英语专业四级模拟题.doc

英语专业四级模拟10 CLOZE［15 MIN.］ The athletic program is expected to bring publicity to the school, attract students, foster student unity, and encourage alumni giving. “The traditional American affinity for sports and___ 26___ for education combined to form an unbeatable attraction. Every Saturday, educated sports heroes performed for an appreciative audience. Fanfare, combat, and hope of victory assured public identification and loyalty.” The most conspicuous function of athletic competition is to ___27___ the image of the institution. We may want to question the appropriateness of this public relations function. Publicity is not___28___a good thing. If this publicity is scandalous (or even negative), the school has not benefited. There is a university on the banks of the river that sponsors a “Mississippi River Festival” every summer. The “festival,” for the most part, consists of rock concerts. Unfortunately, ___29___ these festivals have been plagued with violence, rape, drunkenness, drug dealing and usage, and automobile accidents, the publicity has to been counter to the kind the festival was designed to produce.___30___ athletics, the public is finding out more about the universities than they would wish. Does athletic fame attract students? Perhaps it does, ___31___ it would be a stupid engineering student who chose Georgia Tech over M.I.T.___32___ its athletic prowess. Some serious students are “turned off” by a school’s athletic record. Notre Dame, ___33___has an excellent academic program, is unjustly viewed by many as simply a sports mill. Does athletic success foster student unity? Here again, the ___34___ is not clear. Often students’ enthusiasm is tepid in comparison with that of alumni and townspeople ___35___ when they have difficulty in getting tickets, have to pay a handsome price, or are relegated to seats in the end zone. Does athletic success___36___ public support? Do legislators tend to reward___37___ schools with more generous appropriations? The