What Makes a Soccer Player Great Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, hut there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made" First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six. countries have ever won the World Cup-three from South America and three from western Europe. There has never been a great national team-or a really great player-from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four. Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood-a poor, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a "ball" made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast. All great players have a lot in common, hut that doesn’t explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others. According to the author, which of the following statements is true
A. Soccer is popular all over the world, but truly great players are rare.
B. Millions of people all over the world are playing soccer, but only six countries have ever had famous stars.
C. Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but only six countries from South America and western Europe have ever had great national reams.
D. Soccer is one of the most popular games all over the world, but it seems the least popular in North America and Asi
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The Hammersmith Hospital in West London, home of the Royal Post-graduate Medical School has been the scene(发生地点) of many innovations in medicine. It is now home(中心地,根据地) to the most expensive and ambitious medical technology project ever in Britain, which this year will make the Hammersmith the world’s first fully digital hospital. The paper-free office brought about by computerization and modern information technology is familiar to(为……所熟悉) many office workers today. It has taken longer for the same technology to be applied to medical imaging(医学影像学), because of the immense computing power and high cost o the equipment required. But now the Hammersmith is becoming the first hospital in which all imaging data-- X-rays, ultrasonic ,CT and MRI images--are stored not on cumbersome, inflammable films but as digital data on optical discs. The first consequence of this can be seen in the air-conditioned computer room in the new building, where two compact(坚实的,结实的) cabinets each about as tall as a man and 0.6m wide are ready to store every X-ray and scan made at the Hammersmith in the next 16 years on optical discs(光盘). Space saving is the most obvious but not the most important advantage of the digital h6spital. A consultant conducting a clinic with a workstation linked by fibre optics(光纤) to the data store has no need of cumbersome trolleys loaded with patients’ X-rays. The new technology considerably reduces the exposure to ionizing (电离的) radiation needed to get pictures doctors need, corresponding to reducing the slight but inevitable health risk that come with repeated X-rays. X-rays record their images on fluorescent(荧光的) plates, lasers read off and store the data and the plates are wiped clean to use again. This requires less radiation than conventional(常规的) imaging. The ability to enhance imaging also reduces the need for extra exposures. Another advantage is that any stored image can be sent to any of the hospital’s 138 workstations in four seconds(soon that will come down(降落) to two seconds). Soon it will be possible to send it direct to other hospitals, or to computer screens in GP’s(全科医生) clinics. PACS(图像存档通讯系统) is the most expensive single medical technology project ever funded in UK. Most of the money has come from the Department of Health, which has realized that it will benefit patients at the Hammersmith Hospital and those referred from elsewhere, in terms of(按照) better, quicker and safer diagnosis and treatment. Another technique uses radio a belled(用放射性同位素示踪的) white blood cells to guide doctors to the sites of hidden abscesses(脓肿) or other trouble spots. In the most innovative technique of all, interventional(干预的,介入的) radiology, doctors use tiny instruments at the ends of fine catheters(导管), inserted deep into the body under local anaesthetic, to perform a growing amount of microsurgery, viewed by surgeons—and patients if appropriate—in extremely clear detail. Every scrap(碎片,段) of unwanted image is electronically edited off the screen by the computer. The Hammersmith Hospital is also pioneering interventional radiography, in which doctor carry out microsurgery at the same time as they image the patients’ organs in minute detail. The blocking or unblocking of arteries to prevent damage due to bleeding or thrombosis(血栓形成) is among the conditions now being treated in this way. At the Hammersmith Hospital,______.
A. every patient must take a CT scan.
B. space saving is the most important advantage.
C. there is no need of storing patients’ X-rays on the films.
D. all patients’ X-rays will be stored for 16 years.
李某的牛曾经吃了邻居赵某家的草,赵某耿耿于怀。一天,赵某趁李某不备,将李某的牛毒死了。李某后将赵某诉至法院,法学判决赵某赔偿李某3000元。对此,下列哪一选项是正确的( )
A. 李某对其牛享有所有权而形成的法律关系是属于保护性法律关系
B. 由于李某起诉而形成的诉讼法律关系属于第二性的法律关系
C. 因赵某毒死李某家的牛而形成的损害赔偿关系属于纵向的法律关系
D. 因赵某毒死李某家的牛而形成的损害赔偿关系中,李某不得放弃自己的权利
Future Kitchen In a house, the kitchen is most likely to change in the future. The refrigerator may be able to talk to the owner when some part of it wears out. So before it stops working, the refrigerator itself" may let you know that there’s a problem. In addition, your fridge will also be able to tell you what are inside it. You don’t need to stand in front of an open refrigerator and look for what you want. When you have taken out the food from your refrigerator, your table may suggest recipes based on what you put on it. How is this possible The reason is the tiny computer chips, called RFIDs. They will be put in all the equipment in your kitchen, and even in furniture. Besides refrigerator and table, other equipment in your kitchen will benefit you because of the chips. The washing machine will know how to wash plates cleaner. And you will be able to control your oven with your cell phone. You put your dinner into the oven before you leave home, and your phone will tell the oven when to start cooking, so that the meal has been ready when you get home. When you go to a grocery store, the RFIDs will also help you a lot. You put the chips in your shopping bag before leaving home, and then they wild tell you what you already have in your refrigerator. And the chips will charge your credit card, so that you don’t need to wait for a long lime before the cash desk any more. If you love all the things today’s kitchen can do for you, you’ll love what tomorrow’s kitchen will do for you. What does the writer tell us in the second paragraph
A. You won’t need to go shopping at all with the help of RFIDs.
B. You won’t need to pay when go shopping with the help of RFIDs.
C. You won’t be able to use an oven without the help of RFIDs.
D. You can easily buy what you need with the help of RFIDs.