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

　　Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at __(1)___. When I made my first visit __(2)___ the United States, I was __(3)___ I could have a nice easy holiday without any __(4)___ problem. But how __(5)___ I was!

　　At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to __(6)___ my friend Danny I had __(7)___. A worker asked if he could __(8)___ me.“Yes,”I said,“I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?”he asked.“No,”I answered.“I just want to tell her __(9)___ the phone I'have arrived.”“Oh,”he said“There is a __(10)___ downstairs on the first floor.”“But we're on the first floor now,”I said.“Well, I don't know what you are __(11)___ about. Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your __(12)___,”he said.“You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.”And he went __(13)___, __(14)___ me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a __(15)___ to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?

　　At last we did __(16)___. She __(17)___ the misunderstanding（误会）: Americans say“to give someone a __(18)___,”but we English say“to give someone a ring.”When we say“to wash your hands”, they say“to wash __(19)___”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor, so the __(20)___ floor is the second for Americans.

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　　One day, in Ben's 8 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben 9 up his hand and the teacher let him 10 .“Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered. He 11 said anything, What could he possibly want to say?

　　Well, Ben not only 12 the rock, he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew 13 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 14 . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 15 .

　　Ben later went on to the 16 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University 17 at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

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