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The Story of Diego Maradona(马拉多纳)

　　The story of Diego Maradona the Argentinian(阿根廷)football player is the story of rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star but paid the price of fame(名誉)．He is now at the end of a career(职业生涯)which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football．In the 1990s this career has come into the poor performance on the field drug-taking speaking ill of football officials being forbidden and finally facing court(法庭)action in which he has had the defend charges(指控)of shooting at several reporters．

　　Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires．Early in his life he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap is through success in sport．Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people no matter what their background(背景)is．

　　Diego Maradona is one of eight children．The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furito were to provide(提供)him with a passport(护照)out of the small home．Today poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the world's great football artists．

　　Football expert(专家)Francis Corneo found Diego's gift．He says that the young played“a natural”and there was nothing he could teach him．He had never seen any one played like him in his thirty years' life．

(1)

In the second paragraph of this passage what does the underlined word“poverty-trap”mean?
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A．	The position in society．
B．	Extremely poor condition in one's life．
C．	Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from．
D．	Becoming wealthy in the future．

(2)

Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．	Maradona's performance is not as good as before on the field．
B．	He will be brought in an action against his bad deed．
C．	He showed no respect for some football officials．
D．	Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona．

(3)

Sport is an activity open to all people no matter what their background is．The sentence tells us ________．
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A．	everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality
B．	through sport everybody may be successful and become a famous star in the world no matter how poor he used to be
C．	if one wants to be a famous sport star he must have special background
D．	people from working class families will never get international success

(4)

We can infer from the passage that ________．
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A．	Maradona will face a possible term if found guilty(有罪的)on the shooting charges
B．	background is very important for sport
C．	Maradona is as famous as a football star before
D．	Maradona is doing so well in playing football that he can't be knocked out

(5)

Where does Diego Maradona come from?
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A．	Europe．
B．	Africa．
C．	North America．
D．	South America．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．B;4．A;5．D;
解析：
(1) 词义理解题．从上下文可以推出“poverty trap”意为“贫民窟”． (2) 原文中的gift是“天才，资质”；而选项中的“gift”是“礼物”的意思． (3) 句子的意思为“不管他们的背景如何，体育是一项向所有人开放的运动”．只有B项最合此意． (4) 推断题．从第一段后半部分可推出如果被判有罪，他会受到监禁． (5) 从文章第一句可知：他是阿根廷人，而阿根廷位于南美洲．