Question

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament(比赛) that will take place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014.

This will be the second time the country has hosted the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany. It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina(阿根廷), the first time two consecutive(连贯的) World Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere(南半球) (the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa).

On March 7, 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the competition in 1978, in line with its policy of rotating(循环) the right to host the World Cup among different confederations. On June 3, 2003, the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the 2014 World Cup finals. And Brazil won the right to host the event on October 30, 2007, as the only country to enter the bidding process.

1.The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the ______ FIFA World Cup.

A. first B. second

C. fifteenth D. twentieth

2. Brazil once hosted the FIFA World Cup in ______.

A. 1950 B. 1978 C. 2003 D. 2010

3. ______ once held the FIFA World Cup twice before Brazil.

A. Mexico, Italy, France and Germany

B. Mexico, Italy, England and Canada

C. Korea, Italy, France and the USA

D. South Africa, Italy, France and Germany

4. CONMEBOL is a confederation from ______.

A. Europe B. South America

C. North America D. Asia

5. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will last more than 30 days.

B. Argentina held the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

C. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the first tournament held in South America.

D. Brazil didn’t become the only country to enter the bidding process until 2007.

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：第二十届足球世界杯，将于6月12日和7月13日在巴西举行。这将是巴西在墨西哥、意大利、法国和德国四个国家之后，第二次举办该项比赛的国家。足球对于巴西已经超越了比赛，它对本国的经济和政治都有影响。

1.

2. will be the second time the country has hosted the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup. ”可知巴西曾在1950年举办过一届世界杯比赛。故选A。

3. will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice,after Mexico,Italy,France and Germany. ”可知，巴西之前已有墨西哥、意大利、法国和德国四个国家两次主办过世界杯。故选A。

4. June 3, 2003,the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL announced that... ”可知CONMEBOL是南美洲足联。故选B。

5.... the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the competition in 1978... ”可知，2014年巴西世界杯比赛是1978年阿根廷主办之后首次在南美洲举办的世界杯比赛。故选C。

考点：体育比赛类短文阅读。