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Most people have never heard of the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento，but they have heard of Pelé.Without question，Pelé is the greatest soccer player ever.Edson Arantes do Nascimento and Pelé are two names for the same man.
Pelé was born in a small village in Brazil.Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil，and like most other children of his age，Pelé grew up playing soccer.
Too poor to afford a soccer ball，Pelé and his playmates often made one by tying together a bunch of rags.Their playing field was usually a sidewalk.Old tin cans (锡罐)marked where the goalposts should be.Pelé and the other boys from his neighborhood often dreamed of one day becoming professional soccer players.At the age of eleven，Pelé was discovered by Waldemar de Brito，a former professional player.De Brito was then coach of the Bauru Soccer Club.He signed Pelé to play for the junior Bauru team.
In 1956，when Pelé was fifteen，de Brito took him to the city of Santos，Brazil，to try out for the Santos professional team.Pelé immediately distinguished himself as one of the best players.
In 1957，Pelé was selected (挑选)to play on Brazil' s national team.He scored the only goal for Brazil in the first game and another goal in the second game.Then in 1958，Pelé helped Brazil win its first World Cup.
Between 1958 and 1970，Pelé played in four World Cups.He is the only person to have played on three winning World Cup teams.Pelé played his last game with the Brazilian national team in 1971，but he continued to play for the Santos team for three more years before calling it quits.
Throughout his career，Pelé had an amazing ability to move people.Everybody wanted to see him play.In 1969，a war in Nigeria was stopped for two days because the Santos team had been invited to play there and people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé play.
Pelé's name has become synonymous(同义的)with excellence in soccer.His 20-year career has yielded some of the most memorable moments in soccer history.People today still refer to him as the great Pelé，the King of Soccer.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了“球王”贝利的生平及成就。
1．How were the soccer playing conditions for Pelé when he was young?
A．Rather terrible. B．Fairly original.
C．Well-developed. D．Pretty standard.
A [考查推理判断。由第三段中的“Too poor to afford a soccer ball...Old tin cans(锡罐) marked where the goalposts should be.”可知，贝利小时候踢足球的条件非常艰苦，他们买不起足球，就把破布系在一起当球，没有足球场，就在人行道上踢，旧的锡罐用来标注球门。]
2．In Paragraphs 4 to 6，the author mainly focuses on Pelé's .
A．influence
B．achievements
C．international records
D．personal development
B [考查段落大意。由第四至六段的描述可知，这三段主要讲述了贝利的成就。]
3．Why was the war in Nigeria in 1969 stopped for two days?
A．Nigerians had grown tired of fighting.
B．Nigerians did not want to injure Pelé.
C．People wanted to see Pelé play soccer.
D．Pelé refused to play unless the war stopped.
C [考查细节理解。由倒数第二段中的“In 1969，a war in Nigeria...people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé play.”可知，在1969年，发生在尼日利亚的战争停止了两天，因为交战双方都非常渴望看贝利踢足球。]
4．What do we know about Pelé？
A．He grew up in a soccer family.
B．He behaves selflessly and generously.
C．He is a talented and outstanding footballer.
D．He received professional training at age 15.
C [考查推理判断。通读全文可知，贝利在11岁时就被教练Waldemar de Brito发现了他的天赋，在15岁时就从球队中凸显出来，之后在他20年的职业生涯中屡屡夺冠，他是唯一一位三次获得世界杯冠军的球员，今天依然被人们称为“球王”。由此可知，贝利是一位富有天赋、杰出的足球运动员。]
