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College Sports in the US College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have f
College Sports in the US College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have f
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College Sports in the US
College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and devote millions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions (51) as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit (52) from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities (54) each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly draw crowds of over 90,000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship game is a TV (54) on a par with(与……相同或相似)any other sporting event in the United States, (55) perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can (56) one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs—from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford— (57) in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
The athletes themselves are recruited and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify (58) teenagers and then go into high schools to (59) the country’s best players to attend their universities. There are strict rules about (60) coaches can recruit—no recruiting calls after 9 p. m., only one official visit to a campus — but they are often bent and sometimes (61) . Top college football programs offer scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive (62) campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc.
In return, the players (63) the program in their sports. Football players at top colleges (64) two hours a day, four days a week from January to April. In summer, it’s back to strength and agility training four days a week until mid-August, when camp (65) and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins. During the season, practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to Friday. Saturday is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of rest.
选项
A、contrive
B、convince
C、convert
D、convict
答案
B
解析
此题属于语义搭配题。convince sb. to do/of sth. 意为“说服某人”,根据句意:教练们先是确认有发展前途的高中生,随后就会到其所在学校说服这些全国最优秀的运动员,故选项B convince正确。选项 A contrive意为“图谋,设法”,如:contrive a way of escaping;选项C convert意为“使改变(形式,形状等)”,常与介词into/to/for等连用;选项D convict意为“判某人有罪”,如:The criminal was convicted
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