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A new and-cheating system for counting the judges' scores in ice skating is flawed,according to leading sports specialists.Ice skating's governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influenced.Initially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 to give the gold medal to a Russian pair, even though they had a fall during their routine.But the International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the Russians.The International Olympics Committee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up (亚军).

The ISU, skating's governing body, now says it intends to change the rules.In future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores -- selected at random will count.The ISU won't finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport.The British Government's sports body has expressed reservations."I remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for", says Jerry Bingham, UK Sport's head of ethics (伦理).

A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from the Royal Statistical Society in London."The score of one or two judges who have been nobbled(受到贿赂) may still be in the seven selected."

Many other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchronizdd swimming have a system that discards the highest and lowest scores.If a judge was under pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldn't count.It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government body's technical committee."If you remove those at the top andbottom you're left with those in the middle, so you're getting a reasonable average."

Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened up in its system still further.Two separate panels of judges score different rounds of diving during top competitions.Neither panel knows the scores given by the other."We have done this to head off any suggestion of bias."says Cook.

Bingham urged the ISU to consider other options."This should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with the problem of adjudicating (裁定 ) on matter of style and presentation" he says.

Who won the gold medal in the Paris figure-skating event____?

A. The Russian pair

B. The Canadian pair.

C. Both the Russian pair and the Canadian pair.

D. The French pair.

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题干】谁获得了巴黎花样滑冰大赛的金牌?

【解析】细节题。利用题干关键词gold medal和Pads figure—skating event可以定位到第二段“Initially the judges in the pairs figure—skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 t0 4 to give the gold medal to a Russian pair”，意为“一开始，盐湖城冬奥会的裁判以5比4的投票将金牌授予俄罗斯组合”，但是“initially(一开始)”说明事情有所变化，在第一段结尾又有“TheInternational Olympics Committee then decided to give a second gold to theCanadian runners—up”，即“国际奥委会决定给第二块金牌给加拿大组合”因此可知C为正确选项。37

According to the new rules proposed by the ISU, which of the following is right____?

A. The number of judges will be doubled.

B. Only half of the judges will score.

C. Only some selected judges will score.

D. Only half of the scores will count.

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【解析】细节题。利用题干关键词new rules和ISU可以定位到第三段“The ISU，skatin9’S governing body，now says it intends to change the rules.In future l4judges will judge each event，but only 7 0f their scores-selected at random—will count.”，即“滑冰管理机构ISU计划改变规则，在未来将有l4名裁判，但是只有7人的分数记入最后成绩，但是这7个人是随机选择”，由此，D为正确答案。 38

What does Jerry Bingham express by saying "1 remain to be convinced"____?

A. His anger.

B. His criticism.

C. His agreement.

D. His doubt.

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参考答案:D 系统解析:【题干】Jerry Bingham说“I remain to be convinced”表达了什么意思?

【解析】词汇题。“I remain to be convince”的意思是“我保留去相信”，即我尚不信服，所以这句话表明了他的怀疑，由此可知，正确答案为D。 39

The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as____

A. indifferent

B. reserved

C. enthusiastic

D. positive

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参考答案:B 系统解析:【题干】英国相关的人对于ISU所提议的新规则的态度是____。

【解析】细节题。利用题干关键词UK可以定位到第三段“‘I remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concemed with ethical sport is looking for’，says Jerry Bingham，UK Sport’S head of ethics”，即“英国体育伦理方面的专家Jerry Binghaln说：‘我对随机选择制度能确保每个人所关注的体育伦理这件事持保留态度’，可知8为正确选项。 40

Which of the following is NOT true of the scoring system for diving____

A. It is more biased.

B. It is more reasonable.

C. It is fairer.

D. It is tighter.

参考答案:A 系统解析:【题干】下列有关跳水的打分制度的说法哪一项是不对的?

【解析】细节题。利用题干关键词scoring system for divin9可以定位到倒数第二段，对2000年悉尼奥运会采用的跳水打分办法作了解释，可知这个打分方法更合理，更少偏袒，更公正，所以本题答案为A。41

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