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Passage Two

¡¡¡¡Goal chances came and goal chances went. But two of the world¬ðs highestª²ranked teams¡ªwith some of football¬ðs highestª²paid players¡ªcouldn¬ðt get the ball into the net. And they were playing against sides that only just made it to the World Cup.

¡¡¡¡With two defeats, one draw and no goals, France collected its newest title since rising to the top of the game four years ago: The worst defending champion in World Cup history.

¡¡¡¡¡°I¬ðm very disappointed, and it¬ðs the end of a beautiful story,¡±said a French striker David Trezeguet. ¡°The story began in 1998 and ended today against Denmark.¡±

¡¡¡¡France won the 2000 European Championships and was ranked the best team on the planet before the World Cup.

¡¡¡¡Besides the goalposts and crossbars seeming to be against this unlucky team, France¬ðs game plan has been the same for four years so opponents know it by heart.

¡¡¡¡Senegal, an African team playing in its first World Cup, surprised everyone by beating France in the opening World Cup match before entering the second round successfully. Uruguay and Denmark followed a similar strategy to stop France, creating a defensive barrier and launching many counterª²attacks.

¡¡¡¡Following France,Argentina became the second bigª²name to take an early plane home from this year¬ðs World Cup.

¡¡¡¡The South Americans were expected to become world champions for a third time. This was particularly because of an impressive display when they lost just one of their 18 qualifying matches.

¡¡¡¡The team¬ðs 1-0 loss to England on June 7 was the beginning of a nightmare for the players. But even after this surprising defeat, they never thought that they would be going home so soon.

¡¡¡¡But a 1-1 draw in Argentina¬ðs final group match against Sweden made the unexpected a reality.

¡¡¡¡()6.The players on the French team .

¡¡¡¡A.were satisfied with the fact that they could go home soon

¡¡¡¡B.got surprised at the results of the games

¡¡¡¡C.won only one game in this year¬ðs World Cup

¡¡¡¡D.felt most bitter about the matches

¡¡¡¡()7.Which of the following statements about the French team is NOT true?

¡¡¡¡A.The French team won a great victory in 2000.

¡¡¡¡B.The French team improved their way to make goals.

¡¡¡¡C.The French team was the champion in the last World Cup.

¡¡¡¡D.In this World Cup, French team¬ðs balls hit the goalposts and crossbars.

¡¡¡¡()8.From the passage we know .

¡¡¡¡A.France was defeated first by Denmark

¡¡¡¡B.Uruguay beat France and was defeated by Denmark

¡¡¡¡C.England beat Argentina and drew the next one

¡¡¡¡D.Sweden didn¬ðt beat Argentina but kicked it out

¡¡¡¡()9.The underlined word strategy refers to .

¡¡¡¡A.the way to persuade others to follow them

¡¡¡¡B.the purpose with which they joined in the games

¡¡¡¡C.the art of planning operation in matches

¡¡¡¡D.the suggestion the people of their own made

¡¡¡¡()10.Argentina was expected to become world champions because.

¡¡¡¡A.they won almost all the games in the tryout

¡¡¡¡B.they had won champions in World Cup three times

¡¡¡¡C.they lost the game to England only by 1-0

¡¡¡¡D.they beat a strong opponent¡ªSweden