2019-2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练七.docxVIP

阅读强化训练 ( 七) ( 建议用时： 25 分钟 ) Ⅰ 阅读理解 How many sports stars can you name? Whether it ’s ten or thirty, I believe that 90% of them would be male( 男性 ). Even in today ’s society, which calls for gender equality( 男女平等 ), it seems that female sports stars simply don ’t get the same coverage( 报道 ) as male players. The World Cup is the most widely followed sporting event in the world. According to a report, almost 715 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a ninth of the whole population of the planet. But how many people notice the fact that the FIFA Women’s World Cup has just taken place in Canada? The U． S. team was the winner, after beating the Japanese team 5 － 2 in the final match. England even got a third place! However, the Engla nd team in the men ’s World Cup seldom runs to the quarter －finals. While the World Cup enjoys prime － time on most BBC channels, the FIFA Women ’s World Cup is put aside. The only time the media( 媒体 ) made the news was when an English player scored an own goal! The inequality doesn’t end with football. Just recently, Caroline Wozniacki(a top Danish tennis player) complained that women don ’t get the same chance as men to play on the show courts at Wimbledon. In this case, I think it ’s the luck of the draw —the further you get in the competition, the more likely you are to play on the show courts. In the opening stages, it is true that often only the best players will  play their  matches on the show courts.  Women’s tennis  does get lots of coverage, though many complai  n that it isn  ’t exciting to watch. Many people think  the women’s sport is often paid less attention  to, but I think this is slowly starting to change. In the UK, there is a campaign called “This Girl Can”， which aims to get girls age, shape or sporting ability.  and womenback into sports, regardless of( 不管 ) their Hopefully this campaign will encourage more people to take up and enjoy sports, a