根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Forthe rest of March, a disease will sweep across theUS. It will keep kids home fromschool. __71__ Employees will suddenly lose their ability toconcentrate.
Thedisease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’scollege basketball tournament(锦标赛). __72__ Teams competeagainst each other in a single-elimination(单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns anational champion.
__73__The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends competeagainst friends. Husbands against wives. Colleagues against bosses.
Big-nameschools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year thereare dark horses from little-known universities. This adds to the madness.Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a schoolwith 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, thelittle-known George Mason Universitywas one of the final teams. __74__
Collegebasketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name fortheir university and themselves. __75__ About $4 billion willbe spent gambling on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the eventwill bring in $500 million in advertising income this year, topping thepost-season income of everyUSprofessional league, including that of the NBA.
A. Nearly20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festivalMadness.
B. The players will go all out forthe games.
C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’tinvolved.
D. College students will ignorepiles of homework.
E. People are willing to spend moremoney on watching it.
F. Itbegins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.
G. Many people had never even heardof the university before the tournament.
71.D 72.F 73.A 74.G 7 5.C
71. college students 大学生；ignore v.忽视，a pile of 一堆；故选项D正确。
72. begin on 开始于；故选项F正确。
73. prisoner n.囚犯，此处是很形象的比喻，代指所有人对这场活动的着迷。故选项A正确。
74. hear of 听说；故选项G正确。
75. involve v.牵涉；故选项C正确。
71. 本题考查了对上下文连贯性的把握。
72. 本题考查了逻辑推理能力。
73. 本题考查了逻辑推理能力。
74. 本题考查了文章前后的照应。
75. 本题考查了逻辑推理能力。
71. 从前文的“It will keep kids home from school.… Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.”可知，本句在讲小学生，大学生，以及工作了的人所受到的影响。
72. 从前文的“he disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament(锦标赛)”可以看出，这里是在介绍“March Madness” 的由来，接下来应该介绍它的具体时间了。
73. 从下文的“Friends compete against friends. Husbands against wives. Colleagues against bosses. ”可以看出，从朋友，夫妻，甚至员工与老板都参与到了这场活动中。
74. 从前文的“But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities”可以看出，每年的比赛中都有“黑马”杀出，这里提到的George Mason University就是其中之一，之前当然是没有人听说和关注到了。
75. 从下文的“About $4 billion will be spent gambling on the event”可以看出，虽然前面提到运动员并不会有收入，但大量的资金会被卷入进来。
71. 把握不准文章走向。
72. 逻辑推理错误。
73. 逻辑推理错误。
74. 识别不出前后文的照应而致错。
75. 逻辑推理错误。