[A] stress the importance of professional training.

　　[B] spotlight the soccer superstars at the World Cup.

　　[C] introduce the topic of what makes expert performance.

　　[D] explain why some soccer teams play better than others.

　　Mention表明这是功能题。定位就是以soccer，birthday这个词进行定位。因为是第一题，肯定是在前面。

　　If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006 s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the late months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be ever more pronounced.

　　What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a) certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills; b) winter born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania; d) none of the above.

　　可以看出，文章的整个第一段都是在讨论有关足球的事情。说明这一整段都是例子本身，都不是要我们关注的内容。

　　对比一下选项，可以发现，A，B，D中都是第一段细节的重现，professional training, World Cup, soccer等都是细节，直接排除，得到答案C。

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