Many sports need the services of one or more referees(裁判)．You will find, for exa

    Many sports need theservices of one or more referees(裁判)．You will find, for example,referees in swimming, diving competitions, football, skating, basketball, andtennis, among others, The referee’s judgment, no matter what the sport is, canmake the difference between winning and losing.

    When a decision isannounced, one can often hear loud cheering from the spectators (观众)．Sometimesthe people don’t agree with the decision．Usually,however, no matter what the people think, the decision of the judge is final．With the instant (即时的) replay, television viewers often get asecond chance to watch the special sports moments．Shouldthe camera help the referees in making their decisions? Some people think so．The Japanese have been using the televisioninstant replay in one of their sports for some time.

    In Japan, where sumowrestling is thought by many to be the national sport, a wrestler namedTaiho was trying to break Futabayama's record of 69 victories．In the 46th match, Futabayama was declaredthe winner by mistake because the judges had not seen the wrestler’s foot leavethe circle.

    Soon after the mistake, thepeople said that they had a right to see the match end with the correct winnerssince they had paid as much as$ 375 for a ringside seat．Now cameras record the actions of thewrestlers．The camera is the most importantreferee of all．If a man or a woman makes amistake in judgment, the camera will correct it, and the instant replay willlet everyone know it．The right winner will win.

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

A．how to wrestle in Japan

B．use of a camera as a referee

C．watching matches on television

D．why sumo wrestling is fun

2．A poor decision ________.

A．can cause the wrong winner

B．is usually declared twice

C．almost never happens

D．shouldn’t matter much

3．You can tell that sumo wrestling ________.

A．is played on a race track

B．has teams of nine

C．it a contest (competition) between two

D．is very unpopular in Japan

4．Taiho was trying to ________.

A．lose the match quickly

B．murder Futabayama

C．help the referee

D．break a record

试题答案

答案：B;A;C;D