The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media industry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players (male or female at least 16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year’s World Cup or make their main living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum (政治避難) seekers . Anyone can take part, regardless of his or her abilities.
There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was held in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed by the México City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects — to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football

  1. 1.

    The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to __________

    1. A.
      promote the cause of football
    2. B.
      help the homeless live a better life
    3. C.
      draw attention to those living in poverty
    4. D.
      call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor
  2. 2.

    What can we learn from the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Most players moved out of poverty
    2. B.
      Homeless players became professional footballers
    3. C.
      93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol
    4. D.
      The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives
  3. 3.

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      To End Homelessness
    2. B.
      Football For Everyone
    3. C.
      Hope For The Homeless
    4. D.
      Beating Homelessness Through Football
BDD
試題分析：本文講述了the Homeless World Cup 的起源、規(guī)則、和曾經(jīng)舉辦過的歷屆運(yùn)動會。這項運(yùn)動會的目的在于引起人們對于無家可歸問題的注意，同時要幫助改善參與者的生活。作者在文章最后公布了一些調(diào)查數(shù)字以證實這項活動所取得的成績。
1.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段The success of the competition has been in two aspects — to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.可知運(yùn)動會的目的在于幫助這些無家可歸的人們能過上更好的生活，所以B選項正確。
2.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章最后的調(diào)查數(shù)字表明在參與過the Homeless World Cup的人們當(dāng)中，92%的人有了新的生活動力，93人成功戒掉毒癮或煙癮，由此可知這個運(yùn)動會改變了這些人的生活，故D項正確。
3.D主旨大意題。文章開頭介紹了運(yùn)動會的興起以及參與規(guī)則等，最后提出運(yùn)動會的目的也就是文章的中心就是通過the Homeless World Cup的舉辦來引起人們對于無家可歸問題的注意和幫助改變這些無家可歸人們的生活，所以D選項正確。
考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。
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