The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of

The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media industry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players (male or female at least 16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year’s World Cup or make their main living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum (政治避难) seekers . Anyone can take part, regardless of his or her abilities.
There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was held in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed by the México City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects — to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
【小题1】The aim of the Homeless World Cup is to . A．promote the cause of footballB．help the homeless live a better lifeC．draw attention to those living in povertyD．call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor【小题2】What can we learn from the last paragraph? A．Most players moved out of poverty.B．Homeless players became professional footballers.C．93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol.D．The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives.【小题3】What would be the best title for this passage? A．To End Homelessness.B．Football For Everyone.C．Hope For The Homeless.D．Beating Homelessness Through Football.B

(答案→)B 解析：本文讲述了the Homeless World Cup 的起源、规则、和曾经举办过的历届运动会。这项运动会的目的在于引起人们对于无家可归问题的注意，同时要帮助改善参与者的生活。作者在文章最后公布了一些调查数字以证实这项活动所取得的成绩。【小题1】B细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段The success of the competition has been in two aspects — to attract the world’s attention to the problems of homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.可知运动会的目的在于帮助这些无家可归的人们能过上更好的生活，所以B选项正确。【小题2】D细节理解题。文章最后的调查数字表明在参与过the Homeless World Cup的人们当中，92%的人有了新的生活动力，93人成功戒掉毒瘾或烟瘾，由此可知这个运动会改变了这些人的生活，故D项正确。【小题3】D主旨大意题。文章开头介绍了运动会的兴起以及参与规则等，最后提出运动会的目的也就是文章的中心就是通过the Homeless World Cup的举办来引起人们对于无家可归问题的注意和帮助改变这些无家可归人们的生活，所以D选项正确。

就是这个解释