Question

Tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to apply on FIFA’s website. FIFA is expecting a similar demand to that in Germany 2006, when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matches. And now around 3.3 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2014.

Tickets will range in price from￡58 for first-round matches to￡632 for the final at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for ￡15．

The Price of Football - World Cup 2014

Items	Prices	Items	Prices
Ticket	￡58-￡112	Final ticket	￡281-￡632
Sun cream	￡9.50	T-shirt	￡13
McDonald’s meal	￡11	Water	￡1.28
Imported beer	￡3.83	Domestic beer	￡1.91
Coffee	￡2.55	Average dinner	￡29

“It’s always difficult to predict,” said FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil. “But I truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in Germany than in South Africa in 2010.” According to FIFA, the 2006 World Cup was attended by more than 3.3 million fans. Almost two million tickets were sold to the general public in South Africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing phase was significantly lower．

All applications made before 10th October 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests. The sales of the leftover tickets will begin on 5th November on a first-come, first-served basis. Another phase will begin on 8th December after the draw is made. The tournament begins on 12th June, with Brazil playing the opener in Sao Paulo．

A study on the price of World Cup 2014 looked at the ticket prices and the cost of travelling to Brazil and found that our English fans face hotel costs of between￡46 and￡797 a night, while packages range from￡2,999 to￡14,999．

1.How much should a Brazilian student pay for the opening match?

A．￡15 B．￡58 C．￡112 D．￡632

2.From the passage we know that Thierry Weil_______.

A．feels proud of what they achieved in South Africa 2010

B．feels worried about the sales of the tickets for Brazil 2014

C．holds the belief that Brazil 2014 will be the greatest world cup

D．believes that more fans will attend Brazil 2014 than South Africa 2010

3.What will FIFA do if there are not enough tickets available for requests before Oct.10, 2013?

A．They will sell the spare tickets to the applicants．

B．They will sell on a first-come, first-served basis．

C．They will choose the applicants based on a random selection draw．

D．They will sell them the tickets to be sold on Dec.8．

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：2014年巴西世界杯就要开幕了，网上预订门票也火爆预售中。国际足联认为，本届世界杯应该更“像2010年的德国而不是像南非”一样火热。

1.A细节信息题。根据文章第二段中“Brazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for￡15.”可知，当地的学生只要买票只需要15镑。故该题正确答案为A.

2.D细节信息题。根据文章第三段中Thierry Weil所讲：“But I truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in Germany than in South Africa in 2010.”可知，他相信本次世界杯的情况会更像德国的那次而非2010年的南非世界杯。以及下文所提到的数据可知，从球迷参加人数上，南非世界杯不及德国世界杯。由此可知，Thierry Weil认为比起南非世界杯，本次巴西世界杯会有更多的球迷来参加。故该题正确答案为D.

3.C细节信息题。根据文章倒数第二段的第一句“All applications made before 10th October 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests.”可知，对于2013年十月十号之前的订票申请，如果票数不够的话，会采取随机抽取的形式。故该题正确答案为C.

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