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  Snooker(斯诺克)fans in the UK have rushed to Sheffield, a city in the north of England, for the 2006 Snooker World Championship.

  From April the 15th until the final on May the 1st, the world's finest snooker players are competing to win the most important and richest snooker tournament.

  The Snooker World Championship first took place in 1927 and was an immediate success.In 1976 it was broadcast on television for the first time and has been held at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield ever since.

  In this competition the prizes are high.The winner will walk away from the table with a prize of£250, 000.

  There is also a cash prize for the first player to score a 147 break.This means that in one turn, or break, at the table, a player scores the maximum of 147 points.Last year Mark Williams won£160000 from a single break.

  Interestingly, the 147 break has only been achieved by four players since 1976.Ronnie O'Sullivan, the current world number one, is the only player to have managed the achievements twice.

  Nobody has won more times than the current world number two, Stephen Hendry, with seven titles.He also holds the record for the youngest winner, when he won for the first time in 1990 aged only 21.

  One player hoping to break that record is 18 year-old Liang Wenbo.He recently stunned the Snooker world by beating Nigel Bond 5-0 in the Welsh Open Championship, another important British event.He is currently ranked 86th in the world, but he is the world under-21 champion and is sure to make an impression in this year's matches.

  Another Chinese competitor to watch is Ding Junhui.He is currently number 31 in the world.He became world under-21 champion at the age of 15, and recently won the China Open, beating Hendry 9-5.He is definitely one of the most exciting young players in world snooker today, and is one to watch in April.

  Despite his success, Ding remains modest.Away from snooker, his hobbies are watching Jackie Chan films and supporting Liverpool Football Club.

(1)

This passage is mainly about ________.

[  ]

A.

the exciting history of snooker

B.

the British Snooker Championship

C.

the brief introduction to snooker

D.

the Chinese and British Snooker players

(2)

If the 2006 Snooker World Championship winner had two 147-breaks successfully, he would have ________.

[  ]

A.

£570 000

B.

£250 000

C.

£160 000

D.

£320 000

(3)

What can we learn from the passage?

[  ]

A.

Stephen Hendry still keeps all the world records of snooker.

B.

Snooker is more popular in Europe and Asia than other regions.

C.

Ding Junhui is becoming a promising star in the snooker world.

D.

Snooker players usually have many different kinds of hobbies.

(4)

The underlined phrase “stunned the snooker world” in the passage means ________.

[  ]

A.

beat all his snooker opponents

B.

shocked the other snooker players

C.

won the fame throughout the UK

D.

got popular in the snooker world

答案:1.C;2.A;3.C;4.B;
解析:

(1)

考查主旨大意。本文介绍了斯诺克的发展及一些著名选手,因此C最全面,最具有概括性。

(2)

考查细节理解。根据文章第四段可知赢得锦标赛可以得到250 000英镑;根据第五段可知获得一次单杆最高分奖励160 000英镑,由此可知答案为A。

(3)

考查细节理解。根据文章第七段可知A中all错误;B和D文章没有提到;根据倒数第二段内容可知C正确。

(4)

  解析:考查推理判断。根据by beating Nigel Bond 5-0 in the Welsh Open Championship可知。stun的意思为“使震惊”。

  文章大意:本文简单介绍了斯诺克的发展以及当今一些包括中国丁俊辉在内的著名斯诺克高手。


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