Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
For many people in the U.S., sports are not just for fun. They are almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in (47) . Other fans watch the s at home, not leaving their TV sets a minute. The most (48) sports fans never miss a . Many a wife becomes a " sports widow" during her husband’s favorite season. America’s devotion to athletics has created a new class of (49) people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money appearing in (50) for soft drinks, shoes and so on.
Not all Americans (51) sports, but athletics are an important part of their culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. All students take physical education classes in school. Athletic s at universities attract many fans and (52) the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive (53) like hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping or hunting. To communicate with American, it helps if you can talk sports.
Sports in America represent the international (54) of the people who play. Many sports were (55) from other counties. European immigrants (移民) brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World s. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Even today some (56) "foreign" sports like soccer are gaining American fans. In 1994 the US hosted the World Cup for the first time ever.
A. wealthy B. benefit C. duration D. constant E. imported
F. activities G. devoted H) necessarily I) worship J) person
K) comprised L) advertisements M) heritage N) sufficient O) formerly
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

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【单选题】Migrant (移民的) Workers Migrant (移民的) Workers2（） A．which B．what C．who D．where

In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some countries have restricted (限制) most

(1) to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, (2) increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in outsiders to improve local facilities (设施). Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers (3) the U.S. A. and Europe. It has also brought in workers from many other countries, (4) South Korea and Japan.

In view of the difficult living and working (5) in the Middle East, it is not surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can (6) at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major (7) .

Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating (补偿的) advantage. For example, the (8) living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to (9) on each other for safety and comfort. In a similar way, many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly because of the (10) of entertainment (娱乐) facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do (11) work in their home country.

One major problem which (12) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on (13) , so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be (14) since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any (15) , migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive.

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