专四专八考试

【单选题】The athletic program is expected lo bring publicity to the school, attract students, foster student unity, and encourage alumni giving. "The traditionalAmerican affinity for sports and (31) for education combined to form an unbeatable attraction.Every Saturday, educated sports heroes performed for an (32) audience. Fanfare, combat, and hope of victory assured public identification and loyalty. " The most conspicuous function of athletic competition is to (33) the image of the institution.
We may want to question the appropriateness Of this public relations function. Publicity is not (34) a good thing. If this publicity is scandalous (or even negative), the school has not benefiteD、There is a university on the banks of the river that sponsors a "Mississippi River Festival" every summer. The "festival," for the most part, consists of rock concerts. Unfortunately, (35) these festivals have been plagued with violence, rape, drunkenness, drug dealing and usage, and automobile accidents, the publicity has to been counter to the kind the festival was designed to produce. (36) athletics, the public is finding out more about the universities than they would wish.
Does athletic tame attract students Perhaps it does, (37) it would be a stupid engineering student who chose Georgia Tech over M. I. T. (38) its athletic prowess. Some serious students are "turned off" by a school’s athletic recorD、NotreDame, (39) has an excellent academic program, is unjustly viewed by many as simply a sports mill.Does athletic success foster student unity Here again, the (40) is not clear. Often students’ enthusiasm is tepid in (41) with that of alumni and townspeople (42) when they have difficulty in (43) tickets, have to pay a handsome price, or are relegated to seats in the end zone.
Does athletic success (44) public supportDo legislators tend to reward (45) schools with more generous appropriations They may have done so in the past, but today, with the closer scrutiny of tax dollars, there are signs that funds will be more (46) for activities closer to the heart of the academic mission. What about alumni givingCertainly alumni will contribute money for athletic purposes in the case of a few successful universities, but the overall record for alumni giving exhibits no such pattern.
A、careful study of "big-time" schools from 1960 to 1976 yielded this (47) : "Our statistical analysis has revealed that there is simply no relationship between success or (48) in football and basketball and increases and decreases in alumni giving. " "In the final analysis, (49) , the lack of any relationship between success in athletics and increased alumni giving probably matters a great deal less than the fact (50) so many people believe that such a relationship exists. \

A、giving
B．getting
C．buying
D．bought

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[试题分析] 逻辑推理题，词义辨析题。 [详细解答] have difficulty in doing sth. 为一固定搭配。D项应排除，而根据后文“have to pay a handsome price…”，可知前文应是“得到票很困难”，故选B项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>