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Complete the summary by using words and phrases from the list provided in the box below. Write your answers in boxes 18-24 on your Answer Sheet.
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Let’s kick off
For many of us,
particularly men, sport is a major part of our lives. We play it as a child,
loving the physicality of it, the competition and the sheer fun. Then when we
stop playing it, we start watching it. Millions of people watching the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games are fascinated by the sight of men and women operating at
the very limits of their potential, struggling to beat a record or defeat their
opponents. Man’s myths are full of superheroes, and it’s easy to feel that
world-class athletes at the peak of their powers have something of the superhero
about them.
It’s no wonder
then that the language of sport permeates our everyday conversation .It’s most
often used in the form of sporting metaphors—f or example , we might say when
completing an essay, ‘I’m almost at the finishing line’, or ‘It was a marathon’.
It’s often been noted that sporting metaphors are particularly popular in
political and business circles because, like sports, these areas involve not
only high competitiveness but also teamwork and playing by the rules.
An amusing story
that illustrates this concerns a Chinese computer company which works with
managers from top American computer companies. At meetings and on telephone
conference calls, Chinese and American managers had many difficulties
communicating, with sporting terms causing the most confusion of all. The
Americans would start a meeting by saying, ’Let’s kick off’, the kick-off being
the start of the match. Once the discussion had started, an American might make
a point and then say to the Chinese team, ’The ball’s in your court’, or having
made a point, he might turn to a colleague and say, ’Can I pass the baton to
you?’.The misunderstanding became so bad that eventually managers agreed to ban
sporting metaphors from conference calls.
36、（2分） Why do people
enjoy watching the Olympic Games?
A、Because the athletes often beat a record.
B、Because it’s fun watching two people being very competitive.
C、Because these are top athletes doing the best they are capable of.
D、Because the athletes are very unusual.
