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College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball

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问题     College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and【C1】______millions of dollars each year to sports. Most universities earn millions【C2】______as well, in television revenues and sponsorships. They also benefit【C3】______from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities【C4】______each other in the most popular sports. Football games at the university of Michigan regularly【C5】______crowds of over 90, 000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship game is a TV【C6】______on a par with any other sporting event in the United States,【C7】______perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can【C8】______one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs — from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford【C9】______in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
    The athletes themselves are【C10】______and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify【C11】______teenagers and then go into high schools to【C12】______the country’s best players to attend their universities. There are strict roles about【C13】______coaches can recruit — no recruiting calls after 9 pm. , only one official visit to a campus — but they are often bent and sometimes【C14】______. Top college football programs【C15】______scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive【C16】______campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, and stipends.
    In return, the players【C17】______the program in their sport. Football players at top colleges【C18】______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【C19】______and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins【C20】______. 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.
【C12】
选项 A、contrive
B、convince
C、convert
D、convict
答案B
解析 根据句意：教练们发现有发展前途的高中生后，就会到其所在学校去说服这些全国最优秀的运动员。故[B]convince正确。convince sb．to do sth．意为“说服某人做某事”。[A]contrive意为“图谋，设法”；[C]convert意为“使改变(形式、形状等)”，常与介词into，to，for等连用；[D]convict意为“判某人有罪”。
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