Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions：
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by
choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text 1
Every Saturday morning, at 9 am, more than 50,000 runners set off to run 5km
around their local park. The Parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friends and
has inspired 400 events in the UK and more abroad. Events are free, staffed by
thousands of volunteers. Runners range from four years old to grandparents;
their times range from Andrew Baddeley’s world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up
to an hour.
Parkrun is succeeding where London’s Olympic “legacy” is failing. Ten years
ago on Monday, it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympic would be to
lever a nation of sport lovers away from their couches. The population would be
fitter,healthier and produce more winners. It has not happened. The number of
adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2 million in the run-up to
2012-but the general population was growing faster. Worse, the numbers are now
falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils
doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved. Obesity has risen
among adults and children. Official retrospections continue as to why London
2012 failed to “inspire a generation.” The success of Parkrun offers
answers.
Parkrun is not a race but a time trial: Your only competitor is the clock.
The ethos welcomes anybody. There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer
being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining. The Olympic
bidders, by contrast, wanted to get more people doing sport and to produce more
elite athletes. The dual aim is mixed up: The stress on success over taking part
was intimidating for newcomers.
Indeed, there is something a little absurd in the state getting involved
planing of such a fundamentally “grassroots” concept as community sports
associations. If there is a role for government, it should really be getting
involved in providing common goods-making sure there is space for playing fields
and the money to pave tennis and netball courts, and encouraging the provision
of all these activities in schools. But successive governments have presided
over selling green spaces, squeezing money from local authorities and declining
attention on sport in education. Instead of wordy, worthy strategies, future
governments need to do more to provide the conditions for sport to thrive. Or at
least not make them worse.
(1).According to Paragraph 1, Parkrun has ____.
A. gained great popularity
B. created many jobs
C. strengthened community ties
D. become an official festival
(2).The author believes that London’s Olympic “legacy”has failed to ͟͟
͟ ͟ ͟ .
A. boost population growth
B. promote sport participation
C. improve the city’s image
D. increase sport hours in schools
(3).Parkrun is different from Olympic games in that it ͟͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ .
A. aims at discovering talents
B. focuses on mass competition
C. does not emphasize elitism
D. does not attract first-timers
(4).With regard to mass sports, the author holds that governments
should ͟͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ .
A. organize “grassroots” sports events
B. supervise local sports associations
C. increase funds for sports clubs
D. invest in public sports facilities
(5).The author’s attitude to what UK government have done for sports
is ͟͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ .
A. tolerant
B. critical
C. uncertain
D. sympathetic
参考答案：ABCDB
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