62.The passage is mainly concerned with .

　　[A]the different tastes of people for sports

　　[B]the different characteristics of sports

　　[C]the attraction of football

　　[D]the attraction of baseball

　　63.Those who don’t like baseball may complain that.

　　[A]it is only to the taste of the old

　　[B]it involves fewer players than football

　　[C]it is not exciting enough

　　[D]it is pretentious and looks funny

　　64.The author admits that.

　　[A]baseball is too peaceful for the young

　　[B]baseball may seem boring when watched on TV

　　[C]football is more attracting than baseball

　　[D]baseball is more interesting than football

　　65.By stating “I could have had my eyes closed.” the author means (4th paragraph last sentence).

　　[A]The third baseman would rather sleep than play the game

　　[B]Even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no different to the result

　　[C]The third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well

　　[D]The consequent was too bad he could not bear to see it

　　66.We can safely conclude that the author.

　　[A]likes football

　　[B]hates football

　　[C]hates baseball

　　[D]likes baseball

　　Part ⅤCloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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