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第二篇：Ichiro Suzuki, the unique and pioneering superstar who amassed 4,367 hits in 28 professional baseball seasonsacross two continents, announced his retirement on Thursday, March 28th, 2019, concluding one of the mostremarkable careers in the history of sports.Suzuki, who is destined for a place in the Hall of Fame, told his Seattle Mariners teammates the news in Japanbefore their regular-season game against the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome. The news filtered out to thecrowd and around the world after the Kyodo News Service reported it during the game.“After nine years playing in Japan and entering my 19th season in America, I am announcing my retirement,”Suzuki said in Japanese after the game, at a ballroom packed with reporters in a hotel adjacent to the stadium. “Ican’t describe how fortunate I feel to have my career conclude in the uniform of the Seattle Mariners.”A day after he had become the oldest position player to start a season-opening game in the American League,Suzuki started Thursday’s game in right field and batted ninth. After going hitless in four at-bats, he took hisposition in right field to start the bottom of the eighth inning.Seattle Manager Scott Servais then came onto the field to make a lineup change. With that, the other eightSeattle players quickly retreated to the dugout, leaving Suzuki a vast, green pathway to the third base bench, and hejogged unobstructed to thunderous applause from the sellout crowd.Upon leaving the field for the last time, Suzuki received emotional embraces from each teammate in front ofthe dugout, including tearful ones from second baseman Dee Gordon and countryman Yusei Kikuchi, who grew upidolizing Suzuki and who had just made his debut as a starting pitcher in the major leagues.The biggest embrace awaited him inside the dugout. Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Famer and a beloved Marinersicon, made his way to the bench in street clothes to offer his support.
46. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) It reports a retirement ceremony of a great sport player.
(B) It criticizes the extravagance of a baseball player’s life before retirement.
(C) It describes the ruthlessness of sports fans towards professional sport players.
(D) It praises the cooperation across the Pacific Ocean for hosting professional games.

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答案：A
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(2),B(2),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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