There are many dimensions(維) to football's allure（誘惑）and appeal: top-class moves, thrilling goals, majestic star players, thunderous encounters and passionate fans. Football stirs the emotions all over the globe, brings people from contrasting cultures together, and promotes solid virtues such as fairness, team spirit and tolerance. All these facts will emerge in their most intense form at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil next summer.
Millions of people will be transfixed（讓…出神）by this unique festival of sport and friendship. We are thoroughly looking forward to football of the highest quality. We're delighted to welcome the biggest names in the sport as well as those nations set to appear at the finals for the first time. And we're looking forward to greeting fans from all over the world as they fill our cities with even more colour and life. A heartfelt welcome to everyone!
Brazil is a cosmopolitan（四海一家的）country with a passion for football. The people will devote themselves to the job of ensuring the 2014 FIFA World Cup is an unforgettable experience, a fact demonstrated by the thousands of ordinary folk who have come forward as volunteers.
Brazil is well prepared to host the FIFA World Cup. We have finished constructing our new, modern stadiums and an outstanding transportation system. The organization is in the enormously capable hands of the Organizing Committee headed by RonaldoLuiz Nazario de Lima. The slogan "A time to make friends" perfectly describes our intention to ensure everyone delighted in a secure and peaceful festival of football.
The FIFA World Cup is a unique opportunity for Brazil to present herself as a hospitable, joyful and modern nation bursting with ideas. I am convinced that the flames of passion and togetherness engendered by the FIFA World Cup in Brazil will spread to the entire world.
I'm personally looking forward to a festival of goals, excitement and fair play. We Brazilians will be right behind our national team, but our aim is to act as welcoming hosts and friends to every team and their fans. Passionate and cosmopolitan Brazil is delighted to welcome visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
【小題1】The charm of football includes all except       .

A．thrilling goalsB．the players
C．violenceD．the fans
【小題2】The underlined word “engendered ” (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to ______.
A．brought aboutB．handed over
C．turned intoD．passed down
【小題3】In order to host the World Cup ,Brazil ____
A．has organized groups of passionate fans
B．sets up a national team
C．has constructed new , modern stadiums
D．tries to take a friendly disguise
【小題4】This passage can be classified as ____
A．a(chǎn) news reportB．a(chǎn) feature story
C．greeting speechD．a(chǎn)n advertisement


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文是一篇熱情洋溢的歡迎詞。在文中作者表達(dá)了對(duì)于各國(guó)球隊(duì)的熱烈歡迎，而且表示為 FIFA 世界杯的舉辦巴西已經(jīng)做好了充分的準(zhǔn)備，表述了急切的期待之情，盼望著能看到最高質(zhì)量的足球比賽，希望各國(guó)球隊(duì)能夠在比賽中弘揚(yáng)公平、團(tuán)隊(duì)精神和寬容等體育精神。
【小題1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段There are many dimensions(維) to football's allure（誘惑）and appeal: top-class moves, thrilling goals, majestic star players, thunderous encounters and passionate fans.可知C選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題2】A詞義猜測(cè)題。A 引起，造成；B移交；C 變成；D傳遞下去。從語(yǔ)境判斷是“團(tuán)結(jié)和激情的火焰”應(yīng)該是由世界杯所帶來的。所以A選項(xiàng)正確。句意：我確信，德國(guó) FIFA 世界杯足球賽帶來的團(tuán)結(jié)和激情的火焰會(huì)散布到全世界。
【小題3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文中第四段We have finished constructing our new, modern stadiums and an outstanding transportation system.可知C選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題4】C推理判斷題。A 新聞報(bào)道；B 專題報(bào)道；C 歡迎詞；D 廣告。從文章熱情友好的講話內(nèi)容以及文章最后our aim is to act as welcoming hosts and friends …Brazil is delighted to welcome visitors to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.等判斷可知C選項(xiàng)正確。
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