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Big football matches are always exciting affairs．Besides the action on the field, the noise the crowd makes really creates the unique atmosphere．At this summer’s World Cup, you can be sure that every country’s fans will be in full voice，supporting their teams．

The football chant(口号)is as old as the sport itself．It’s a way for fans to express their support for their team．It’s not uncommon for the noise of supporters to provide the encouragement for a team to win a match．Most agree that a chant is for building a great atmosphere and to support the team．

One of the most famous football songs is the Liverpool club anthem(颂歌)You’Never Walk Alone，originally from a 1945 Broadway show，which was adopted by Liverpool and is sung

before every match．It has been said that as soon as the opposite hears the song，they become

aware of how tough winning at Anfield (Liverpool’s stadium)will be．

The key to a good football song is that it should be simple．It has to he easy for all fans to

sing along with．When I went to watch Beijing Guo’an last season, I could join in one chant

though I could only speak a little Chinese．“Beijing wo ai ni。”the Guo'an fans sang—you

didn't have to be gifted to work out what that meant.

At the World Cup，the first songs you’ll hear at matches will he the national anthems．Fans and players join together to sing the anthems before each match, and it is considered a mark of

respect that the opposite remains silent while each team's an them is being sung．

So, even though I’ll be supporting England from home in the summer, you can be sure I'll be

chanting at my TV：“En-ger-land, En-ger-land, En-ger-land!”

59．From the passage we can learn that ．

A．a good football chant is usually very long

B．the football chant can express support to the team

C．the football chant appears later than football itself

D．a fan is talented to learn foreign languages

60．What can fans do to support their team?

A．To kick the ball on the field．

B．To fight with the opposition fans．

C．To provide encouragement with chants．

D．To donate money to the players．

61．Why the national anthems of both the teams can be heard at the world Cup?

A．Because it is a sign to show the respect to each other．

B．Because it is sung for the leaders of the host country．

C．Because it represents encouragement from their fans．

D．Because either team senses the support from country．

62．Which of the following is the best title?

A．You’ll Never“Cheer”Alone

B．National Anthems at Matches

C．You’ll Never Walk Alone

D．Football—A Popular Sport

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　　One evening in Februay 2007．a student named Poaula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales, She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path．That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver or tranin, Her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks．

　　Ceely's near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪)，She had never driven the route before．It was dark and raining heavily, Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing．I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train, she told the BBC．

　　Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology, We put our faith in digital decices, be says．but our digital hepers are too often not up to the job, They are filled with small problems, And it's not just GPS devices：Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones．to wireless keyboards．

　　The problem with his argument in the book is that it's not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes．A map makes might have left the crossing off a paper map, Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention, Pertaps the railway and work out that there really is something specifie wrong with the GPS equinment, But stevenson doesn't say．

　　It's a problem that runs through the book．In a sechon an cars, Stevenson gives an of the advanced techniques that criminal use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars, He offers wo independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country．He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable, Perhaps, but maybe it's also due to the shourtage of policemen on the streets, Or changing social circumstances orsome combination of these factors．

　　The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and compler．If is shaped by economics and psycholog and the culture we live in, Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology．

　　If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines．After all, we have lived with them for tousands of years, They have probaly been fooling us for just as long．

(1)

What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?
[　　]
A．	She was not familiar with the road．
B．	It was dark and raining heavily then．
C．	The railwy workers failed to give the signal．
D．	Her GPS device didn't tell her about the crossing．

(2)

The phrase”near miss”(Paragraph 2)can besr be replaced by ________．
[　　]
A．	close hit
B．	heavy loss
C．	narrow essope
D．	big mistake

(3)

Which of the following would rick stevenson most probanny agree with?
[　　]
A．	Modern technology is what we can't live without
B．	Digital technology often falls short of our expectation
C．	Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be．
D．	GPSerror is not the only cause for ceely's accident．

(4)

In the writer's opinion, Stevenson's argument is ________．
[　　]
A．	one-sided
B．	reasonable
C．	puzzling
D．	well-based

(5)

What is the real concern of the writer of this article?
[　　]
A．	The maior causes of traffic acciden and car then．
B．	The relationship between human and technology．
C．	The shortcomings of digital devices we use．
D．	The human unawareness of technical problems．