Football is, I do think, the most favourite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important 1 to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there 2 for one side or the 3 .To a stranger(陌生人),one of the most surprising things about football in 4 is the great knowledge of the game which 5 the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the 6 in most of the important teams, he has 7 of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he 8 will win such a match, and his ideas about 9 are usually as good as those of men three or four times his 10 .
1. A. cities B. matches C. teams D. places
2.A. waiting B. looking C. asking D. shouting
3.A. other B. same C. team D. players
4.A. China B. the USA C. England D. Canada
5.A. all B. hardly C. only D. even
6.A. players B. cities C. countries D. matches
7.A. names B. pictures C. heard D. thought
8.A. says B. asks C. decides D. hopes
9.A. England B. players C. football D. men
10.A. ideas B. age C. stories D. education
名师点评
这是一篇以情景推理的语境题目为主的完形填空,它谈到了英国人对足球的狂热程度,这方面背景知识的 了解会大大有助于该题的解答。全文内容紧密结合英美人生活实际,足球乃世界第一大球,在英国,人们日常生活的话题除了天气之外, 大概谈的最多的就是足球了,只要理解了这一点,结合上下文的语言环境,分析好句法关系,应该能够应付自如。
答案简析
1. B。从to see this和常理可以判断出去看的是比赛,而非其他。
2. D。指球迷们激动的场面:大声叫喊。
3. A。看球的人为一方或另一方而呐喊助威, 这种球迷的狂热劲应有所闻,也不难理解。
4. C。短文讲的就是英国人对足球的狂热。
5. D。在这个长句中,主语one后带有一个"of"短语,而表语后带有"of短语+定语从句",文章首 句已点明本文谈的是英国,对一个陌生人来说,英国足球最让人拍案称奇的是,甚至小孩子也会对足球知之甚多。
6. A。指球队队员。
7. B。这是一个由三个分句连接的并列句,tell,has, knows的内容根据常识不难判断,这就是说这 些小孩子能告诉你大多数重要球队所有队员的名字,而且还有他们的照片,知道许多场比赛的结果。
8. D。他们希望哪个队会赢。
9. C。从上下文便知。
10. B。这是一个包含两个复杂分句的并列句, 中间由and连接,填空处8 he hopes系插入语,即He will tell you(he hopes) who will win...;后一分句是包含同级比较be as good as的句子。9空处指"评球 "才合适,全句意为:他会告诉你,他希望这场那场比赛中谁赢,而他关于足球的观点通常同成年人一样好, 那些成年人的年龄比他们大两、三倍。