Question

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(锦标赛)．__2.__ Teams compete against each other in a single?elimination(单局淘汰) 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.Some 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(赌) 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 students 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.

Answer 1

1.D

2.F

3.A

4.G

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：“三月疯狂”（即美国大学篮球繁忙冠军赛季）席卷美国。

1.D考查文章的结构和上下文的逻辑关系。该段简要讲述是是：这种浪潮给不同人群所带来的影响。题文讲到了“它使小孩们待在家里而不是学校。员工会突然失去他们的注意力。”故该空选择D.College students will ignore piles of homework.大学生们会忽略掉一大堆家庭作业。

2.F考查文章的结构和上下文的逻辑关系。该段向读者简介“三月疯狂”的基本情况，故该空选择F. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.它从在3月15日开始,持续到4月初结束。告诉人们“三月疯狂”的时间。

3.A考查上下文的逻辑关系。该部分讲述的是“三月疯狂”的乐趣在于猜每场比赛的获胜者。朋友于朋友争（谁是获胜者）。下属与老板争。故该空应选A.Husbands against wives.[来丈夫与妻子争。

4.G考查上下文的逻辑关系。该段承接上段讲得是比赛中不乏出现黑马，且根据该空的前一句中的用以修饰George Mason University的“the little?known”，可知该空的正确答案为G.Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.在比赛前很多人甚至从来没有听说过这所大学。

5.C考查上下文的逻辑关系。该空前句“College basketball players are not paid，so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves.”大学篮球运动员没有报酬，所以,这个比赛更多的是为他们的大学和他们自己的名声所考虑，而其后内容则告诉读者这个比赛所带来的经济效益。故此空需要表示转折且其内容应与“钱”相关，所以正确答案为C．But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.但这并不意味着与金钱无关。

考点：文章结构和上下文的逻辑关系