Star Quality　　A new anti-cheating system for counting the judges scores in ice skating is flawed, according to leading sports specialists. Ice skatings governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influenced.　　Initially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 to give the gold medal to a Russian pair, even though they had a fall during their routine. But the International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the Russians. The International Olympics Committee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up .　　The ISU, skatings governing body, now says it intends to change the rules. In future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores-selected at random-will count.　　The ISU wont finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport, the British Governments sports body, has expressed reservations. 1 remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for, says Jerry Bingham, UK Sports head of ethics .　　A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from the Royal Statistical Society in London. The score of one or two judges who have been nobbled may still be in the seven selected.　　Many other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming, have a system that discards the highest and lowest scores. If a judge was under pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldnt count. It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government bodys technical committee. If you remove those at the top and bottom youre left with those in the middle, so youre getting a reasonable average.　　Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened up in its system still further. Two separate panels of judges score different rounds of diving during top competitions. Neither panel knows the scores given by the other. We have done this to head off any suggestion of bias, says Cook.　　Bingham urged the ISU to consider other options. This should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with the problem of adjudicating on matter of style and presentation, he says.　　36 Who won the gold medal in the pairs figure-skating event?　　A The Russian pair.　　B The Canadian pair.　　C Both the Russian pair and the Canadian pair.　　D The French pair.　　37 According to the new rules proposed by the ISU, which of the following is right?　　A The number of judges will be doubled.　　B Only half of the judges wilt score.　　C Only some selected judges will score.　　D Only half of the scores will count.　　38 What does Jerry Bingham express by saying I remain to be convinced?　　A His anger.　　B His criticism.　　C His agreement.　　D His doubt.　　39 The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as　　A indifferent.　　B reserved.　　C enthusiastic.　　D positive.　　40 Which of the following is NOT true of the scoring system for diving?　　A It is more biased.　　B It is more reasonable.　　C It is fairer.　　D It is tighter.　　參考答案：　　36. C 根據第二段最后一句話可知俄國和加拿大兩個國家的選手都獲得了冠軍。　　37. D 根據文章第三段可輕易得知答案選D　　38. D 第四段Jerry Bingham說我仍然需要進一步確信，所以他是持懷疑態度的。　　39. B 根據第四段第一句話可知英國對他們提出的新規則是持保留態度的。　　40. A 文中倒數第三段中，Jeff Cook說如果去掉一個最高分，去掉一個最低分，留取中間值，可以得到一個比較合理的平均值。這在各種水下運動中是行得通的。可以很快的選出答案A。 但是這個題要注意題干里的NOT。

　　Star Quality　　A new anti-cheating system for counting the judges scores in ice skating is flawed, according to leading sports specialists. Ice skatings governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influenced.　　Initially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 to give the gold medal to a Russian pair, even though they had a fall during their routine. But the International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the Russians. The International Olympics Committee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up .　　The ISU, skatings governing body, now says it intends to change the rules. In future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores-selected at random-will count.　　The ISU wont finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport, the British Governments sports body, has expressed reservations. 1 remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for, says Jerry Bingham, UK Sports head of ethics .　　A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from the Royal Statistical Society in London. The score of one or two judges who have been nobbled may still be in the seven selected.　　Many other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming, have a system that discards the highest and lowest scores. If a judge was under pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldnt count. It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government bodys technical committee. If you remove those at the top and bottom youre left with those in the middle, so youre getting a reasonable average.　　Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened up in its system still further. Two separate panels of judges score different rounds of diving during top competitions. Neither panel knows the scores given by the other. We have done this to head off any suggestion of bias, says Cook.　　Bingham urged the ISU to consider other options. This should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with the problem of adjudicating on matter of style and presentation, he says.　　36 Who won the gold medal in the pairs figure-skating event?　　A The Russian pair.　　B The Canadian pair.　　C Both the Russian pair and the Canadian pair.　　D The French pair.　　37 According to the new rules proposed by the ISU, which of the following is right?　　A The number of judges will be doubled.　　B Only half of the judges wilt score.　　C Only some selected judges will score.　　D Only half of the scores will count.　　38 What does Jerry Bingham express by saying I remain to be convinced?　　A His anger.　　B His criticism.　　C His agreement.　　D His doubt.　　39 The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as　　A indifferent.　　B reserved.　　C enthusiastic.　　D positive.　　40 Which of the following is NOT true of the scoring system for diving?　　A It is more biased.　　B It is more reasonable.　　C It is fairer.　　D It is tighter.　　參考答案：　　36. C 根據第二段最后一句話可知俄國和加拿大兩個國家的選手都獲得了冠軍。　　37. D 根據文章第三段可輕易得知答案選D　　38. D 第四段Jerry Bingham說我仍然需要進一步確信，所以他是持懷疑態度的。　　39. B 根據第四段第一句話可知英國對他們提出的新規則是持保留態度的。　　40. A 文中倒數第三段中，Jeff Cook說如果去掉一個最高分，去掉一個最低分，留取中間值，可以得到一個比較合理的平均值。這在各種水下運動中是行得通的。可以很快的選出答案A。 但是這個題要注意題干里的NOT。