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　　A new anti-cheating system for counting the judges' scores in ice skating is flawed, according to leading sports specialists．Ice skating's 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(亚军)．

　　The ISU, skating's 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 won't finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport．the British Government's sports body．has expressed reservations．"I 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 Sport's head of ethics(伦理)．

　　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(受到贿赂)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 wouldn't count．It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government body's technical committee．"If you remove those at the top and bottom you're left with those in the middle, SO you're 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．"Tms should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with the problem of adjudicating(裁定)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 will 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．

　　参考答案：36.C 37.D 38.D 39.B 40.A

　　解析：

　　35．正确答案为D expertise是特殊领域的知识和学问的意思，另外三个选项都是人，在这个上下文里根本不合适。

　　36．正确答案为C 答案可以在第二段里找到，俄罗斯选手得了金牌，但该段的最后一句话说，国际奥委会最后确定给本是亚军的加拿大选手再发一个金牌。所以实际上有两个金牌得主。

　　37．正确答案为D 答案在第三段里。根据新办法，打分的裁判有14人，任意挑选其中7个人的打分计分。

　　38．正确答案为D I remain t0 be convinced的意思是"我尚不信服"，即你们还得设法让我相信，所以这句话表明了他的怀疑。

　　39．正确答案为B reserved是"有保留的"。这个意思可以从第四、五两段Jerry Bingham和MarkDixon两个人的话里可以归纳出来。

　　40．正确答案为A 2000年悉尼奥运会采用的跳水打分办法在倒数第二段里作了解释，这个新办法更合理，更少偏袒，更公正，选项A恰恰说该办法更加不公正(more biased)，所以A是答案。