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1、2015 成都市高考英语四月信息匹配类、阅读理解自练（4）答案【由内蒙古包头市 2014 模拟改编】 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。Millions of sports lovers are sill thinking about one thing-the Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia. close to 2900 men and women competed in the 2014 Winter Games about a month ago.The Olympics brought a lot of atten
2、tion to Sochi，a city on the black Sea, which is a popular area for vacation travelers. The area is known for its mild winters，with warm to summer.At least $50 billion was spent on the 2014 Winter Games, making it the costliest Olympics in history. Seven billion dollars was spent on the 2010 Winter G
3、ames in Vancouver, Canada. Olympic officials chose Sochi to host the 2014 games almost seven years ago, At that time，Russian President Vladimir Putin said the games would cost about $13 billion. Yet times his estimate. So where did all the money go? Some observers say the high cost is partly the res
4、ult of security measures. Brian Jenkins，a terrorism expert from the RAND Corporation，gave the following explanation. There were anywhere between 70 ,000 and 100 , 000 policemen and military troops deployed around the city.The main threat came from separatist and Islamist groups from the North Caucas
5、us, especially from Chechnya and Dagestan. One group claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in Volgograd last December. The attacks killed more than 30 people. The city is only about 600 kilometers away from Sochi.Bruce Hoffman is a terrorism export from Georgetown University in Washington
6、DC. He says the increased security made Sochi a difficult target for terrorists.It is thought that the terrorists intention was to make life difficult for the Russians and to create some sort of incident that would take away the enjoyment.The last Olympians from around the world on Russian soil was
7、in 1980 .That was a year after Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. More than sixty countries didnt take part in the Moscow Summer Games to show their anger.1. According to the passage, why did the Sochi Winter Olympics cost so much?A. Because it was held at an area popular for vacation travelers.B. B
8、ecauae the Russian government wanted to make it the best ever held.C. Because security measures at Sochi were stricter than before.D. Because the original plan was made 7 years before.2. It can be known from the passage that Bruce Hoffman was A. a terrorism expert from the USAB.the writer who wrote
9、this articleC. an athlete who competed in SochiD. a terrorism expert from RAND Corporation3. Which of the following is false?A. Sochi Olympics cost about 4 times as estimated.B. Next winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver.C. Many countries refused. to attend the 1980 Olympics.D.Security is often
10、a problem in international sport games.4. The terrorists might have attacked Sochi Olympics because A. they wanted to make trouble for the RussiansB.they thought Russia shouldnt spend so much on sportC. they thought Putin was not a nice presidentD. they were not interested in winter sports【参考答案】1-4、
11、CABA 阅读理解。【来自广东高考卷】Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.An attraction
12、of sport programs for the major U. S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoonsthe slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much televisio
13、n at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhe
14、re if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and li
15、fe insurance.Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United Stat
16、es, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling highpriced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings. Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach highincome consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. With such view
