单选题 College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and (21) millions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions (22) as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit (23) from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities (24) each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly (25) crowds of over 90,000. Basketball's national collegiate championship game is a TV (26) on a par with (与…相同或相似)any other sporting event in the United States, (27) perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can (28) one's TV set and see the top athletic programs--from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford -- (29) in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
The athletes themselves are (30) and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify (31) teenagers and then go into high schools to (32) the country's best players to attend their universities. There are strict rules about (33) coaches can recruit--no recruiting calls after 9 p. m., only one official visit to a campus--but they are often bent and sometimes (34) Top college football programs (35) scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive (36) campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc.
In return, the players (37) the program in their sport. Football players at top colleges (38) 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 (39) and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins (40) . 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. attribute B. distribute C. devote D. attach

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。devote(to)表示“奉献，把…专用于”，如：They devote each Saturday to the care of homeless people．原句意为：在美国，主要大学每年在体育运动上要投入数百万美元，故选项[C] devote正确。其他选项均可与to连用，但意思不符：[A]attribute(to)表示“归因于”；[B]distribute表示“分配”；[D]attach(to)表示“加于…之上”，如：No blame attaches to him for the accident．

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。元。

单选题 A. directly B. indirectly C. apart D. indirect

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。indirectly表示“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；[C]apart；[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

单选题 A. draw B. amuse C. govern D. handle

单选题 A. spectator B. spectacle C. spectrum D. spectacles

单选题 A. save B. saving C. saved D. to save

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。save用做动词时表示“救援，拯救”等意；用做介词时表示“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现在分词；[C]saved过去分词；[D]to save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】此题属于语意搭配题。flip表示“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表示“拍打”；选项[C]fling away表示“扔掉，错过”；选项[D]flush out表示“冲洗(掉)”。

单选题 A. battle B. to battle C. battling D. battled

单选题 A. recruited B. reconciled C. rectified D. reserved

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。recruit表示“征召新兵(新成员)”，例如：recruit an army，根据原文意思，运动员应是被招募的，因此选项[A]recruited符合题意。选项[B]reconcile 与介词with连用，意为“与…一致”，例如：}tow do you reconcile your principles with your behavior?与介词to连用，意为“使接受”，例如：He can't reconcile to the loss of his only son．选项[C]rectify表示“改正”，例如：rectify the mistakes in my bill；选项[D]reserve表示“保留”，例如：These seats are reserved for old and sick people．

单选题 A. promising B. pleasing C. prominent D. professional

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。promising表示“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】此题属于语意搭配题。convince sb．to do/of sth．表示“劝服某人”，根据句意：教练们先是确认有发展前途的高中生后，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表示“图谋，设法”，如：contrive a way of escaping；选项[C]convert表示“使改变(形式、形状等)”，常与介词into/to/for等连用；选项[D]convict表示“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表示“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的宾语从句，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】此题属于语意搭配题。ignore表示“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表示“疏忽，不留心”；选项[C]remembered表示“记住”；选项[D]noticed表示“注意”。

单选题 A. offer B. afford C. award D. reward

单选题 A. in B. on C. at D. around

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】此题属于语意搭配题。commit oneself to表示“承诺”，例如：The government claimed to commit itself to improving health care．根据上下文意思：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．表示“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

单选题 A. recalls B. enlists C. convenes D. collects

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。convene=call to meet/gather表示“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表示“想起”或=call back(sb.)表示“召回(某人)”；选项[B]enlist表示“从军，赞助，登记”；选项[D]collect表示“收集，征集”。

单选题 A. in principle B. in confidence C. in name D. in earnest

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】此题属于语意搭配题。in earnest表示“正式地，认真地”，根据题意：训练营的集训以及为九至十二月赛季的开幕所做的准确工作应该是很严肃、正式地，故选项[D]in earnest(正式地)符合题意。选项[A]in principle表示“原则上”；选项[B]in confidence表示“私下里”；选项[C]in name表示“名义上”。