4 . The Differences Between the World Cup and the Olympic Soccer
You don’t have to be a soccer expert to know that the World Cup is the sport’s biggest international event. That’s right—it’s even bigger of a deal than participating in the Olympics. While most other sports see the Olympic games as the grandest stage, soccer holds its World Cup to a much higher _________. You may feel surprised but this is exactly the truth. In fact, the two events are set apart by a fair share of _________
The calendar year
Many of the sports that have their own Olympic events have _________that revolve around when the Games would be, so when it comes time to compete, the athletes are available. This isn’t the case for some of the bigger sports, _________, and soccer is one of them. When the World Cup qualifiers(预选赛) _________with the Olympics, even though there is a FIFA contingent(国际足联团队)that organizes soccer at the Summer Games, FIFA may not encourage its _________players to compete at the Olympics.
Countries participating
The World Cup hosted 32 national teams in Russia in the 2018 tournament.(This is also what allows the World Cup to host so many games over the span of a month. ) _________, the Olympics only hosts about half of that, with 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams participating in 2016Summer Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
_________requirement
You can’t put all the _________on FIFA for players not participating in the Olympics when the Games also put restrictions on who can play at the event. Each team participating in the Olympics can only have three players over 23 on their roster(参赛名单), which has led to the Games being mockingly referred to as a U-23 tournament. The World Cup, __________, doesn’t have such a limit.
Because of the age limit, many think the level of skill displayed at the Olympics isn’t a good __________of what the world’s best soccer players are capable of. Keep in mind that FIFA is part of the organizing committee for soccer at the Olympics. So it always has the final __________in whether the best players in the world can participate. As the New York Times summarized in 2008, FIFA’s message to the Olympics is clear: Soccer is one sport in which you will never be allowed to __________an event with the best in the world.
Fans
Part of the World Cup’s appeal is that it runs over the course of the __________, and viewers who don’t watch certain teams on a regular basis can become more familiar with the competition. The Summer Games __________the games—again, made up of fewer teams—onto a much shorter schedule with less time for fanfare.
1. A.extent | B.surprise | C.scale | D.standard |
2. A.differences | B.similarities | C.measures | D.comparisons |
3. A.definitions | B.relations | C.terms | D.seasons |
4. A.moreover | B.likewise | C.however | D.therefore |
5. A.struggles | B.conflicts | C.cooperates | D.argues |
6. A.top | B.inferior | C.academic | D.eliminated |
7. A.Naturally | B.Consequently | C.Namely | D.Comparatively |
8. A.Age | B.Number | C.Skill | D.Participation |
9. A.weight | B.emphasis | C.blame | D.explanation |
10. A.on the whole | B.on the other hand | C.on average | D.on any account |
11. A.indicator | B.example | C.requirement | D.restriction |
12. A.decision | B.competition | C.option | D.say |
13. 14. 15. A.pack | B.fill | C.litter | D.host |