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单选题What is the author's attitude towards the suggestion to change soccer into one of four 25-minute quarters?

A.Favourabl 
B.Unclea 
C.Reserve 
D.Critica

参考答案:D进入在线模考
推理题。根据第6段的最后一句,作者在评价把足球比赛由两个45分钟的半场改为4节每节25分钟的比赛的建议时用了unashamedly(无耻地)一词,并指出这种想法完全无视足球运动的精华所在,即流畅性、完整性,批评的口气显而易见,所以D为正确选项。

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C.there was no study of the role of its brain and some faculties in fligh
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