GRE阅读练习：世界杯承办国腐败现象泛滥.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：世界杯承办国腐败现象泛滥 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：世界杯承办国腐败现象泛滥 GRE考试精品课程指导  Footballis a great sport, but it could be so much better if it were run honestly  作为一项伟大运动的足球，公平竞争能让它变得更好。  THEmesmerizing wizardry of Lionel Messi and the muscular grace of CristianoRonaldo are joys to behold. But for deep-dyed internationalists like thisnewspaper, the games true beauty lies in its long reach, from east to west andnorth to south. Football, more than any other sport, has thrived on globalization.Nearly half of humanity will watch at least part of the World Cup, which kicksoff in Brazil on June 12th，2014.  有着梦幻般迷人动作的莱昂内尔梅西和有着健美身材的克里斯蒂亚诺罗纳尔多总是让人为之疯狂着迷。但是在像我们报纸这样真正的国际主义者看来，足球运动之美在于这项运动的覆盖范围之广，从东到西，从南到北，都有它的踪影。足球比其他任何运动都更具全球性。2014年6月12日，全世界几乎有一半的人至少会收看部分巴西世界杯的比赛。  So it issad that the tournament begins under a cloud as big as the Maracan stadium.Documents obtained by Britains Sunday Times have allegedly revealed secretpayments that helped Qatar win the hosting rights to the World Cup in 2022.Ifthat competition was fixed, it has company. A report by FIFA, footballsgoverning body, is said to have found that several exhibition matches wererigged ahead of the World Cup in 2010. And as usual, no one has been punished.  所以让人难过的是这场比赛一开始就疑团重重，犹如乌云必然。英国《周日时报》获得的文件表明卡塔尔为获得2022年世界杯主办权向组委会塞了红包。如果竞选确实是被操纵了的话，那么事情肯定还不止这么简单。国际足球联盟的报道表明他们发现2010年世界杯前的几场表演赛是被操控的。但是和往常一样的是，没有人因此受罚。  This onlyprompts other questions. Why on earth did anyone think holding the World Cup inthe middle of the Arabian summer was a good idea? Why is football so far behindother sports like rugby, cricket and tennis in using technology to double checkrefereeing decisions? And why is the worlds greatest game led by such a groupof mediocrities, notably Sepp Blatter, FIFAs boss since 1998? In any otherorganization, the endless financial scandals would have led to his ouster yearsago. But more than that, he seems hopelessly out of date; from sexist remark