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课时作业二　阅读理解提分练2 　　　　　　　　　　　 Passage 1 (2023·福建省福州第一中学一模) Stéphanie Frappart made history on Thursday as the first woman to referee (裁判) a men's World Cup match. Alongside assistants Neuza Back from Brazil and Karen Diaz from Mexico, the Frenchwoman was part of an all­female refereeing trio officiating Costa Rica vs. Germany in their Group E match. Throughout her career, Frappart has achieved a seemingly endless series of firsts. In April 2019, she became the first female referee to take charge of a Ligue 1 match, in August 2019, the first to take charge of a major men's European match, and in 2020, the first to officiate a men's UEFA Champions League match. At the World Cup，a referee might make 245 decisions in a single game, Sky Sports estimates, and if just one is wrong, it will be analyzed in microscopic detail. It could alter the course of a game, or even a team's World Cup—denying it a title or ensuring it progresses no further in the tournament. “When you make a mistake, it's more important than if a player makes a mistake—there are more consequences for the teams，” Frappart says. “It's also easy to say that it's the fault of the referee and not the fault of our team when you lose.” Inevitably, female referees are carefully examined, as they straddle (跨越) two traditionally male­dominated fields: football and leadership. “There are many questions involved if she's there because she's a woman.” Frappart recalls when she made_her_debut in Ligue. “It's not only in football. I think in every job when you're a woman you need to prove that you have the quality and after that they let you continue.” But as Frappart refereed more matches, the stance towards her gradually changed. “Now, it's not a question of gender. It's now only a question about competencies.” With women refereeing, the matches at the Qatar World Cup broadcast to huge audiences worldwide. Frappart knew it encouraged more women to pick up a whistle and take more and more responsibility. “So if you hav