高考For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team's performance begins to decline.

对于足球和篮球来说，为一支球队增加有天赋的球员证明是一个好方法，但只能达到70%的球员都是顶级人才的程度；超过这个水平，团队的表现开始下降。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

考研Such a move could affect firms such as McDonald's, which sponsors the youth coaching scheme run by the Football Association.

这一举措可能会影响到麦当劳等公司，后者赞助了由足球协会运营的青年教练计划。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级"You suspended Ray rice after our video," a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day.

“在我们的视频播放后，你暂停了雷·赖斯的比赛，”TMZ的一名记者在前几天向国家足球联盟委员罗杰·古德尔（Roger Goodell）提出挑战。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级The aircraft is massive as long as a football field and as tall as 6 double decker buses and capable of flying for up to 5 days.

这架飞机体积巨大，有一个足球场那么长，有6辆双层巴士那么高，可以飞行5天。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考Football season started in september and all summer long I worked out.

足球赛季从九月份开始，整个夏天我都在锻炼。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

六级Although, over the years, Barbies had more than 180 different careers, including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut, her body shape hasn't changed much.

尽管这些年来，芭比娃娃有超过180种不同的职业，包括足球教练、手语老师、大使、总统和宇航员，但她的体型并没有太大变化。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more football season find it hard to graduate

如今，学生完成本科学位所需的平均时间已长达六年零七个月，因为学生们因工作中断、上课不方便或又被一个足球赛季吸引而难以毕业

2012年6月阅读原文

六级We often take a militaristic, "tough" approach to resilience and determination like a Marine pulling himself through the mud, a boxer going one more round, or a football player picking himself up off the ground for one more play.

我们经常采取军国主义的“强硬”方法来恢复和决心，就像一名海军陆战队队员在泥泞中挣扎，一名拳击手再打一圈，或者一名足球运动员再打一场比赛。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级The football team, the basketball team—that's our competition for resources, student time, attention, school dollars, parent efforts, school enthusiasm.

足球队、篮球队是我们争夺资源、学生时间、注意力、学校资金、家长努力、学校热情的比赛。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考A college classmate of mine, tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player.

我的一位大学同学蒂姆是一名出色的足球运动员，尽管他的体重比一般球员轻得多。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more football season find it hard to graduate.

现在，学生完成本科学位的平均时间已延长至六年零七个月，因为学生们因工作中断、上课不方便或又被一个足球赛季吸引而难以毕业。

2012年6月阅读原文

高考They focused on football, basketball and baseball.

他们专注于足球、篮球和棒球。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考This task-interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

这项任务将棒球与足球和篮球区分开来。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级Yet, when you look at their numbers or percentages on the revenue-generating sports teams of football and basketball, they make up well into 50 and 60 percent of those teams.

然而，当你看他们在足球和篮球等产生收入的运动队中的人数或百分比时，他们在这些运动队中分别占50%和60%。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研For example, many collegiate and professional football players qualify as obese, though their percentage body fat is low.

例如，许多大学生和职业足球运动员符合肥胖标准，尽管他们的体脂百分比很低。

2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考I carried my football everywhere for practice.

我带着足球到处练习。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

六级So a heavy object, like a football player moving at a high speed, has a lot of momentum — that is, once be is moving, it is hard to change his state of motion.

所以一个重的物体，比如一个高速移动的足球运动员，有很大的动量——也就是说，一旦他在移动，就很难改变他的运动状态。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams.

更多的球场选择，当然还有更好的足球队。

2012年6月阅读原文

高考That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.

那年夏天，当其他球队享受假期时，我们每天都见面，练习传球和踢足球。

2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

四级Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.

当然可以，但是因为足球赛，今天到处都是交通堵塞。

2011年12月听力原文

六级“The football team, the basketball team---that’s our competition for resources, student time, attention, school dollars, parent efforts, school enthusiasm.

“足球队，篮球队——这是我们对资源、学生时间、注意力、学校资金、家长努力和学校热情的竞争。

2017年6月六级真题（卷二）

四级His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey (猎物) into a goalmouth.

他的杀人武器变成了无害的足球和猎物(猎物) 进入球门。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.

研究人员认为，如果国际足球管理机构国际足联想在下一届世界杯上提高裁判水平，就应该鼓励裁判从远处观察比赛，而不是急于跟上球的速度。

2000年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Since the football season had ended, most of the young man felt they were in for a boring time.

由于足球赛季已经结束，大多数年轻人都觉得他们将度过一段无聊的时光。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of the American football.

他已经为一项新的比赛工作了很长时间，这项比赛将具有美式足球的刺激性。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung at the each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to sue a round European football, at first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing.

Nasmith向这些人展示了他挂在健身房两端的篮子，并解释说，他们将起诉一场欧洲足球赛，起初，无论他站在哪里，每个人都试图把球扔到篮子里。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Athletic merit scholarships are meant for students that excel(突出)in sports of any kind, from football to track and field events.

体育奖学金是为那些成绩优异的学生准备的(突出)在任何类型的体育运动中，从足球到田径项目。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“You suspended Ray Rice after our video,” a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day.

前几天，TMZ的一名记者向国家足球联盟专员罗杰·古德尔提出质疑：“你在我们的视频发布后暂停了雷·赖斯的职务。”。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

考研All they have to do is press a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention political discussions and the latest exciting football match.

他们所要做的就是按下一个按钮，他们就可以看到戏剧、电影、歌剧和各种各样的表演，更不用说政治讨论和最新的激动人心的足球比赛了。

1985年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In May, Julie Nimmons, president of Schutt Sports in Illinois, successfully fought a lawsuit involving a football player who was paralyzed in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet.

今年5月，伊利诺伊州舒特体育公司总裁Julie Nimmons成功地与一名足球运动员打了官司，该足球运动员在一场比赛中戴着舒特头盔瘫痪。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题