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2008-10-17

According to the author, __________
A．the personalities of athletes produce violent confrontations
B．athletes should not have to accept unnecessary physical abuse
C．athletes salaries are already too high
D．athletes need higher salaries to compensate for their injuries

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【解析】选[B]。文章第四段倒数第二句提到，然而，真的认为作为一名运动员就该接受不必要的身体攻击吗?这个反问句表达了作者的观点，他认为作为一名运动员不应该受到不必要的人身攻击。[B]表达的意思与此一致，故为答案。[D]与作者的本意相反，作者认为运动员的薪水也许是真实能力的体现，而不是对于对抗中伤痛的补偿。

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2 Passage Two
Questions 22 to 26 are based on the following passage.
You don't need to look far for evidence that we Americans today don't place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even schools are where we send our children to get a practical education -- not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
　　Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren't difficult to find. "Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education historian and wrifer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance. " Ravitch's latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces what she considers the roots of anti- intellectualism in our schools. Schools, she concludes, are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
　　But they could and should be. When we encourage our children to reject the life of the mind,we leave them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. If we continue along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, our nation will suffer. "We will become a second-rate country," he says. "We will have a less civil society. "
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