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根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。(E=AB F=AC G=AD)

For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. 1. Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.

The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament. 2. Teams compete against each other in a single-elimination (單局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.

Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. 3. Colleagues against bosses.

Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities.

This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams. 4.

College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. 5. About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (賭) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post – season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA.

A. Husbands against wives.

B. The players will go all out for the games.

C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.

D. College students will ignore piles of homework.

E. People are willing to spend more money on watching it.

F. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.

G. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.F

3.A

4.G

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講的是美國一年一度的大學生籃球聯(lián)賽。這項賽事的影響力非常大，人們常拿比賽來進行賭博，雖然運動員沒有酬勞，但比賽帶來的廣告收益可達50億之多。

1.It will keep kids home from school... Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.”可知，這種“疾病”的影響很廣，孩子不愿上學，大學生無視他們的作業(yè)，員工無心工作，故選D。

2.The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament.”可知，這種“疾病”實際上是全美大學生籃球賽，空白處介紹的是全美大學生籃球賽的時間，故選F。

3.Friends compete against friends. Colleagues against bosses.”可知，人們互相猜測誰是贏家，朋友之間互相打賭，夫妻之間、同事和老板之間互相打賭，故選A。

4.the little-known George Mason University”可知，George Mason University在比賽前一點也不出名，故選G。

5.College basketball players are not paid, ...About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (賭) on the event... the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year,”可知，籃球運動員沒有報酬，但這并非意味著比賽與錢無關。花在賭博上的就有40億，廣告收入也達到了50億。故選C。

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