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  David Beckham has rejected claims that England players are being greedy over their bonuses(奖金)for the World Cup, insisting the reports suggesting that each player would receive £300 000 for winning were wide of the mark

  “The truth is that we are earning less for this World Cup than we were for the last game, ” said the England skipper.Squad members stood in line to pocket £250 000 each for victory at the 2002 finals.

  “I know for a fact that every one of the players in our team would play for our country for nothing and so would the other players.We don’t go into a game thinking we can make money for winning.There is too much pride and excitement in our team to even suggest that.”

  There is money I football and we talk about bonuses every time a big competition comes around-and-there is always criticism of the players when bonuses are agreed.But money isn’t the motivation(动力)-not at all.When you are a 15-year-old watching the World Cup, you don’t dream of playing in it because you can make loads of money.Players don’t think like that;you want to be there to play on that stage.

  “The FA makes money and the players always get bonuses; that is a fact.And if we do not succeed then the money is not there.”

(1)

The underlined words “wide of the mark” in the first paragraph means _______.

[  ]

A.

too much

B.

record-breaking

C.

far from the fact

D.

acceptable

(2)

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?

[  ]

A.

David Beckham tried to make clear some facts.

B.

David Beckham tried to show his pride in his team.

C.

David Beckham tried to declare more sports events.

D.

David Beckham tried to express his dissatisfaction with reporters.

(3)

What can we conclude from Beckham’s statements?

[  ]

A.

Money isn’t the only motivation for the players.

B.

A man without money is no man at all.

C.

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

D.

The players play football not for money.

(4)

It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

[  ]

A.

a 15-year-old would dream of playing in the World Cup for money

B.

Beckham and his playmates love their motherland

C.

the public are too hard on Beckham and his playmates

D.

the reporters are too sensitive to the salary of the players

       England’s shameful defeat in the race to host the 2018 World Cup caused a bitter new “Cold War” with Russia last night.

       The & 15 million bid — accompanied by David Cameron, Prince William and David Beckham — didn’t even get past the first round.

       It secured just two of the 22 votes by committee members of football’s world governing body Fifa in a secret ballot (投票) — one of which was cast by England’s own FA Chairman Geoff Thompson.

       Among strong suspicions of shady backroom deals, the tournament went to Russia.

       Last night Downing Street did little to hide its anger and said Mr. Cameron had no plans to congratulate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally “at the present time”.

       Shortly after Fifa president Sepp Blatter declared Russia the winner for 2018, he announced that Qatar, a tiny desert country which has never even qualified to play in the World Cup, would host the 2022 tournament, beating bids from Australia, the United States and a joint bid from Japan and South Korea.

       Fifa’s controversial decisions strengthened suspicions that the voting process was corrupt and that the sport’s world governing body had submitted to the energy-rich countries’ billions, meaning that England’s bid never stood a chance.

       A “bitterly disappointed” and visibly furious Mr. Cameron said England had the best technical bid and what he believed was the strongest commercial bid, adding: “It turns out that’s not enough.”

       Asked what more England could have done to secure the tournament, the Prime Minister replied: “I think that’s for others to say.”

       When Mr. Cameron met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he had challenged him to a “good clean fight” but last night the Prime Minister’s official spokesman refused to say the voting process was either good or clean.

       Number 10 aides were furious with the outcome after Mr. Cameron had made two flying visits to Zurich where the vote was held and been up into the small hours yesterday like crazy lobbying for critical votes.

       So despite three days of intense lobbying in Zurich by the Three Lions, the England bid team feared they had been damaged by an accusation of corruption against Fifa members by BBC’s Panorama and The Sunday Times.

76.According to the passage, which of the following countries bid for the 2018 World Cup?

A、England                  B、Qatar               C、The United States                  D、Australia

77.The underlined word “Furious” is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A、angry                            B、worried            C、guilty                             D、confused

78.According to the passage, _______ voted for England during the secret ballot.

A、David Cameron                                   B、Geoff Thompson           

C、David Beckham                                   D、Sepp Blatter

79.By saying “It turns out that’s not enough.” Mr. Cameron really means ________.

A、England still has a long way to go to host the bid of the 2018 World Cup

B、England hasn’t been fully prepared for the bid of the 2018 World Cup

C、Russia has done far better than England to bid of the 2018 World Cup

D、there were dirty deals behind the decision

80.As can be concluded from the passage, one of the reasons for England’s failure might be _______.

       A、its lack of experience                          

B、its bad economic

C、its lack of energy                                

D、an accusation by BBC’s Panorama and The Sunday Times

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