do it for you Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher (*F) throws the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman's position. Suppose the pitch is a ball Nothing happened, you say. " I could have had my eyes closed. The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this invol vement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove: watch the eyes of the batter the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony (xp5)of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber (=])music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses 5. 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 56. 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 A. baseball is too peaceful for the young B. baseball may seem boring when watched on TV C. football is more attracting than D. baseball is more interesting than football 58. We can safely conclude that the author A. likes football C. hates baseball D. likes baseball Passage 3 Aleister Growley is probably considered to be the most infamous Black Magician of the 20th century al though, in fact, he was not a black Magician and never claimed to be. He practiced his own form of magic which only partly resembled the rites of devil worshippers, and it was certainly not performed for the same ends Rather than worshipping God, the devil, or anything else, Crowley devised a "religion"withdo it for you. Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher (投手) throws; the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman's position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,”you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.” The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony (交响乐) of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber (室内)music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses. 55. 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 56. 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 57. 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 58. We can safely conclude that the author _____ ． A．likes football B．hates football C．hates baseball D．likes baseball Passage 3 Aleister Growley is probably considered to be the most infamous Black Magician of the 20th century although, in fact, he was not a Black Magician and never claimed to be. He practiced his own form of magic which only partly resembled the rites of devil worshippers, and it was certainly not performed for the same ends. Rather than worshipping God, the devil, or anything else, Crowley devised a “religion” with