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　　Boxing was long viewed sickly. Generally forbidden by law in earlier days, the fighting was usually done with barefists, and matches often lasted forty or fifty rounds.

　　In 1882 John L. Sullivan, a fighter of great power, won the world heavyweight championship from Paddy Ryan in a bare-fisted battle marked by hitting, scratching, and biting without any rule. Five years later, while fighting Patsy Cardiff at Minneapolis, Sullivan broke his right arm in the third round, but he continued fighting to the sixth round and won. In 1889, Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain with his bare fists in another championship fight, winning twenty thousand dollars and a diamond prize medal. His admirers talked then of tuning him for the neat governor, but he traveled to Australia for a boxing tour instead, coming back only, to lose his title in a twenty-one-round match with a young Californian named James J. Corbels.

　　“Genfieam James” victory, in this match marked a turning point, for it showed scientific boxing was over strength. But Corbetts' title ended in 1897, when another boxer, Bob Fitssimmons, in less than three seconds, achieved his feats and then Fitzsimmons knocked out an Irishman, won the heavyweight championship of the world, and invented the terrible “solar plexus punch.”

1．Boxing matches in the early days were ________.

[　　]

A．short and bloody

B．usually spare-time competitions

C．governed by strict rules

D．cruel

2．Sullivan held the world's heavyweight title for ________.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)t least seven years

B．only a year

C．five days

D．twenty-one years

3．Sullivan's fight with Kilrain was ________.

[　　]

A．the first boxing championship match

B．a(chǎn) bare-fisted championship fight

C．the last boxing match to be fought barefisted

D．a(chǎn) six-round match

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ISC(HS)Reference No．S006864　　　　　　　　　　　　New South Wales

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He is under 18 and studies in Australia with his parents．

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He is required to come home every night according to the rules．

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His student Visa has been cancelled．

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A．

Hong Xue at 60 Waratah Street, Croydon Park NSW 2133．

B．

Tracey Carlon at the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs．

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Hong Xue at NSW Department of Education and Training．

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　　Watching 3D films such as Avatar could give some viewers headaches, experts have warned．

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constant

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Watching a 3D movie leaves viewers confronted with an entirely new sensory experience．

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The expert warns the readers not to watch 3D films because of resulting in an aching head．

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