College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball

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问题    College sports in the United States are a huge deal.  Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and【C1】______millions of dollars each year to sports.  Most of them earn millions【C2】______as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit【C3】______from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities【C4】______each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly【C5】______crowds of over 90, 000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship game is a TV【C6】______on a par with(与...... 相同或相似)any other sporting event in the United States,【C7】______perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can【C8】______one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs—from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford—【C9】______in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
   The athletes themselves are【C10】______and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify【C11】______teenagers and then go into high schools to【C12】______the country’s best players to attend their universities. There are strict rules about【C13】______coaches can recruitno recruiting calls after 9 p.m. , only one official visit to a campus — but they are often bent and sometimes【C14】______. Top college football programs【C15】______scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive【C16】______campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc.
   In return, the players【C17】______the program in their sport. Football players at top colleges【C18】______two hours a day, four days a week from January to April. In summer, it’s back to strength and agility training four days a week until mid-August, when camp【C19】______and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins【C20】______. During the seasons practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to Friday. Saturday is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of rest.
【C20】

选项 A、in principle
B、in confidence
C、in name
D、in earnest

答案D

解析 此题属于语义搭配题。in earnest 意为“正式地,认真地”,根据题意:训练营的集训以及为 9至12月赛季的开幕所做的准确工作应该是很严肃、正式地,故选项[D] in earnest (正式地)符合题意。选项[A] in principle 意为“原则上”;选项[B]in confidence 意为“私下里”;选项[C] in name 意为“名义上”。
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