题目内容
1.Section BDirections:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.
A.accounted B.limited C.commercials D.popular E.overnight F.helped G.increased H.symbols I.though J.talented K.fashion |
The change over the last few years to low-top sneakers(运动鞋) seems to go against conventional wisdom.Strangely,(42)I,Steven Nash and Kobe Bryant,two of the most (43)Jplayers with the Los Angeles Lakers,aren't worried.
According to the US market-research firm NPD Group,high-tops once (44)A for about 20percent of the US basketball shoe market.Now,the number has sunk to about 8percent.Low-tops,the kind that Nash and Bryant wear,have grown to 29percent,from just 11percent in 2002.
High-top sneakers are one of the most celebrated (45)H in modern basketball.After the 1985Air Jordans so transformed the market,shoe companies began battling one another.They put air pumps in the tongues of their shoes and made carefully prepared and organized (46)C.
"All of a sudden it became a (47)K business,"Marshal Cohen,an analyst with NPD group,told The Wall Street Journal.The Jordans were excellent.The market went from being nothing to a million-dollar business (48)E."
One of the reasons high-tops are not so (49)D anymore is that they were never really very good at protecting the feet.
In an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2008,University of Newcastle researcher Craig Richards found no evidence that sneakers (50)B injuries.His research actually found that high-top basketball sneakers could even cause players to run slower and jump lower.Now,the contest has become a war.Companies like Adidas,Nike,Converse and Reebok are all fighting to create the next"Air Jordan,"and with the next market battle.
分析 本文是一篇说明文,主要讲述了帮助运动员避免受伤的高梆运动鞋从一个时尚业务变得不再流行的原因.
解答 41-50 FIJAH CKEDB
A.accounted动词"占据"B.limited 动词"限制"C.commercials 形容词"商业的"D.popular 形容词"流行的"E.overnight名词"一整夜"F.helped G.increased 动词"增加"H.symbols 名词"标志"I.though 连词"尽管"J.talented 形容词"有才能的"K.Fashion,名词"时尚"
41.F 在大多数地区,帮助(helped)运动员避免受伤的高梆已经不用了.故选F.
42.I 低梆鞋似乎与常理相违背.然而(though),Steven Nash and Kobe Bryant他们两人并不着急."然而,可是",though.故选I.
43.J 他们两人是湖人队非常有才能的(talented)两个运动员.故选J.
44.A"占据",account for,此处说的是高梆运动鞋占据美国篮球鞋市场的
20%.故选A.
45.H 在现代篮球界,高梆运动鞋是一个著名的标志(symbols).故选H.
46.C 制造商非常用心地做广告.故选C.
47.K 突然间它成为了一个很时尚(fashion)的业务.故选K.
48.E 一夜之间(overnight),这个市场已经变成了百万市场.故选E.
49.D 高梆鞋不再流行的(popular)原因是它们不能真正的起到保护脚的作用.故选D.
50.B 运动鞋并不能限制(limited)人们受到伤害.故选B.
点评 在单词旁边按名词,动词,形容词,副词标出词性.从而缩小选择的范围.注意以-ing或-ed结尾的即可能是动词也可能是现在分词或过去分词转化而成的形容词.
---I'm preparing for the interview tomorrow.After all,it is my first attempt.( )
A. | will be held | B. | to be held | C. | being held | D. | held |
month.( )
A. | will | B. | shall | C. | can | D. | must |
A. | in case | B. | as if | C. | so that | D. | even though |