单元检测（三十七）Basketball

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Thereissuchathingaswinningbytoomuch.Afinalscoreof161-2recentlyearnedonewinningcoachofaCalifornianhighschoolgirlsbasketballteamatwo-gamesuspension(停赛)forunsportsman-likebehavior.

“Thegamejustgotawayfromme.Ididntexpectthemtobethatbad.Imnottryingtoembarrassanybody，”ArroyoValleyCoachMichaelAndersontoldtheSanBernardinoSunabouttheblowoutagainstBloomington.Inthesecondhalf,heplayedsubstitutesinsteadofstarters,whoplayedwhenthegamebegan.

Hmm.Callingyourpetitor“bad”probablyisnthelpingthecause.

CoachesfromotherlocalhighschoolshavespokenagainstAndersonstactics(战术)aswell.Throughouttheentirefirsthalfofthegame,Andersonusedafull-courtpress,amethodofplayingbasketballinwhichoneteamputspressureontheotherteaminallpartsofthecourt,andeventuallyhisteamwonby103points.Bloomingtononlyscored1point.

“Letthemscore，”CajonCoachMarkLehman,wholedhisteamtovictorytoo,said.“Idontthinkanyonewouldvehadaproblemifitwas161-50.But161-2?...Whynotputupdefense？”

Bloomingtondealtwiththelossaswellastheycould.

“Peopleshouldntfeelsorryformyteam，”CoachDaleChungsaidafterthegame.“Theyshouldfeelsorryforhisteam,whichisntlearningthegametherightway.”

Hesaidhewasproudofhisteam,becausethegamewouldhardlyaffectthem.However,headded,“Butitshouldaffectthemalittle.”

Thesuspensiondoesntseemtohavechangedtheteamstacticsmuch.Afterthe159-pointwin,ArroyoplayedagainstIndianSpringsandwonby61points.

“Theyrespondedastheyusuallydo，”ArroyosassistantcoachNickAnderson,19,toldtheSanBernardinoSunofthe80-19win.Hewasfillinginforhisdad,whowassuspended.

Hesaid,“Itsnothingdifferent.Wejusthaveadifferentcoach.Werestillgoingtorunourgameplan，likewealwaysdo.”

语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。美国一支高中女子篮球队以161比2的悬殊比分赢了一场比赛，而该