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Goal chances came and go"的相关试题:
[单项选择]Passage 2
Goal chances came and goal chances went. But two of the worlds highestranked teams—with some of highestpaid football players—couldnt get the ball into the net. And they were playing against sides that only just made it to the World Cup.
With two defeats, one draw and no goals, France collected its newest title since rising to the top of the game four years ago: The worst defending champion in World Cup history.
“Im very disappointed, and its the end of a beautiful story,”said a French striker David Trezeguet. “The story began in 1998 and ended today against Denmark.”
France won the 2000 European Championships and was ranked the best team on the planet before the World Cup.
Besides the goalposts and crossbars seeming to be against this unlucky team, Frances game plan has been the same for four years so opponents know it by heart.
Senegal, an African team playing in its first World Cup, surprised everyone by beating France in the World Cup opening match before ente
A. The French team won a great victory in 2000.
B. The French team improved their way to make goals.
C. The French team was the champion in the last World Cup.
D. In this World Cup, French teams balls hit the goalposts and crossbars.
[单项选择]Passage Four
I came across an old country guidebook the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one’s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.
Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline of village commerce, but its power is still remarkable.
Our local grocer’s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value. His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town
A. still very active
B. quickly declining
C. unable to flourish
D. personal to visitors
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Passage 2
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said, "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her
A. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
B. to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
[单项选择]Passage 2
One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. On this occasion, the chore was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children and the younger children would do a wonderful job of accompanying the older ones. Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson,” I said. I decided they
A. she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter
B. she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night
C. the older children and the younger ones would get along well
D. she believed he was old enough to take care of the younger ones
