填空题Screaming headlines about stars arrested for everything from spousal abuse to firearms violations make it painfully clear that athletic talent isn't enough to deal with the rigors of being a pro. 41. ______________________ A team that finds itself in serious behavioral straits will often hire a famous person to help defuse the situation and help polish a tarnished franchise images -- witness the Dallas Cowboys naming extremely-clean former All-Pro running back Calvin Hill, a Yale Divinity School graduate, as a special consultant. There is an accompanying commandment, handed down from on high by the czars of prosports: If you're an elite athlete, the role of role model is mandatory, not optional. 42. ______________________ "We're running a business where players are our products. It's a business with very visible and prominent young men in the forefront," says Pat Williams, senior executive vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic, a franchise that has hired "Doctor J", Julius Erving, as a broad-ranging am- bassador to the community, and the locker room. "Sure, we're protecting the business, but we're also protecting the sport, too. And having a bunch of lawbreakers playing your sport doesn't make it attractive -- to fans or to sponsors. It's also the right thing to do for these young men." 43. ______________________ Hill, who has held executive positions with the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Orioles since ending his playing days, says the pressure and scrutiny faced by his son, Detriot Pistons star Grant Hill, are far more intense than what he endured during his days in the 1960s and 1970s with the Cow- boys, Redskins and Browns. 44. ______________________ "What scares me about free agency is the same thing that scares me about society -- there is no longer stability or a sense of community," says Hill. "and that's helped break down a sense of team culture and tradition." 45. ______________________ Not only are today's new pros younger than ever, they have a healthy disrespect for their athletic elders and the traditions of the leagues they are entering, according to Gary Sailes, a sports sociologist at Indiana University.[A] But ask yourself: Does Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, hire Hill because he is genuinely concerned about the psychological effects of fame on Michael Irvin, a married man, who was found in a hotel room full of cocaine and exotic dancers? Or does Jones. want to expropriate Hill's upright image as whitewash for the damage done to his cash flow and corporate relations by Irvin and other members of "America's Team"?[B] "The value system are different," says Sailes, "The boundaries of their mainstream don't intersect with the boundaries of mainstream America. And if you're not finding some way to bridge the gap between mainstream America and where these kids come from, you're wasting your time."[C] At the heart of all this counseling and concern is the day-to-day pressure on a pro athlete. "There is a lot of money and fame involved when you sign a NBA contract," says Lamont Winston, who handles player programmes for the Kansas City Chiefs. "Yet there is nowhere in that contract that says you will feel tremendous stress, you will feel tremendous anxiety and pressure."[D] In basketball, Williams sees a more devastating version of the maturity problem affecting pro sports, cause by the influx of younger and younger players who have decided to abandon the final two years of college, or ditch college altogether.[E] And this touches on a key problem that a generic mentoring programme may not address: there are crucial cultural differences between the athletes and the world they are about to enter.[F] He also points to a destructive consequence of free agency -- the end of a natural clubhouse system of veteran players who served as mentors to young rookies, passing on the traditions and expectations of a particular club, be it the Detriot Tigers or the Washington Redskins.[G] Coaches, owners and managers acknowledge the increasing need to teach their talents how to act, what and whom to avoid and what burdens accompany the money and the fame. The players need to be taught about everything from finances and career choices outside the game to emotional counseling and substance abuse.

填空题After working in the media for a few years, he is hoping to set up his own business to promote his TV ca______.

填空题Author______Title______ My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near, Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.

填空题I didn"t enjoy him singing so softly, though I generally enjoy quiet songs. A. him B. so C. though D. generally

填空题In 1963 , Katz and Fodor wrote the article The Structure of a Semantic Theory, arguing forcibly that semantics should be an integral part of______.

填空题Many great men have risen from poverty; ______, Lincoln and Edison.

填空题Many people expressed the horror of altering ones genetic in______ as this will lead to losing ones identity.

填空题Author______Title______ I have already thought of ending Charles"s career here and now; of leaving him for eternity on his way to London. But the conventions of Victorian fiction allowed on place for the open, the inconclusive ending; and I preached earlier of the freedom characters must be given.

填空题He didn"t come back until late in the night .

填空题Professor West has ______ a list of books for us to read during the summer vacation． 韦斯特教授已经为我们开出一个在暑假阅读的书单。

填空题______ safety, you must keep all medicines away from children.

填空题There has been a large (grow) ______ of light industries during these years.

填空题______ refers to the average level of the export commodity within a certain period of time.

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填空题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} The London terrorist attacks on July 7 and July 21 changed British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had long been reluctant to make the fight against Islamo-fascist terror a domestic issue. Last week he outlined security measures to deal with radical clerics who incite violence. Of particular interest is a measure that read in part: "It is now necessary, in order to acquire British citizenship, that people attend a citizenship ceremony (and) swear allegiance to the country." That's not much different from U. S. law. {{U}}(66) {{/U}} This requirement would violate Section 203 of the U. S. Voting Rights Act, which requires that bilingual election materials and assistance be made available when a foreign language reaches critical mass in the general population. For example, California recall ballots in Los Angeles County were printed in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Tagalog. {{U}}(67) {{/U}} U. S. law, in effect, tells new citizens that can be fully engaged in U.S. democracy without understanding the language of its election campaigns. {{U}}(68) {{/U}} Naturalized citizens must demonstrate a fundamental understanding of U. S. history and civics. Isn't it reasonable to expect them also to be able to communicate, at a basic level, in the language of U. S. politics? {{U}}(69) {{/U}}Requiring citizens to understand basic English isn't bias. But supporting a system that encourages American citizens to accept a life without meaningful participation in politics and civic life—that's bias. To end the separatism and disengagement that flourishes in part because significant portions of his country cannot speak English, Blair wants to make basic knowledge of English a requirement for British citizenship. There can be no true national unity when citizens cannot understand each other and participate in the majority culture. {{U}} (70) {{/U}}Let's hope the United States will learn it through observation rather than bitter experience. A. Despite a growing bilingualism in English, for the most part Britain remains a monolingual nation with a long, proud linguistic and cultural tradition. B. But Blair wants to impose an additional requirement: To become a British citizen, one must "have a rudimentary grasp of the English language". C. It further suggests that secondhand knowledge of politics, through translation or others' interpretations, is an adequate substitute for the ability to hear and read about the candidates and the issues. D. A passing knowledge of English shouldn't be too much to ask of those who seek the right to vote that so many American soldiers have died to secure. E. Britain has learned that lesson—the hard way. F. The intent of Section 203 is laudable: A member of a "language minority group" should face no obstacles in exercising the franchise. But its effects are pernicious.

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