Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident including the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by incidents caused mainly by smaller national contests.
One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension（停賽）of the team for at least three years.
Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages  aggressive patriotism(愛國主義).
小題1:According to the author, recently the Olympic Games have ______.
A．created goodwill between the nations
B．brought about only false national pride
C．hardly showed any international friendship
D．put an end to misunderstanding and hatred
小題2:The underlined word “disallowed”(in Paragraph 2) means “______”.
A．permitted to passB．considered as reasonable
C．won by the other sideD．refused to accept
小題3:What did the manager mean by saying, “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation 
are finished"?
A．His team would no longer take part in international games.
B．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.
C．There should be no more Hockey matches organized by the Federation.
D．The Federation should break up.
小題4:The author gives the example in paragraph 2 to show ______.
A．how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games
B．that sportsmen are often against the final decisions
C．that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship
D．that unfair decisions are common in the Olympic Games
小題5:What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?
A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.
B．Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.
C．A game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.
D．More and more athletes will compete for their own honor.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：
小題1:根據(jù)" but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood.可知在最近幾年的奧運會上，沒有體現(xiàn)出體育鼓勵國際間的手足情誼，故選C。
小題2:根據(jù)英語中的構(gòu)詞法，allow是允許，dis-是表示否定意義的前綴，disallowed，不允許，故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair.這段描述可知他們認為比賽結(jié)果不公平，故選B
小題4:根據(jù)There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood.這句可以看出，舉這個例子主要是說明運動會上的競賽阻礙了國際間的友誼，故選C
小題5:根據(jù)Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game這句可推斷出奧運會機構(gòu)必須要改進，故選A
點評：本文通過舉例說明奧運會上的競賽阻礙了國際間的友誼，所以提出奧運會機構(gòu)必須要改革。本文比較簡單，理解課文以后，不難選出正確答案。
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