Question

David Beckham was born in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was in football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award （奖金）. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team.

In 1991, he because a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

His goals make him a household name. In the first game of the 1996-1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free- kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure when the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

1．Which word can “passion” in Paragraph 1?

A. success　　　　   B. interest　　　　    C. prize　　　　　　    D. skill

2．The unusually surprising way that he scored goals　　   .

A. helped him to gain many prizes for Essex

B. kept him playing for Leeds United

C. offered him the chance to join the national team

D. made him popular in many British homes

3．Which of the following shows the right order of what Beckham experienced?

a. Beckham played his first football league game.

b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award.

c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team.

d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp.

e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex.

A. e,  d,  a,  c,  b

B. b,  e,  d,  a,  c

C. e,  b,  a,  d,  c

D. b,  d,  e,  c,  a

4．The passage is mainly talking about　　   .

A. how Beckham became a successful football player

B. what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals

C. when Beckham became famous all over Britain

D.Why Beckham could win in football league games

 

Answer 1

答案：B;D;D;A
解析：

1、从划线的上下文看，下文说，他只要有机会就踢足球，与朋友去看比赛，由此可推断该词指他对足球的兴趣而不是成功、奖金及技术。 2、他小时为Essex的学校踢球，1995年踢球的对手是Leeds，文章没提到国家队，最后一段说他在1996-1997赛季的那次进球使他一夜成名，并说他的目标お使他成为家喻户晓的名字。 3、个小项中，贝克汉姆12岁获Bobby奖（b），然后到Spain去训练（d）在那里代表Essex的学校踢球，为郡球队踢球（e），1991年成为曼联的trainee(c), 1995年踢第一场联赛（a.） 4、全文讲述Beckham从出生到1997年的生长经历以及其足球生涯，并顺便介绍其踢球的风格。

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