Question

【题目】

The FIFA World Cup is also called the Football World Cup. And most people ______ call it the World Cup. Uruguay(乌拉圭) held the first World Cup ______ July 18th, 1930. Teams from only four European countries took part in the match, ______ it was a long and expensive trip from Europe to Uruguay. In all, thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and ______ from North America. Uruguay ______ the cup.

The second World Cup was held between May 27th and June 10th in 1934. Italy was the host country. Thirtytwo nations ______. For the first time, people could ______ the final match on the radio. Italy won the cup.

The third World Cup ______ in France in 1938. This time, Italy won the cup again. After that, the World Cup was not played again ______ 1950 because of the war. In 1950, Brazil held the World Cup.

During the last 25 years, football has become very popular around the world. The game now has about 200 million players. The World Cup is now one of the biggest and most popular ______ in the world.

【1】A. never B. hardly C. sometimes D. usually

【2】A. in B. on C. for D. at

【3】A. because B. so C. but D. when

【4】A. two B. three C. four D. five

【5】A. lost B. won C. missed D. beat

【6】A. took part in B. joined C. took part D. attended

【7】A. sound B. listen to C. listen D. hear

【8】A. held B. had C. was held D. was having

【9】A. after B. until C. unless D. while

【10】A. sports events B. entertainment ways C. exciting news D. wonderful exhibitions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

短文大意：短文介绍了前三届足球世界杯的举办情况及中断原因，指出世界杯现在是世界上最大和最受欢迎的体育赛事之一。

【1】句意：而且大多数人通常称之为世界杯。考查副词辨析题。A. never从不，表否定；B. hardly几乎不，表否定；C. sometimes有时；D. usually通常。根据句意语境，结合实际可知前三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。

【2】句意：乌拉圭在1930年7月18日举行了第一届世界杯。考查介词辨析题。on用于表示“在具体的某一天”或“（在具体的某一天的）早上、中午、晚上”等。文中July 18th, 1930是一个具体的日期，需用on；根据句意语境，可知选B。

【3】句意：仅有来自欧洲四个国家的球队参加了比赛，因为这是一次从欧洲到乌拉圭的漫长而昂贵的旅行。考查连词辨析题。because表原因（前果后因式），so表结果（前因后果式）；but表转折，when表时间。本句前果后因，是原因状语从句，需用because连接；根据句意语境，可知选A。

【4】句意：总共有十三个国家参加，其中七个来自南美洲，四个来自欧洲，两个来自北美洲。考查数字理解题。根据句意语境，可知13-7-4=2，故选A。

【5】句意：乌拉圭赢得了奖杯。考查动词辨析题。A. lost遗失；B. won赢得；C. missed错过（机会）；D. beat打败。the cup奖杯，根据句意语境，可知win合乎句意，故选B。

【6】句意：三十二个国家参加了。考查动词短语辨析题。join/take part in/attend都可表示“参加”。take part in参加(群众性活动、会议等)，指参加者持积极态度并起到一定的作用。join加入党派组织或团体，后面可跟团体等作宾语；也可跟人作宾语，表示参与某种活动。attend是及物动词，需接宾语，一般指参加会议、典礼、婚礼、葬礼及去听课、听报告等。根据句意语境，可知本句是指参加世界杯，需用take part in；但句子没有出现宾语the second World Cup，短语中的介词in需省略，故选C。

【7】句意：第一次，人们可以通过收音机收听决赛。考查动词短语辨析题。on the radio通过广播；收听广播需用listen to；根据句意语境，可知选B。

【8】句意：第三世界杯于1938在法国举行。考查被动语态。主语The third World Cup是动词hold的受动者，需用被动语态；结合前文The second World Cup was held between May 27th and June 10th in 1934.，可知选C。

【9】句意：之后，由于战争，世界杯直到1950才再次举办。考查连词辨析题。本句是时间状语从句，unless（除非）表条件，可排除。after在……以后；while当……的时候。until直到，主句动词通常只能是延续性动词，不能是终止性动词；但在否定句中，主句动词可以是终止性动词，此时构成not…until/till...句式，表示动作在 until/till从句表示的时间开始发生，意为“直到……才……”。本句是否定结构，动词play是非持续性动词，需用until表时间；根据句意语境，可知选B。

【10】句意：世界杯现在是世界上最大和最受欢迎的体育赛事之一。考查名词短语辨析题。A. sports events体育赛事；B. entertainment ways娱乐方式；C. exciting news令人振奋的消息；D. wonderful exhibitions精彩展览。根据句意语境和常识，可知后面三项意思都与句意不合，故选A。

本题是完形填空，它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，是难度最大的题，重点考查语言综合运用的能力。解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配，结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。