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Whenyouthinkofthetremendoustechnologicalprogresswehavemade，itsamazinghowlittlewehavedevelopedinotherrespects.WemayspeakcontemptuouslyofthepooroldRomansbecausetheyrelishedtheorgiesofslaughterthatwentonintheirarenas.Wemaydespisethembecausetheymistookthesegoingsonforentertainment.Wemayforgivethemcondescendinglybecausetheylived2000yearsagoandobviouslyknewnobetter.Butareourfeelingsofsuperiorityreallyjustified?Areweanylessblood-thirsty?Whydoboxingmatches，forinstance，attractsuchuniversalinterest?Dontthespectatorswhoattendthemhopetheywillseesomeviolence?Humanbeingsremainsasbloodthirstyasevertheywere.TheonlydifferencebetweenourselvesandtheRomansisthatwhiletheywerehonestenoughtoadmitthattheyenjoyedwatchinghungeylionstearingpeopleapartandeatingthemalive，wefindallsortsofsophisticatedargumentstodefendsportswhichshouldhavebeenbannedlongage;sportswhicharequiteasbarbarousas，say，publichangingsorbearbaiting.

Itreallyisincrediblethatinthisdayandageweshouldstillallowhuntingorbull-fighting，thatweshouldbepreparedtositbackandwatchtwomenbattereachothertopulpinaboxingring，thatweshouldberelativelyunmovedbythesightofoneoranumberofracingcarscrashingandburstingintoflames.Letusnotdeceiveourselves.Anytalkofthesportingspiritissheerhypocrisy.Peopletakepartinviolentsportsbecauseofthehighrewardstheybring.Spectatorsarewillingtopayvastsumsofmoneytoseeviolence.Aworldheavyweightchampionshipmatch，forinstance，isfrontpagenews.Millionsofpeoplearedisappointedifabigfightisoverintworoundsinsteadoffifteen.Theyfeeldisappointmentbecausetheyhavebeendeprivedoftheexquisitepleasureofwitnessingprolongedtortureandviolence.

Whyshouldwebanviolentsportsifpeopleenjoythemsomuch?Youmaywellask.Theanswerissimple：theyareuncivilized.Forcenturiesmanhasbeentryingtoimprovehimselfspirituallyandemotionally-admittedlywithlittlesuccess.Butatleastwenolongertoleratethesightmadmencoopedupincages，orpublicfloggingsofanyofthecountlessotherbarbaricpracticeswhichwerecommoninthepast.Prisonsarenolongerthegrimforbiddingplacestheyusedtobe.Socialwelfaresystemsareinoperationinmanypartsoftheworld.Bigeffortsarebeingmadetodistributewealthfairly.Thesechangeshavecomeaboutnotbecausehumanbeingshavesuddenlyandunaccountablyimproved，butbecausepositivestepsweretakentochangethelaw.Thelawisthebiggestinstrumentofsocialchangethatwehaveanditmayexertgreatcivilizinginfluence.Ifwebanneddangerousandviolentsports，wewouldbemovingonestepfurthertoimprovingmankind.Wewouldrecognizethatviolenceisdegradingandunworthyofhumanbeings.

1.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorsopinionofnowadayshumanbeingsis

A.notveryhigh.B.high.

C.contemptuous.D.critical.

2.Themainideaofthispassageis

A.viciousanddangeroussportsshouldbebannedbylaw.

B.peoplearewillingtopayvastsumsmoneytoseeviolence.

C.tocomparetwodifferentattitudestowardsdangeroussports.

D.peoplearebloodthirstyinsports.

3.ThattheauthormentionstheoldRomansis

A.TocomparetheoldRomanswithtodayspeople.

B.togiveanexample.

C.toshowhumanbeingsinthepastknownothingbetter.

D.toindicatehumanbeingsareusedtobloodthirsty.

4.Howmanydangeroussportsdoestheauthormentioninthispassage?

A.Three.B.Five.

C.Six.D.Seven.

5.Thepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageis

A.that，bybanningtheviolentsports，wehumanbeingscanimproveourselves.

B.that，bybanningthedangeroussports，wecanimprovethelaw.

C.thatwemusttakepositivestepstoimprovesocialwelfaresystem.

D.toshowlawisthemaininstrumentofsocialchange.

Vocabulary

1.relish從獲得樂處，享受

2.orgy狂歡，放縱

3.arena競技場，活動或斗爭的場所

4.blood-thirsty殘忍的，嗜血的

5.bear-baiting逗熊嬉戲

6.bull-fight斗牛

7.batter猛擊，連續(xù)地猛打/捶，亂打

8.pulp成紙漿，成軟塊

9.burstintoflames突然燃燒起來/著火

10.grim令人窒息的，簡陋的

11.coopup把關(guān)起來

答案詳解

1.A.不太高。文章一開頭就點出科技巨大進(jìn)步，而其他方面進(jìn)展很少。人們以蔑視的口氣談及可憐的古羅馬人，由于他們賞識競技場上的屠殺。我們輕視他們，由于他們把這些屠殺視為消遣。我們可以降階/屈尊地諒解他們，由于他們生活在2000年前，鮮明，對好的東西不知道。在這里反問，我們的優(yōu)越感是否正確呢?我們的嗜血性是不是少一些?為什么拳擊比賽吸引那么大量人?在場的參觀者觀眾是不是也夢想看到一些暴力呢?結(jié)論是：人類和過去一樣殘忍。唯一的不同點在于古羅馬人很忠誠，他們供認(rèn)他們賞識觀看饑餓的獅子把人撕碎，活生生吃掉，而我們會找出各種精辟的理由來保衛(wèi)早該制止的運動。其次段舉出概括例子，如斗牛、拳擊中把人打癱在地、車賽中，車子碰撞起火，人們就坐在那里觀看賞識，參賽者是為了高報酬，觀眾付出大筆錢財是為了看到暴力。指出任何體育精神的說法純粹是虛偽。假設(shè)一場打比賽世界重量級冠軍賽，兩輪而不是十五輪就告終止，成千上百萬人們會感到消沉――這些都證明人的卑下，不文明。這兩段貌似也證明的觀點理應(yīng)是C項――蔑視的。但在第三段談及，好幾個世紀(jì)以來，人們一向試圖在精神上和情感上改善自己，又得供認(rèn)不怎么告成?？芍辽傥覀儾辉偃萑摊?cè)私d于籠中，當(dāng)眾鞭撻，以及其他大量過去普遍存在的野蠻行徑。監(jiān)獄也不再是過去那種令人窒息的禁錮之地，社會福利制度在全世界大量地方推行。在資產(chǎn)公允調(diào)配上也作了很大的努力。這些變化的展現(xiàn)不是由于人突然改善，而是在變更法律上采取了積極的步驟。假設(shè)我們遏止危害的暴力體育工程，那么我們在改善人類方面又前進(jìn)了一步。我們會熟悉暴力是人類的墮落和卑下人類不應(yīng)有的。從這段來看，對人類還抱有夢想，不是很蔑視。所以選A項。

2.A.法律應(yīng)遏止墮落而又危害的體育工程。見第一題解釋。從古羅馬人賞識殘忍的體育工程說起，點展現(xiàn)代人也是嗜血成性，熱愛暴力體育工程。這是不文明，是墮落。務(wù)必制止，而法律是我們社會改革最強(qiáng)大的工具，它可應(yīng)用，發(fā)揮強(qiáng)大的文明影響第三段倒數(shù)第三句

B.人們?nèi)菰S支付巨大款項來觀看暴力。這是說明"嗜血成性'的概括內(nèi)容之一。

C.比較對危害體育工程不同的態(tài)度。這里沒有比較。

D.人類嗜血成性。這是認(rèn)為人們?yōu)槭裁促p識危害殘忍體育工程的根源。

3.D.人們在體育上習(xí)慣于"嗜血成性'，過去是，現(xiàn)在依舊是，不同點只是前者坦直供認(rèn)，后者悠揚掩飾。見第一題解釋。

A.把古羅