The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentionian (阿根廷) football player, is the story of rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame (名誉). He is now at the end of a career (职业生涯) which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s, this career has come into the poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court (法庭) action in which he has had the defend charges (指控) of shooting at several reporters.
Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Beuenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no mater what their background (背景)is.
Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Italian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furtio were to provide him with a passport (护照) out of the small home. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the world’s great football artists.
Football expert Francis Corneo found Diego’s gift. He says that the young played“a natural”and there was nothing he could teach him. He had never seen anyone played like him in his thirty years’ life.
1．In the second paragraph of this passage, what does the underlines word“poverty-trap”mean?
A．The position in society.
B．Extremely poor condition one’s life.
C．Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from.
D．Becoming wealthy in the future.
2．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Maradona’s performance is not as good as before on the field.
B．He will be brought in an action against his bad deed.
C．He shows no respect for some football officials.
D．Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona.
3．Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. The sentence tells us ______.
A．everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality
B．through sport everybody may be successful and become a famous star in the world no matter how poor he used to be
C．if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have special background
D．people from working-class families will never get international success
4．We can infer from the passage that _____.
A．Maradona will face a possible term if found guilty (有罪) on the shooting charges
B．background is very important for sports
C．Maradona is as famous as a football star before
D．Maradone is doing so well in playing football that he can’t be knocked out
5．Where does Diego Maradona come from?
A．Europe. B．Africa.
C．North America. D．South American.
答案与提示：
1．C 根据第二段可以推出。
2．D 从文中最后一段第一句推知，此句中的gift意为“天才”，而不是“礼物”。
3．B 从Maradona的成功可以看出。
4．A 从第一段最后一句推出。
5．D 阿根廷属于南美州。
