murder.
单选题 A. which B. what C. how D. whether
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。how意为“怎样”，根据上下文意思：关于教练招收学生有着严格的规定——晚9: 00以后不许给学生打电话……，此处需一个表示方式的特殊疑问词引导宾语从句，故选项C how正确。选项A which引导定语从句；选项B what(什么)，与题意不符；选项D whether(是否)，表示可能性。
单选题 A. ignored B. neglected C. remembered D. noticed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。ignore意为“置之不理，不予考虑”，有故意的意味，例如：They ignored our warning.根据原句意思：虽然招收学生有严格的规定，但这些规定常常不能严格执行(bent)，有时还会被完全置之不理，故选项A ignored正确。选项B neglected意为“疏忽，不留心”；选项C remembered意为“记住”；选项D noticed意为“注意”。
单选题 A. in B. on C. at D. around
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。此处需要一个介词与动词arrive连用，其宾语为campus，因此介词on符合语法，故选项B on正确。选项A in和选项C at均有到达某地之意，但不能与campus连用；选项D around意为“到处，四周”，与题意不符。
单选题 A. commit themselves to B. commit themselves on
C. commute themselves to D. comply themselves to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。commit oneself to意为“承诺”，例如：The government claimed to commit itself to improving health care.根据上下文的意思：作为(对奖学金)回报，学生运动员则要按约定投身到他们擅长的运动项目中，故选项A commit themselves to正确。选项B commit themselves on sth.意为“表达意见”；选项C commute themselves to搭配不当，应为commute for sth.(交换)；选项D comply themselves to搭配不当。常用搭配为：comply with(遵守)。
单选题 A. work in B. work out C. work over D. work off
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。work out意为“有……结果，运动”，根据句意：学生运动员每天训练2个小时，因此选项B work out正确。选项A work in意为“把……计算在内”；选项C work over意为“把……狠揍一顿”；选项D work off意为“把……清除掉”。
单选题 A. recalls B. enlists C. convenes D. collects
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。convene = call to meet/gather意为“召集”，根据句意：八月中旬，橄榄球训练营正式开营，即把队员召集到一起，故选项C convenes符合题意。选项A recall = remember意为“想起”或= call back(sb.)意为“召回(某人)”；选项B enlist意为“从军，赞助，登记”；选项D collects意为“收集，征集”。