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.">

【題目】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 studentsspan> 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.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】A

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析:在每年的三月份舉行的美國男子大學(xué)籃球錦標(biāo)賽使得美國人為之瘋狂，文章介紹了這個(gè)比賽的比賽形式和內(nèi)容。

【1】D 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前句提到了學(xué)生不再去學(xué)校上學(xué)，由此判斷而D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容College students will ignore piles of homework.恰好符合語境，起到承接作用，故選D。

【2】F考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前段文字在介紹比賽的時(shí)間，判斷F選項(xiàng) It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.符合語境，故選F。

【3】A考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)Friends compete against friends. Colleagues against bosses.可知A選項(xiàng)Husbands against wives與前后兩句句型相同，選A。

【4】G考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前句Two years ago, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams.，提到了一所大學(xué)，而G選項(xiàng)Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.恰好符合語境，故選G。

【5】C考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前句提談到比賽是不用錢的，后句談到有人在比賽賭博，設(shè)計(jì)錢，而C選項(xiàng)But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.承上啟下，故選C。

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