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At the end of his workday in steamy midtown Manhattan, Joel Terry craves relaxing outdoors. But these days, instead of starting

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问题     At the end of his workday in steamy midtown Manhattan, Joel Terry craves relaxing outdoors. But these days, instead of starting his hour-long commute home to the mellow shore town of Long Branch, New Jersey, Terry stops at an unlikely source of nature: downtown Manhattan.
    There, he boards a sailboat and is soon tacking against the winds of New York Harbor. Terry, 37, who works in retail finance, is a newly minted member of the Manhattan Sailing Club, one of an increasing number of community sailing clubs across the country. Dozens of its sailboats sit in the North Cove marina, bobbing among mega-yachts near the World Financial Center. But sailing these days doesn’t have to mean blue blazers, clubhouse dining rooms, and strict rules of etiquette. Next to multimillion-dollar yachts, and in the shadow of shiny towers housing financial giants Goldman Sachs and American Express, members socialize on plastic lawn chairs while drinking beers.
    "Sailing has had the reputation of being an expensive, elitist sport, but it really isn’t," says Jack Gierhart, executive director of U. S. Sailing, the governing body for the sport. With more than 550 community sailing programs across the United States, these open-to-the-public and mostly nonprofit clubs account for the recent revival of a pastime whose popularity has declined since its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, when sailing was an elegant alternative to motorized boats during the energy crisis. The number of these organizations has risen 10 percent over the past three years, according to Gierhart.
    The pastime has also suffered what could be described as a branding problem. "Sailing has traditionally been portrayed as being just for rich white people, and yachting has such a snooty reputation," says Charlie Nobles, executive director of the American Sailing Association, which certifies instructors and students. "The average age of yacht-club members 10 years ago was 50. Now it’s 60. They’re not getting replacement members. The challenge we have today is how to get youth interested. "
    To that point, a less formal atmosphere and social friendship are big selling points for these sailing clubs, especially in young professional Manhattan. The Manhattan Sailing Club hosts "full moon" parties on the floating bar it runs next to the Statue of Liberty, where members have a view of the new One World Trade Center on one side and New Jersey sunsets on the other. In the winter, it organizes annual trips where members can island-hop in the Caribbean.
    While promoting the social side of sailing may be the key to attracting people to the sport, the appeal of speeding along the open water tugs at something more fundamental. " It’s an amazing feeling, using the wind and tide to propel your boat forward," says Terry. "It clears your mind, and you’re just in that moment. "
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
选项 A、Not-So-Exclusive Sailing Clubs
B、Sailing, a New Upbeat Sport
C、Recreations of Manhattan Young Elites
D、Sailing, an Elegant Alternative
答案A
解析 主旨大意题。本题需要对全文整体的理解。文章以在曼哈顿工作的特里开头，引出了帆船运动，接下来，讲述了帆船运动已经不再是身份高贵的白种人所进行的精英运动，已经越来越趋向平民化，有些俱乐部甚至不以营利为目的，大力推广这项运动，最后，文章指出帆船俱乐部目前在努力吸引年轻人加入。由此可见，文章主要讲述了帆船运动已经不再是让人可望而不可及的运动，因此选[A]。文章中没有说帆船运动是新兴的运动，故排除[B]；第三段第一句中说帆船运动一直被认为是一种昂贵的精英运动，但实际上却不是这样，故排除[C]；第三段第二句提到在20世纪七、八十年代帆船运动是一种更为高雅的选择，故排除[D]。
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