The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media inDustry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players(male or female at least 16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year’s World Cup or make their main living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum（政治避難） seekers . Anyone can take part, regardless of his or her abilities. There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed by the México City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects—to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
【小題1】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003.
B．The Homeless World Cup was held every other year.
C．The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Australia.
D．Anyone who is homeless can take part in the Homeless World Cup.
【小題2】The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to _____.
A．promote the cause of football
B．help the homeless live a better life
C．draw attention to those living in poverty
D．call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor
【小題3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Most players moved out of poverty.
B．Homeless players became professional footballers.
C．93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol.
D．The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives.
【小題4】What would be the best title for this passage?
A．To End Homelessness.B．Football For Everyone.
C．Hope For The Homeless.D．Beating Homelessness Through Football.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題;從第一段的句子：The event has been held annually since 2003. 說(shuō)明第一次是2003年舉辦的。選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題;從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：also to help participants live a better life.可知是為了讓無(wú)家可歸的人過(guò)更好的生活。選B
【小題3】推理題：從最后一段給出的數(shù)據(jù)可知這個(gè)世界杯讓無(wú)家可歸的人改變了生活。選D
【小題4】主旨題:通讀全文，可知是通過(guò)踢足球擊敗無(wú)家可歸的狀況。選D
考點(diǎn)：考查歷史類短文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是無(wú)家可歸的人的世界杯的歷史，舉辦情況和宗旨，集中考查細(xì)節(jié)題，考生可以先審題，再看文章，這樣就可以提高閱讀的速度和效率。解答這類問(wèn)題時(shí)要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對(duì)性方法進(jìn)行閱讀，因?yàn)檫@類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。?

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