最新版英语听力教程 Model Test7-part b

　　[00:04.18]For Questions 6-10,
[00:07.65]you will hear a monologue¹ about Sports.
[00:12.02]While you listen,
[00:14.94]complete the sentences or answer the questions.
[00:19.80]Use not more than 3 words for each answer.
[00:24.16]You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below
[00:30.93]W:Generally speaking,sport is popular inBritain and that's
[00:29.93]largely due to the fact that we all have to
[00:34.50]play sports throughout our school lives.
[00:38.47]So for years we play indoor and outdoor sports indoors.
[00:44.22]Indoor sports usually in the gym,er...
[00:48.79]the gymnasium,on the mats,the bars,the ropes,the horse,and so on;
[00:55.27]and outdoor team games according to the tradition of your school and
[01:01.01]to some extent being male or female--
[01:04.96]boys play football or rugby in winter,girls play netball and
[01:10.52]hockey;in the summer,
[01:13.76]boys play cricket and tennis,girls play rounders and tennis.
[01:20.11]But that's just in school.
[01:23.87]There are lots of more individual sports which
[01:28.23]people may begin at school or later in life,such as
[01:33.20]badminton,squash,sailing,horse-riding,
[01:38.45]target shooting with rifle or pistol,skiing swimming,and so on.
[01:44.93]Even fishing,which you may think of more as a hobby than a sport and yet
[01:50.88]and yet it is so popular and there areso many people
[01:55.35]who go fishing and so of course there're a lot of competitions and that
[02:01.10]perhaps entitles it to be called a sport.
[02:05.67]Apart from all the sports in which people participate,
[02:10.84]there are of course the spectator sports.
[02:14.97]Horse racing² and motor racing are obvious examples of sports
[02:20.53]which only professionals can participate in.
[02:24.89]Football is still the greatest draw,however,and,
[02:29.47]of course,British football fans're well-known for their disorderly behaviour at
[02:35.63]home and abroad
[02:39.00]no one seems to know exactly why British football fans are so rough and violent
[02:45.66]but there is no doubt that they are!
[02:49.74]Spectator sports have been much affected³ by the
[02:54.39]increasing amount of TV coverage⁴ given to sports
[02:59.43]and the steady improvement in the quality of the filming and reporting.
[03:05.49]The whole of Saturday afternoon is devoted⁵ entirely⁶ to sport on both TV and radio
[03:12.85]and there are periods of the year when there are
[03:16.90]several major sporting events on simultaneously,which means that
[03:23.38]the media are almost entirely dominated by sports programmes.

1 monologue   

n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白

参考例句：

• The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
• He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。

2 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。