[单项选择]People want to see higher-level sports competitions mainly because ______.


A. they become more professional than ever
B. they regard sports as consumer goods
C. there exist few world-class championships
D. sports events are exciting and stimulating

[单项选择]People want to see higher-level sports competitions mainly because
A. they become more professional than ever.
B. they regard sports as consumer goods.
C. there exist few world-class championships.
D. sports events are exciting and stimulating.

[单项选择]The spirit of competition in sports and games was ________ to the spirit of competition that caused wars.


A. favorable
B. preferable
C. suitable
D. proper

[单项选择]Although millions of people worldwide would see a trip into space as the fulfillment of their lifetime's dreams and would therefore ______ such an idea instantly, no action was taken by space agencies to set up adequate opportunities.
A. inscribe to
B. subscribe for
C. inscribe from
D. subscribe to

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When young people who want to be journalists ask me what subject they should study after leaving school, I tell them: "Anything except journalism or media studies.’ Most veterans of my trade would say the same. It is practical advice. For obvious reasons, newspaper editors like to employ people who can bring something other than a knowledge of the media to the party that we call our work.
On The Daily Telegraph, for example, the editor of London Spy is a theologian by academic training. The obituaries editor is a philosopher. The editor of our student magazine, Juice, studied physics. As for myself, I read history, ancient and modern, at the taxpayer’s expense.
I am not sure what Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, would make of all this. If I understand him correctly, he would think that the public money spent on teaching this huge range of disciplines to the staff of The Daily Telegraph was pretty much wasted. The only
A. The role of state-funded universities is to train students for a job.
B. Every academic subject will do good to society and the economy somehow.
C. Academic research and intelligent ideas are more important than "ornaments".
D. Money and usefulness are the criteria to judge the worth of a disciplin

[单项选择]People who want to be successful depend too much On the comments of others in order to feel good about themselves．
A. 人们想获得成功，为了让自己感觉好就非常依赖他人的议论。
B. 想获得成功的人过分依赖别人的评价来使自己感觉良好。
C. 想获得成功的人通常在意别人的评价，为了让自己感觉好。
D. 成功者因为别人的议论而自我感觉舒服。

[单项选择]Why did most British people play sports


A. To keep fit.
B. To foster a competitive spirit.
C. Just because they are keen on this game.
D. Understand the game rules.

[单项选择]Some people want greater freedom within the region ______ by many other ethnic groups.


A. enjoyed
B. enjoying
C. as enjoyed
D. to be enjoyed