Participation in high school sports is not a constitutional right.【C1】______. it is a privilege, paid for by taxpayers, open to

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问题     Participation in high school sports is not a constitutional right.【C1】______. it is a privilege, paid for by taxpayers, open to students who promise to【C2】______certain conduct requirements on and off the field. One of these【C3】______is to refrain (抑制) from using drugs. Drug【C4】______is a serious problem among high school students. Studies show that as many as 500,000 high school students use muscle-pumping, life-destroying【C5】______such as steroids (类固醇). Many more use illegal drugs, which cause discipline problems and【C6】______the stage for lifelong addictions.
    Drug testing works to prevent and【C7】______use. That is why drug testing is required when athletes compete in the Olympics and the National Football League. 【C8】______drug testing was instituted by these organizations, use of performance-enhancing drugs has been greatly【C9】______. We should want nothing【C10】______in schools.
    【C11】______. many athletes support testing programs. 【C12】______testing, athletes have to choose between drug use and a competitive【C13】______on the field.
    Those who challenge the need for drug testing may be forgetting【C14】______it is like to be an adolescent. Peer pressure is enormous, and one of the few equal factors is the【C15】______of being caught. More importantly, 【C16】______drug use is identified, a school can reach out to the students before he or she gets addicted till arrested.
    For 25 years, public schools have been run by【C17】______judges. It is time to return decisions on how to run public schools to locally responsible officials. There is【C18】______unconstitutional about asking those who gain the advantages of school-sponsored athletics to【C19】______to the safety of other players, the integrity of the game and their own well-being. The Supreme Court should leave these programs【C20】______.
【C13】

选项 A、weakness
B、benefit
C、disadvantage
D、advantage

答案C

解析 语义衔接题。文章中说运动员可以选择用药物,如果选择了,我们都知道在药物作用下他的表现会有很大提高,但那些不用药物而靠自己能力来参赛的运动员很显然就处于不利的位置,故答案为[C]disadvantage“不利条件”。[A]weakness意为“弱点,缺点,不足”,通常指系统、性格等的弱点;[B]benefit意为“益处,好处”;[D]advantage意为“优点,有利条件”。
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