A Great soccer players are born, not made.
B Truly great players are rare.
C Only six countries have ever had famous soccer stars.
D Soccer is the least popular sport in North America and Asia
32 The word ”tricks” at the end of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A “experience”
B “cheating”
C “skills”
D “training”
33 Pele is cited as an example in the second paragraph to illustrate that
A famous soccer players live in slum areas
B people in poor areas are born with some unique quality
C children in poor areas start playing football at the age of 3 or 4
D many great soccer players come from poor areas
34 In the last paragraph the statement “only one became Pele” indicates that
A Pele is the greatest soccer player
B the greatest players are born with some unique quality
C Pele’s birthplace sets him apart from all the other players
D the greatest players practice with “balls” made of rags
35 The author attributes a soccer player’s success to all the following factors EXCEPT
A his family background
B his neighbourhood.
C his practice.
D his height
第二篇 New Foods and the New World
In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree（可可樹）by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine(饑荒)”of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
B Truly great players are rare.
C Only six countries have ever had famous soccer stars.
D Soccer is the least popular sport in North America and Asia
32 The word ”tricks” at the end of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A “experience”
B “cheating”
C “skills”
D “training”
33 Pele is cited as an example in the second paragraph to illustrate that
A famous soccer players live in slum areas
B people in poor areas are born with some unique quality
C children in poor areas start playing football at the age of 3 or 4
D many great soccer players come from poor areas
34 In the last paragraph the statement “only one became Pele” indicates that
A Pele is the greatest soccer player
B the greatest players are born with some unique quality
C Pele’s birthplace sets him apart from all the other players
D the greatest players practice with “balls” made of rags
35 The author attributes a soccer player’s success to all the following factors EXCEPT
A his family background
B his neighbourhood.
C his practice.
D his height
第二篇 New Foods and the New World
In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree（可可樹）by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine(饑荒)”of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.