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4．July 28th，2003 London-It hasn't been like this since the death of Diana．Britain has been suffering from a national nervous breakdown ever since David Beckham，handsome idol of the Manchester United Soccer Team，announced that he was leaving to play for Real Madrid．The Sun set up a Beckham"grief（悲伤）help line"and had a lot of calls from his fans．One caller even said he was considering killing himself．A man who has"Beckham"tattooed on his arm said he wanted to cut it off．"I cried myself to sleep after hearing the terrible news，"said grandmother Mary Richards，aged 85．A London taxi driver asked，"Has the world gone mad？He's only a footballer！"But he was mistaken．A footballer is the least of what David Beckham is．
In the  period of soccer  that will come to be known as B．B．-Before Beckham-the sport was a team game．What mattered was the club，the team and the player in that order．Then in the mid1990s，David Beckham-or"Becks"who  is known in that familiar shortened  form the British like to call their working class hero came along，and changed the face of soccer．It wasn't his right foot that changed the game，but his photogenic face．And the fact is that he used it to become one of the most recognizable and richest athletes in the world，receiving a salary of  8 million per year and earning at least  17 million more in advertisements．You can never imagine that his move from Manchester United to Real Madrid is  40 million．
Beckham interests not only those who have no interest in the club for which he plays，but those who have no interest in soccer．He is the most recognized sportsman in Asia and he's even managed to interest American-s．The 27-year-old，tongue-tied，surprisingly  shy working-class boy from London's East End，has turned himself into a soccer virus，one that has made the whole world mad．
12．What does the underlined word"breakdown"most probably mean in the text？B
A． A feeling of being nervous．
B． A sudden feeling of weakening the mind．
C． A feeling of being regretful．
D． A sudden failure in operation．
13．According to the text，after hearing the news  that Beckham was leaving to play for Real Madrid，B
A． many people called Beckham
B． many people called the Sun
C． a man killed himself
D． a man cut off one of his arms
14．According to the author，BeckhamC．
A． changed the size and shape of soccer
B． changed the rules of soccer
C． used his face to become famous
D． gets a salary of   65 million a year
15．We can infer from the text thatA．
A． maybe East End used to be one poor area in London
B． the Sun is a telephone company in England
C． Beckham has got a certain kind of disease
D． Beckham's move to Real Madrid reminded people of the death of Diana．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要讲述了贝克汉姆的转会离去都使英国人的精神崩溃，以及贝克汉姆对足球的改变在于使足球被许多人着迷．

解答 12．B 词意猜测题．无论是黛安娜的死，还是贝克汉姆的转会离去都使英国人的精神崩溃．名词"breakdown"来源于动词短语"break down（毁掉，崩溃）"．故选B．
13．B 细节理解题．短文首段说《太阳报》专设一条"悲痛救助热线"，不少贝克汉姆的球迷打来电话．C、D项中的事件并未发生，只是打电话者声称的想法．故选B．
14．C 细节理解题．第二段说"his photogenic face changed the game"，即贝克汉姆是因为长得酷才使人着迷．D项计算有误，年薪8 million，广告收入17 million，还有40 million是转会所得，并非年薪．A和B项都错在对文中"changed the face of soccer"和"changed the game"的理解，其实贝克汉姆对足球的改变在于使足球被许多人着迷．故选C．
15．A 推理判断题．作者提到贝克汉姆是工人阶级的英雄，来自伦敦东区，言下之意在说贝克汉姆今非昔比，所以判断A为正确答案．B项中的"the Sun"是英国的报纸《太阳报》．C项是对短文中"soccer virus"的误解，作者把贝克汉姆比作"足球病毒"，意在形容他对足球的影响之大．故选A．

点评 本文是一个新闻报道类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据