Section B: Information Matching

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.

New Formula One Chief Hopes to Grab Americans' Attention

[A] For the past four decades, the leader of Formula One car racing, one of the biggest annual sporting series in the world, was Bernie Ecclestone, a former motorcycle parts dealer who built it into an international presence essentially on his own.

[B] A skilled backroom operator who speaks without a filter, Ecclestone said often that in his opinion, the sport was at its best when he was allowed to act as “a dictator.”

[C] Yet now the dictator is gone. After an American company, Liberty Media, acquired the Formula One competition recently, Chase Carey — a former executive with Fox Broadcasting Company and DirecTV who by his own admission is not a fierce racing fan — was named to replace Ecclestone and to try to renovate the organization's management, reach and ambition.

[D] Among the goals, Carey said in an interview on Tuesday, is one that just about every global sport seems interested in chasing: increasing interest in the United States. “People have said we're going to 'Americanize' it,” Carey said. “And we're not going to do that totally. But realistically, there are some elements of Americanization that the sport could use.”

[E] While Formula One commands enormous audiences throughout much of the world, many American sports fans know it as that other motorsport, the one that is not Nascar. Formula One teams race far more technologically advanced vehicles around tracks all over the world - in magnificent events in places like Malaysia, Monaco, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, and on tradition-rich tracks like Silverstone in England and Monza in Italy too.

[F] The series has an annual race in Austin, Texas. But within “a few years,” Carey said, he plans to bring another to a destination American city, like New York, Los Angeles, Miami or Las Vegas. Carey's ambitious plan is two-fold: first, change the business model of Formula One, which he said was a “one-man show” under Ecclestone that had a largely narrow vision when it came to negotiating partnership deals; and second, alter the way fans experience the sport, both in person and remotely, so that connections between the audience and people within the series are easier to make.

[G] Increased digital access for fans, a more behind-the-scenes experience for broadcast viewers and innovation in areas like virtual reality - what is it like to speed around a track inside a Ferrari? - are among the possibilities. “The sport has clearly been underserved,” Carey said. “It doesn't do anything digitally. There's no marketing. It doesn't tell any stories. The goal in this is to make the fans connect to the live experience as much as possible, and the tools you have to do that, we're not using at all.”

[H] The larger question, though, is a familiar one: Is there room for Formula One in the ever-crowded sports landscape of the United States? Opinions vary, particularly because viewing habits among consumers continue to evolve. John Bloom, a professor at Shippensburg University who has studied American sports history, said the biggest challenge for any sport trying to increase its presence in the United States was framing itself in a way that had lasting appeal. “Sports generally become popular in some way because they establish a narrative,” Bloom said. “When I think of motorsports in the U.S., what we all think of is Nascar, and the narrative of Nascar is sort of rural, white, working-class Americans, mostly in the South, connecting with the atmosphere of those races. That's the narrative. When I think of the narrative of Formula One, it's a very different kind of audience.”

[I] That difference, Carey said, is significant. While some might immediately link Formula One to Nascar in terms of American growth, Carey said Formula One's brand research had indicated there was very little crossover; rather, Formula One fans generally cite other so-called elite events, like Wimbledon or the Ryder Cup, as competitions they enjoy. “Other than they're both cars, the Nascar fan base is a very different fan base,” Carey said. “It's a very regional fan base. Formula One is a global, famous brand of stars. These are machines that shock and awe you.”

[J] Carey's background is in deal making and innovation. At Fox Broadcasting Company, he was a top advisor for years, known for his skill in helping to lead the launch of the company into sports, as well as the start of Fox News Channel. After going to DirecTV, he positioned the satellite provider as a mainstream option in millions of households.

[K] Now, after Liberty Media paid $4.4 billion to acquire Formula One, he is charged with making the investment pay off. “I think they can build Formula One in the U.S.,” said Patrick Crakes, an executive at In Vivo Media Group who spent 25 years at Fox Broadcasting Company before leaving in 2016 as a senior manager at Fox Sports. “People don't work on their cars anymore. They don't want that connection anymore. It's about technology and pushing the limits. It's about speed, danger and risk. And Formula One has that more than any other racing series.”

[L] That is what hooked Carey, and he said he thought his experience was not unusual. He recalled attending Formula One's Monaco race last year and being overwhelmed by the ceremony leading up to the event, the way the race charmed the city for days ahead of the start. In his mind, it felt like a Super Bowl.

[M] Then, on race day, he watched as the cars rocketed out of a tunnel and went screaming toward a tight turn with the city's harbor and the Mediterranean Sea in the background framing the scene. He was fascinated. “You can't help but be awed,” he said, “and I think that feeling can be translated to the viewer.”

[N] He added: “The broader sport is a little too inward-looking, and we need to be more open. In some ways, I'm glad to be coming from the outside. The guys who are in the sport forever are sitting there saying: 'We can't do that. We can't do that because it's never been done that way.'”

36. Chase Carey believes greater use should be made of digital technology to make Formula One more accessible to its fans.

37. Chase Carey was deeply impressed by the ceremony preceding last year's Monaco race.

38. One of Chase Carey's goals is to make Formula One more appealing to Americans.

39. A former motorbike parts dealer led Formula One for the past forty years.

40. Chase Carey thought the audience of Formula One could be made to share his feeling about the race.

41. Chase Carey used to serve as a top advisor for a major broadcasting company.

42. Chase Carey intends to make connections easier between the audience and the Formula One racers.

43. The new leader of Formula One admitted he was not super interested in car racing.

44. People's opinions differ as to whether Formula One can be promoted in the U.S.

45. Compared with other racing series, Formula One focuses more on speed and involves more danger.

Answers & Explanations

36. G。解析：题干中的 greater use should be made of digital technology to make Formula One more accessible（应该更多地使用数字技术使F1更容易被粉丝接触到）对应 [G] 段的 Increased digital access for fans... The goal in this is to make the fans connect... the tools you have to do that, we're not using at all（增加球迷的数字访问...目标是让球迷尽可能多地体验，而我们根本没有使用这些数字工具）。

37. L。解析：题干中的 deeply impressed by the ceremony preceding last year's Monaco race（对去年摩纳哥比赛前的仪式印象深刻）对应 [L] 段的 being overwhelmed by the ceremony leading up to the event... Monaco race last year（去年被摩纳哥大奖赛前的仪式所震撼）。

38. D。解析：题干中的 make Formula One more appealing to Americans（让F1对美国人更有吸引力）对应 [D] 段的 Among the goals... is increasing interest in the United States（目标之一是增加在美国的兴趣）。

39. A。解析：题干中的 A former motorbike parts dealer led Formula One for the past forty years（一名前摩托车零件经销商在过去40年里领导了F1）对应 [A] 段的 For the past four decades, the leader of Formula One... was Bernie Ecclestone, a former motorcycle parts dealer（过去四十年F1的领导者是前摩托车零件经销商伯尼·埃克莱斯顿）。

40. M。解析：题干中的 audience of Formula One could be made to share his feeling（F1的观众可以分享他对比赛的感受）对应 [M] 段的 I think that feeling can be translated to the viewer（我认为那种感觉可以传达给观众）。

41. J。解析：题干中的 used to serve as a top advisor for a major broadcasting company（曾经担任一家主要广播公司的顶级顾问）对应 [J] 段的 At Fox Broadcasting Company, he was a top advisor for years（他在福克斯广播公司担任顶级顾问多年）。

42. F。解析：题干中的 make connections easier between the audience and the Formula One racers（使观众和F1赛车手之间的联系更容易）对应 [F] 段的 so that connections between the audience and people within the series are easier to make（为了让观众和赛事人员之间的联系更容易建立）。

43. C。解析：题干中的 The new leader... admitted he was not super interested in car racing（新领导人承认他对赛车不是特别感兴趣）对应 [C] 段的 Chase Carey... by his own admission is not a fierce racing fan（蔡斯·凯里自己承认并不是狂热的赛车迷）。

44. H。解析：题干中的 People's opinions differ as to whether Formula One can be promoted in the U.S.（人们对于F1是否能在美国推广意见不一）对应 [H] 段的 Is there room for Formula One in the ever-crowded sports landscape of the United States? Opinions vary...（F1在美国拥挤的体育版图中有空间吗？人们意见不一...）。

45. K。解析：题干中的 focuses more on speed and involves more danger（更注重速度并涉及更多危险）对应 [K] 段的 It's about speed, danger and risk. And Formula One has that more than any other racing series（这关乎速度、危险和风险。而F1比其他任何赛车系列都更具备这些）。

核心搭配与高分句型

【核心搭配与高频短语】

• on one's own：靠自己，独立地（built it into an international presence essentially on his own）
• be charged with：承担...的责任，被委以...的任务（he is charged with making the investment pay off）
• when it comes to：当涉及...时，在...方面（when it came to negotiating partnership deals）
• lead up to：导致，在...之前（the ceremony leading up to the event）
• pay off：取得成功，得到回报（making the investment pay off）
• in terms of：在...方面，就...而言（in terms of American growth）
• translate to：转化为，传达给（that feeling can be translated to the viewer）
• cannot help but：忍不住，不得不（You can't help but be awed）

【亮点句型解析】

• While 引导让步状语从句：
  "While Formula One commands enormous audiences throughout much of the world, many American sports fans know it as that other motorsport, the one that is not Nascar."
  （尽管F1在世界大部分地区拥有庞大的观众群，但许多美国体育迷只知道它是另一种赛车运动，那个不是Nascar的运动。）`While` 放句首表示“尽管/虽然”，形成前后强烈的对比，这是六级阅读和写作中极高频的地道句式。
• Cannot help but + 动词原形 (双重否定表肯定)：
  "You can't help but be awed," he said.
  （“你忍不住会感到敬畏，”他说。）`cannot help but do sth.` 意为“不得不做/忍不住做某事”，语气强烈，生动表达了人们面对F1赛车极速场面时难以抗拒的震撼感。