4-47(0.80) CDBAB The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player, is the story of the rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame. At 33 years of age, he is now at the end of a career which saw him, in the 1980s, as the bright star of World Cup Football In the 1990s, this career has come into a story of poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court action in which he has had to defend charges of shooting at several reporters Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that the way out of poverty -trap is through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Indian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white, one-storied home in Furito were to provide him with a passport out of the small town. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which their hero traveled to become one of the world s great football artists 1. In the second paragraph of this passage, what does"poverty-trap" mean? A)The low position in society B)Extremely poor condition in one's life C)Poor living conditions, which are hard to escape from D) Become wealthy in the future 2. After rising to the height in his football career, he has been in decline, for A)his performance is not as good as before on the field b)he will be brought in an action against his bad deed C) he showed no respect for some football officials D)all the above 3. Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. This sentence tells A)everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into real D)peea le from working-class families will never get international succes B)through sport everybody may be successful and becomes a famous star in the world,no C)if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have a special backgroup 4. We can infer from the passage that A)Maradona will face a possible prison term if found guilty on the shooting charges B) Background is very important in sport. C) Maradona is a football star so he is as famous as before D) Maradona is down but he isn ' t knocked out. 5. How many children did his parents have? A)Sever B)Eight C)Ni D)Unknown4-47 ( 0.80) CDBAB The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player, is the story of the rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame. At 33 years of age, he is now at the end of a career which saw him, in the 1980s, as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s, this career has come into a story of poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court action in which he has had to defend charges of shooting at several reporters. . Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that the way out of poverty -trap is through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Indian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white, one-storied home in Furito were to provide him with a passport out of the small town. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which their hero traveled to become one of the world's great football artists. 1. In the second paragraph of this passage, what does “poverty-trap” mean? A) The low position in society: B) Extremely poor condition in one's life. C) Poor living conditions, which are hard to escape from. D) Become wealthy in the future. 2 . After rising to the height in his football career, he has been in decline, for ________. A) his performance is not as good as before on the field. B) he will be brought in an action against his bad deed. C) he showed no respect for some football officials. D) all the above. 3. Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. This sentence tells us ________. A) everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality. B) through sport everybody may be successful and becomes a famous star in the world, no matter how poor he used to be. C) if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have a special background. D) people from working-class families will never get international success 4. We can infer from the passage that ________. A) Maradona will face a possible prison term if found guilty on the shooting charges. B) Background is very important in sport. C) Maradona is a football star so he is as famous as before. D) Maradona is down but he isn't knocked out. 5. How many children did his parents have? A) Seven B) Eight C) Nine D) Unknown