江苏省江阴市石庄高级中学2007届高三英语第一次考试卷3-无忧考网第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALongafterthe2002WorldCupwaswon,disappointedfanswerestillblamingthedisputed（受置疑）refereeing（裁判）decisionsthatdeniedvictorytotheirteam.Aresearcherwasappointed（任命）tostudytheperformanceofsometopreferees.Theresearcherorganizedanexperimentalmatchinvolvingfouryouthteams.Eachmatchlastedanhour,dividedintothreeperiodsof20minutesduringwhichdifferentrefereeswereincharge.Observersnoteddownthereferees’errors,ofwhichtherewere61overthematch.Changedtoastandardmatchof90minutes,eachrefereemadealmost23mistakes,aremarkablyhighnumber.Theresearcherthenstudiedthevideotapestoanalyze（分析）thematchesindetail.Surprisingly,hefoundthaterrorsweremorelikelywhentherefereeswereclosetotheincident.Whentheofficialsgotitright,theywere,onaverage,17metersawayfromtheaction.Theaveragedistanceinthecaseoferrorswas12meters.Theresearchshowsthebestisabout20meters.Therealsoseemedtobeabestspeed.Correctdecisionscamewhentherefereesweremovingataspeedofabout2meterspersecond.Theaveragespeedforerrorswas4meterspersecond.IfFIFA,football’sinternationalrulingbody,wantstoimprovethestandardofrefereeingatthenextWorldCup,itshouldencouragerefereestokeeptheireyesontheactionfromadistance,ratherthanrushtokeepupwiththeball,theresearcherargues.HealsosaysthatFIFA’Sinsistencethatrefereesshouldretireatage45maybemisguided.Ifkeepingupwiththeactionisnotsoimportant,theirphysicalconditionislesscritical（挑剔）.56．Theexperimentconductedbytheresearcherwasmeantto.A．reviewthedecisionsofrefereesatthe2002WorldCupB．analyzethecausesoferrorsmadebyfootballrefereesC．setastandardoffootballrefereeingD．reexaminetherulesforfootballrefereeing57．Thefindingsoftheexperimentshowthat.A．errorsaremorelikelywhenarefereekeepsclosetotheballB．thefarthertherefereeisfromtheincident,thefewertheerrorsareC．Themoreslowlytherefereeruns,themorelikelyerrorswilloccurD．errorsarelesslikelywhenarefereestaysinonespot.58．Theunderlinedword“officials”mostprobablyrefersto.A．theresearchersinvolvedintheexperimentB．theplayersofthefootballmatchC．therefereesofthefootballmatchD．theobserversatthesiteoftheexperiment59．Whatisoneofthepossibleconclusionsoftheexperiment?A．Theidealretirementageforanexperiencedfootballrefereeis45.B．Ageshouldnotbethechiefconsiderationinchoosingafootballreferee.C．Afootballrefereeshouldbeasyoungandenergeticaspossible.D．Anexperiencedfootballrefereecandowellevenwheninpoorphysicalcondition.BThereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhaveevertaughtinhaseverignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasabasicskill.Thereare,however,differentideasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuchpriority(优先)itmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.Theproblemis,howtoencourageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyandconfidentlyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexities(复杂性)ofspelling.Ifspellingbecomestheonlyfocal(焦点的)pointofhisteacher'sinterest,clearlyabrightchildwillbelikelyto"playsafe".Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofa...