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One of the bigger, nonpolitical stories of the summer has been the decision by Lance Armstrong to drop his fight to clear his na
One of the bigger, nonpolitical stories of the summer has been the decision by Lance Armstrong to drop his fight to clear his na
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2015-03-25
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One of the bigger, nonpolitical stories of the summer has been the decision by Lance Armstrong to drop his fight to clear his name in proceedings before the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency which accuses him of using " banned blood transfusions, the blood booster EPO, testosterone and other drugs" to help win his record seven straight Tour de France titles. The affair is in many ways a tragic one, since Armstrong, a cancer survivor who is doing admirable charity work via his own foundation, has been one of the most beloved and admired athletes of recent times-certainly the only cyclist to break through to popular admiration in the United States.
He was not regretful in announcing that he would no longer fight the charges that will lead to him being banned from the sport and stripped of his titles. He called the proceeding "an unconstitutional persecution" and said the process was "one-sided and unfair. " He did raise some legitimate questions about the process, and in particular about the lack of physical evidence and that belated nature of the proceedings, coming after his retirement and many years after the acts in question. But by all accounts the USADA had compiled overwhelming evidence of Armstrong’s infractions from among his own former teammates.
The USADA is a non-government agency(although it does receive some money from the drug czar’s office)that is charged with policing our own athletic house. In other countries, the government is the primary culprit behind cheating and rule-bending to give national athletes a leg up on their competitors in the Olympics or other competitions. If the schemes of those athletes are exposed, it is inevitably done by the World Anti-Doping Agency or some other international body. There is scant hope of those countries policing themselves because they have a win-at-any-cost mentality and want to use international athletic glory to make up for the deficiencies of their country.
The U. S. has a very different—and more admirable—ethos, inherited from Britain, which can be exemplified by the old chestnut, "It’s not whether you win or lose...". Of course we love winners—athletes like Lance Armstrong,but not to the extent that we will indulge in their cheating. It is very much to America’s credit that we are willing to police our own ranks and to mete out justice even to a beloved superstar athlete with vast resources to fight the charges against him.
And it’s not as if our devotion to fair play hurts us in the end. After all, U. S. athletes—even without enjoying the benefits of state support for training, much less for rule-breaking—still won more medals than any other country at the London Olympics: 104.
The author suggests in the passage that
选项
A、America’s spirit of fair play will eventually benefit the Americans.
B、Armstrong is the victim in the case.
C、Armstrong’s case shows the justice of American constitution.
D、Armstrong’s case is one of the bigger, nonpolitical stories of the summer.
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。纵观全文,作者以阿姆斯特朗的案件为引子,引出美国公平竞赛精神,并在文章的结尾点明公平竞争不会对美国人造成伤害,美国运动员在伦敦奥运会上取得了骄人的成绩,因此[A]正确。作者没有对阿姆斯特朗究竟有没有在比赛中作弊做出判断,因此没有其是否是受害人这一说,故排除[B];阿姆斯特朗认为对他的指控是“违宪的”,但作者没有就这一判决的对错和法律的公平与否予以评判,只认为追求公平竞争的精神值得称道,故排除[C];作者以阿姆斯特朗的案件为引子写这篇文章,并不是描述这起案件本身,故排除[D]。
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