南方凤凰台·2025全国二轮英语第3节　背景常识.DOCVIP

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第三节背景常识

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(2023广东八市联考)EveryAugust,teamswithplayersabout10yearsoldplaybaseballacrosstheUS,withtheaimtobecomeLittleLeague1.Inthisyearsgame,IsaiahJarvis,aLittleLeaguebatter(击球手),2thepitcher(投球手),KaidenShelton,whothrewabaseballthathithiminthehead.The3scenebroughttearstotheeyesofthecrowdinthestadium.

OnAugust7th,KaidenShelton,fromTexas,4IsaiahJarvis,fromOklahoma,attheplate.WithtwostrikesagainstIsaiah,Kaiden5lostcontrolofhispitch.TheballhitIsaiahinhishelmet,sendinghimtotheground.Thefieldstaffimmediately6himandfoundhimtobeOK.Hedecidedtoremaininthe7.YetKaiden,thepitcher,appearedtobe8.

Isaiahcalledatimeoutuponseeinghis9battlingemotions.HecalmlywalkedtowardKaidenandgavehimabighug,tryingto10him.“Hey,youredoingjustgreat.”KaidenlatersharedwithNBCNews.“These11wordsfromhimreallyhelpedme.”

Avideoofthemomentwaspostedonlineandattractedmorethan6.5millionviews.DannyGraves,asportsannouncer,saidIsaiahs12wasthebestthinghehadeverseeninLittleLeaguebaseball.

TheTexasteamwonthegame9-4to13totheLittleLeagueWorldSeries.AndIsaiahwasalso14tothegametocelebrateits75thanniversary.ThepairtoldNBCNewstheythinktheirnewfound15willlastbeyondanytournament.

【文章大意】

本文是一篇记叙文。在今年少年棒球联盟比赛中，凯登不小心砸中了对手以赛亚。虽然以赛亚没什么大事，但凯登却吓坏了。为了安慰凯登，以赛亚拥抱了他，这一幕感动了许多人。两人也收获了珍贵的友谊。

1.A.candidates B.volunteers C.champions D.reporters

【解析】C根据句中的playbaseballacrosstheUS和theaim以及常识可知，参加棒球比赛的目的是获得冠军。candidate候选人；volunteer志愿者；champion冠军；reporter记者。(常识)

2.A.replaced B.hugged C.challenged D.identified

【解析】B此处是下文HecalmlywalkedtowardKaidenandgavehimabighug中hug的原词复现。

3.A.embarrassing B.confusing C.amusing D.touching

【解析】D根据下文中HecalmlywalkedtowardKaidenandgavehimabighug和空后的brought