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1、个人收集整理仅供参考学习ReadingComprehensionPassage1Professionalboxinghaslongbeenviewedaskance(不以为然地)bytherespectableelementsofsociety.Generallybannedbylawinearlierdays,thefightingwasusuallydonewithbarefists,andbouts(较量，比赛)oftenlastedfortyorfiftyrounds.资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途In1882JohnL.Sullivan,asluggingfi
2、ghterofgreatpower,wontheworldheavyweightchampionshipfromPaddyRyaninabare-fistedbattlemarkedbyhitting,wrestling,scratching,andbiting.Fiveyearslater,whilefightingPastyCardiffatMinneapolis,Sullivanbrokehisrightarminthethirdround,buthecontinuedfightingtoasix-rounddraw.In1889,Sullivandefeated
3、JakeKilraininthelastbareknucklechampionshipfight,winningtwentythousanddollarsandadiamondprizebelt.HisadmirerstalkedthenofrunninghimforCongress,buthetraveledtoAustraliaforaboxingtourinstead,comingbackonlytolosehistitleinatwenty-one-roundboutwithayoungCaliforniannamedJamsJ.Corbett.资料个人收集整理
4、，勿做商业用途“GentlemenJim’s”victoryinthisboutmarkedaturningpointinprofessionalpugilism(拳击术),foritdemonstratedthesuperiorityofscientificboxingoversheerbrutestrength.ButCorbett’sreign(统治)endedin1897,whenhisopponent,BobFitzsimmons,accomplishedthreeepochalfeatsinlessthanthreeseconds:Fitzsimmonskn
5、ockedoutanIrishmanonSaintPatrick’sDay,wontheheavyweightchampionshipoftheworld,andinventedtheterrible“solarplexuspunch”.(太阳穴重击)资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途1.Theselectionimpliesthatprofessionalboxinghasbeenviewedaskancebecause________.资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途A)boxingisbrutalB)boxersarenotconsideredrespectableC)
6、intheearlydaysboxingwasillegalD)theboutsaretoolong2.JohnL.Sullivanwas_______.A)thefirstheavyweightboxerB)apowerfulsluggerC)aboxerwhousedscientifictechniquesD)thebiggestmoneywinneramongboxers3.Sullivanheldtheworld’sheavyweighttitlefor________.资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途A)abouteightyearsB)onlyayearC)f
7、iveyearsD)twenty-oneyears4.“GentlemanJim’s”victoryoverSullivanwasaturningpointbecauseit_______.资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途A)demonstratedtheadvantagesofscientificboxingB)markedthefirstappearanceofthesolarplexuspunch资料个人收集整理，勿做商业用途C)wasdecidedonthebasisofbrutestrengthD)dethronedthelong
