课时作业4 Sports And Fitness-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（人教版）

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3+ 课时作业 4　 SPORTS AND FITNESS Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·湖北省钟祥市二模) Watching Tottenham Hotspur walk out onto the pitch at Rossett Park was a surreal(离奇的) experience to soccer fans. Spurs were set to play against Marine AFC. In fact, this was the biggest mismatch in the 149-year history of the FA Cup. Also, the meaning behind the match was far beyond the game itself. On account of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year􀆳s FA Cup is seriously affected. Football clubs at the top levels of the sports often postpone matches. For a club like Marine that relies on matchday revenue (收益) to survive, hooking a white whale like Spurs and then not being able to even allow the attendance of spectators must have felt cruel. However, miracle did happen. Knowing the difficult circumstances Marine was facing, 30,000 Tottenham fans opened their pocketbooks and purchased “ virtual tickets” at ￡ 10 each for a match they couldn􀆳t even attend. “ I have so much respect for the coach José Mourinho and Tottenham Hotspur as a football club from this,” said Marine manager Neil Young. “He has done what he said he would do with his team selection. He brought on players he could have easily left on the bench and Tottenham as a club have supported us wholeheartedly. Over 30, 000 virtual tickets have now been sold for this match. ” José Mourinho also understood what this match meant. “ Since 2004, I have been in England and I􀆳ve never played against a side at this level in the pyramid,” he said. “ I􀆳m not English, but I know what thi