There are one billion homeless people living in our world today . The Homeless World Cup exists to end this , so we all have a home , a basic human need .
The Homeless World Cup is an annual , international football tournament(锦标赛) , uniting teams of people who are homeless to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever . It has inspired and supported over 50 grass roots(基层的) football projects around the world working with homeless people throughout the year .
The first tournament took place in Graz 2003 uniting 17 national teams . At the 5th Homeless World Cup in Copenhagen in 2004 , 48 nations , 500 players were united for a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country . 25,000 players were involved in pre-tournament training and trials around the world .
The Homeless World Cup is full of players with courage , spirit and determination . Research shows that 73% of players change their lives for the better after the international tournament by coming off drugs and alcohol , moving into jobs , education , homes , training , reuniting with families and even going on to become players and coaches for professional or semi-professional football teams . David Duke (Scotland) played in 2004 , came off alcohol , passed his coaching qualifications(资格) . He became assistant coach for Scotland 2005 , coach in 2006 and now owns his own home . The best goal scorer in 2004 Yevgen Adamenko(Ukraine) went on to play in a professional club in Ukraine .
The Homeless World Cup supporters include Nike , UN , Manchester United , Real Madrid and international footballers Didier Drogba and Rio Ferdinand .
小题1:The purpose of the Homeless World Cup is to .
A．find a home for homeless people
B．collect money for homeless people
C．help the homeless kick bad habits
D．help the homeless start a new life小题2:Which of the following statements is true about the Copenhagen Homeless World Cup ?
A．It took place in early December .
B．25,000 players entered the tournament .
C．Nearly 50 teams competed in the tournament .
D．David Duke won the best goal scorer in 2004 .小题3:Why does the writer give the examples of Yevgen Adamenko and David Duke in Paragraph 4 ?
A．To attract people to join the Homeless World Cup .
B．To show the influence of the Homeless World Cup .
C．To show the popularity of the Homeless World Cup .
D．To inspire people to support the Homeless World Cup .小题4:The underlined words “ coming off ” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “ ” .
A．giving up
B．falling in
C．cutting off
D．looking down
