题目内容

20．World Footballer of the Year 2009
Football experts from the world have chosen Steven Gerrard，Lionel Messi，Cristiano Ronaldo，and Samuel Eto'o as the top footballers in the world．Now it's up to you to vote for the player you think is the king of World Football．
THE CANDIDATES
Samuel Eto'o
Eto'o ended the
2008-2009 season in
Spain with a record of
30 league goals in 36
games，as well as
another 6 in 12 games
in Europe as Barcelona famously won
both La Liga and the Champions League．
 		Cristiano Ronaldo
A Portuguese footballer plays for MU．
He plays primarily as
a right-winger．He has
also been used both in
a central attacking role
and as a second striker．
 
Steven Gerrard
The 28-year-old Anfield hero has scored 23 goals in all
competitions this
season，the best
record of his career，
and is leading
 Liverpool's  
continuing challengehttp://www..com
to Premier League leaders Manchester United as the Reds bid to land their first league title for 19 years．
 		Lionel Messi
Messi is considered to be one of the best football players of his
generation，having
received several
Ballon d'Orand FIFA
World Player of the
Year nominations（提名）
 by the age of 21．His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona，who himself declared Messi his"successor"．
 
Vote NowWHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
*Why I'd vote for Gerrard
"Gerrard is clearly in his prime and quite rightly rated one of the finest midfield players of his generation．"says Steve Bates，chairman of the FWA．
*Why I'd vote for Cristiano Ronaldo
Johan Cruyff points out Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law，who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United．
*Why I'd vote for Samuel Eto'o
Piers Edwards thinks the title of World footballer should go to Samuel Eto'o．
*Why I'd vote for Messi
Messi's individual brilliance and year-long persistence has impressed Diego Maradona．
49．The passage is mainly intended toA．
A．invite readers to vote for the World Footballer of 2009
B．predict the results of the vote of the World Footballer of 2009
C．tell the outstanding performance of the candidates of the World Footballer of 2009
D．share with readers the experts'opinions on the candidates of World Footballer of 2009
50．Which of the following descriptions about the footballers is RIGHT？D
A．Ronaldo has primarily played as a second attacker．
B．Eto'o scored 42 goals in the 2008-2009 season altogether．
C．Diego Maradona believed that Messi could never match him in playing style．
D．Gerrard plays an important role in Liverpool's challenge to Premier League leaders．
51．We can learn from the passage that Ballon d'Or isC．
A．an activity about football              
B．an organization of football
C．a title for excellent footballers          
D．a team name of football
52．Diego Maradona is more likely to voteAto be the World Footballer of the Year．
A．Lionel Messi                        
B．Cristiano Ronaldo
C．Samuel Eto'o                        
D．Steven Gerrard．

分析 本文为科教类阅读，文章介绍了2009年表现优异的四名足球运动员，鼓励大家为他们投票，评选2009年度的世界足球运动员．

解答 49---52 ADCA
49．答案A．主旨大意题．根据第一段"Now it's up to you to vote for the player you think is the king of World Football"可知，本文是为了号召人们为2009年的世界足球运动员投票．故选A．
50．答案D．细节理解题．根据第三个表格Steven Gerrard这一块"is leading Liverpool's continuing challenge to Premier League leaders Manchester United as the Reds bid to land their first league title for 19 years"可知，选D．A选项根据第二个表格"He plays primarily as a right-winger"可知，不是a second attacker．B选项根据第一个表格"Eto'o ended the 2008-2009 season in Spain with a record of 30 league goals in 36 games"可知，是30分不是42分．C选项根据文章最后一句话"Messi's individual brilliance and year-long persistence has impressed Diego Maradona"可知，C选项错误．
51．答案C．推理判断题．根据"having received several Ballon d'Orand FIFA World Player of the Year nominations（提名）"中的and判断，前后为同一类事物，故Ballon d'Or 跟国际足联的年度世界运动员一样，是一种荣誉头衔．故选C．
52．答案A．细节理解题．根据文章最后一句话"Why I'd vote for Messi：Messi's individual brilliance and year-long persistence has impressed Diego Maradona．"可知，他将投票给Messi．故选A．

点评 科普类的阅读理解包含介绍科学知识、社会知识的短文．阅读这类短文时，要以事实为中心进行思考，抓住事物的特征、用途、相互关系等．如果是介绍社会现象的文章，要掌握所谈现象的内涵．答题技巧：1．加强整体意识，把握文章的主要内容．在阅读的时候可给段落标上序号，并给重要的句子和关键词做上记号，尤其是各段中心句，为答题提供更快捷更多的信息源．2．审清题干，发觉和把握试题中有效的提示性信息，确认命题的角度、阅读范围和答题方式．3．定位阅读，强化对应意识．同时要注意原文利用和自我加工相结合．

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This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care．The physician must certify the need for hospitalization，determine what procedures will be performed，and announce when the patient may be discharged．The patient may be consulted about some of the decisions，but in general it is the doctor's judgments that are fi nal．Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the physician who is the real"consumer"．As a consequence，the med ical staff represents the"power center"in hospital policy and decision-making，not the administration．
Although usually there are in this situation four identifiable participants-the physician，the hospital，the patient，and the payer （generally an insurance carrier or government）-the physician makes the essential decisions for all of them．The hospital becomes an extension of the physician； the payer generally meets most of the bills generated by the physician/hospital，and for the most part the patient plays a passive role．We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health-care choices are determined by physicians，not patients．For this reason，the economy directed at patients or the general is relatively ineffective．
 
28．The author's prim ary purpose in writing this passage is toD．
A．urge hospitals to reclaim their decision-making authority
B．inform potential patients of their health-care rights
C．criticize doctors for exercising too much control over patients
D．analyze some important economic factors in health-care
29．It can be inferred that doctors are able to determine hospital policies becauseB．
A．most of patient's bills are paid by his health insurance
B．it is doctors who generate income for the hospital
C．some patients might refuse to take their physician's advice
D．a doctor is ultimately responsible for a patient's health
30．According to the author，when a doctor tells a patient to"return next Wednesday"，the doctor is in factC．
A．advising the patient to seek a second opinion
B．warning the patient that a hospital stay might be necessary
C．instructing the patient to buy more medical services
D．admitting that the first visit was ineffective
31．The author is most probably leading up toA．
A．a proposal to control medical costs
B．a study of lawsuits against doctors for malpractice
C．an analysis of the cause of inflation （通货膨胀） in the US
D．a discussion of a new medical treatment．
5．Since ninety-eight percent of Hong Kong people are Chinese，half of them from Mainland China who know little English，there seems to be no valid reason why Chinese should not be one of the official languages of Hong Kong．
Generally，none-English speaking Chinese make out very well．It is mostly the courts that they experienced any great difficulty-Hong Kong's law and court proceedings are in English-because，apparently，not sufficient attention is given to translating laws and procedures into Chinese．
One other difficulty lies in the field of official communication-from Government offices．It seems no more than reasonable that such communications addressed to Chinese people should be in both Chinese and English．
The Chinese Language Committee has，in its four reports to Government，proposed that the Chinese language should have equal status with the English language in meetings of the Legislative Council，the Urban Council and Government Boards and Committees； in oral and written communications between Government and the public； in court-proceedings and the language of the law； and in the Hong Kong School Certificate of Education Examinations-all that by 1974 or 1975．
The key-word in the recommendation is status，as Judge T．L．Yang，Chairman of the Legal Sub-committee of the government-appointed Chinese Language Committee，pointed out．He is not happy with the term Fat Ting U Men which the Committee adopted to indicate the official status of the Chinese language．His Honor preferred Kun Fong U Men，meaning a language used by the government．
In other words，such official language，whether Chinese or English，need not necessarily be used in every instance．Consequently，situations may occur in which only Chinese is used by the government and，again，other communication situations in which only English is used．As one Chinese newspaper editorial pointed out，equal status does not necessarily mean equal use-whether in law or any other official communication．
The result of the Chinese Language Committee's four Reports seems to be that Chinese and English are now used in the Urban Council and the Legislative Council meetings and are likely to be used shortly in other circumstances prospected by that Committee．Let it be noted，however，that in Hong Kong，as everywhere else，new ideas take hold very slowly-unless pressure is exerted from some quarter or another．
For instance，after the demonstrations by post-secondary students in favor of Chinese as an official language，Government communicated with the public in both Chinese and English．However，when such communication appeared in writing，the Chinese translation was often so inadequate that the receivers，if they were able，read the English to understand the meaning of the Chinese．

74．According to the writer，Chinese should be made an official language becauseC．
A．most Hong Kong citizens have an adequate command of Chinese
B．some Hong Kong citizens find considerable difficulty in legal language
C．the population of Hong Kong is predominantly Chinese
D．the national pride of the Hong Kong Chinese urges them to demand it．
75．The main idea of the sixth paragraph is thatD．
A．equal status of English and Chinese means equal use
B．only Chinese should be used in official communication
C．both English and Chinese should be employed in all official communication
D．both English and Chinese or either language should be used as the situation demands
76．The phrase or word nearest in meaning to take hold in the seventh paragraph isD．
A．fasten upon the mind      
B．grasp
C．are rejected                            
D．are accepted
77．The writer，in his conclusion，implies thatC．
A．the government will be forced to accept Chinese as an official language
B．good translators are definitely inadequate in Hong Kong
C．many difficulties will arise from translating English into Chinese
D．a person has to be bilingual （双语的） before he understands translations in Chinese．

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