Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the world cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer. Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost 18 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States.
The study also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the world cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams play. Organizers say this year' s world cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold.
Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country? And how long has it existed in other parts of the world.'? No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer.
Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modem soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.
46. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A．Americans were preparing for the world cup when the author wrote this article.
B．More younger Americans became interested in soccer in the last 30 years.
C．Soccer is the fastest developing sport in the world.
D．The article was written before the world cup held in the United States.
47. Which was the most popular sport as a traditional game among students?
A．Basketball.
B．American football.
C．Soccer.
D．Tennis.
48. For how long has soccer been played in the United States?
A．About a hundred years.
B．About fifty years.
C．Only recently.
D．About thirty years.
49. Who invented the modem soccer game?
A．American Indians.
B．British.
C．Greeks.
D．Romans.
50. What is the author going to state in the next paragraph?
A．There have been attempts to start a professional soccer organization in the U. S
B．In the 12th century soccer games in Britain often involved whole towns.
C．Professional soccer grew quickly in Europe.
D．Experts believed that the United States would win.
Text 2
参考译文
一个家庭的内聚力似乎要依靠家庭成员们一起做一些常规的事情来维系。然而由于美国劳动力人数的增多，在非正常工作时间的轮班工作，也就是我们通常所说的“换班工作”，使家庭生活面临困境。
现有的调查表明男性和女性的倒班工人都承认压力很大，工作和家庭生活的需求相互冲突。但是，从事换班工作的夫妇们仍然保持着对婚姻的意义和夫妻各自责任的传统观念。他们表示仍然愿意“不惜一切代价”实现他们认为正常的婚姻生活，譬如牺牲睡眠时间或是在非常规的时间去做一些惯例的事情。大多数接受采访的夫妇，甚至是那些妻子在外工作的家庭都认为，正常家庭生活的显著特点还是清楚的分工：丈夫是家庭的“支撑者”，他们主要的责任是养活全家，而妻子仍然是“主妇”，她们负责打扫、做饭、照顾丈夫和孩子。
以下是一个妻子对“好丈夫”的定义，这代表了所有女人的看法：
我希望他能养家。在我需要的时候陪在我身边，和我热衷于相同的事物。希望他也愿意支配我，就像我期望的那样。这么说吧，在需要他表现得像个男人的时候，我希望他挺身而出，而不是坐视不管，却想让我去处理一切。
丈夫们眼中的好妻子是这样的：
她要理解我在工作中的感受。我需要在工作时受尊重，我希望能在工作中找到受尊重的感觉。我要我的妻子明白我对工作的期望。我可不想每天下班回家的时候，她唠叨个没完，因为我也不知道这是否有意义。
以上的观点对于维护那些轮班工作的夫妻家庭是至关重要的。
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