It is fashionable for the amateur administrators who run international sporting events to ___ 1___ that sportsmanship is a thing of the past and to put the blame for everything wrong with sport on the growth of professionalism. They ___ 2___that when the modern Olympic Games began, athletes felt that ___3___ was sufficient reward for them to compete. They are ___ 4 ___that some athletes today run as work and expect to be paid for what they do. The truth is that ___ 5___ high ideals were always an aspiration and ne ver had ___ 6___ to do with reality. The Olympic Games of 1900 and 1904 were tied up with business, because they ___ 7___ organized as a seconda ry attraction o international trade fairs. It was a frequent occurrence ___ 8___ athletes to be disqualified for breaking the rules and ___ 9 ____ one occasion the losing team in the Olympic football final ___ 10___ off the field and refused to go on with the game. The love of amateurism and the belief that ___ 11___ is important is how ___ 12___ behave on t he field, not whether you win or lose, comes from a time ___ 13___ the o nly people who played games seriously ___ 14___ to earn their leaving. E ven ___ 15___, it was common for rich men and universities in some count ries to subsidize “amateurs” by paying their bills or tuition fees.��

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　　1. A) 根据上下文和语义线索可猜测句义为：那些经办 国际体育赛事的业余体育官员们抱怨体育道德已经成为历史。由此可知此空应选complain。��

　　2. D) 根据语法线索此空应使用动词的一般现在时态，因此选项D为正确答案。��

　　3. C) 根据语法线索此空需要使用it作形式主语，故选项C为正确答案。��

　　4. B) 根据上下文可猜测句义为：他们对今天的一些运动员以运动为工作 和从运动中索取报酬感到恐惧，因此选项B为正确答案。��

　　5. C) 根据语法线索此空应选such，因为此处such为限定词。��

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　　7. D) 根据语法线索很明显此处应使用过去时，因此D为正确答案。��

　　8. D) 根据语法线索可知，此空需要一个介词引导动词不定式的逻辑主语,我们知道只有介词for可以。��

　　9. B) 名词occasion应使用介词on与之搭配。��

　　10. A) 根据句意可知此处应选walked，使此句意义为：走出赛场。��

　　11. A) 根据语法线索此处使用what引导名词从句作句子的主语。��

　　12. C) 根据下文此处应使用代词you作主语。��

　　13. A) 根据语法线索when在此处引导定语从句修饰a time。��

　　14. B) 根据语义线索可知此处答案应为选项B。��

　　15. C) 根据句义：即使在那时，一些国家的有钱人或大学通过给钱或学费 的形式对业余运动员给予补贴，可知此空应使用then。Even though和even if都不能单独使用。