根据下列材料回答下列各 题。 Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsme

n and sportswomen kills theessence(真谛)of sporhe pursuit of personal excellence．Children kick a football aroundfor fun．When they get older and play for local school teams，theyBecome competitiveBut theystill enjoy playing．The individual representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoyinghimself，he has to think only about winning．He is responsible for entire nations hopes，dreams and reputation． A good example is the football World Cup．Football is the world’s most important sport．Winning the World Cup is perhaps the summit of international sporting SUCCESS．Mention Ar—gentina(阿根廷)to someone and the chances are that he’11 think of football．In a sense，win。ning the World Cup put Argentina on the map． Sports fans and supporters get quite unreasonable about the World Cup．People in Eng—land felt that their country was somehow important after they won in l966．Last year thousandsof Scots sold their cars，and even their houses，and spent all their money traveling to Argenti—na，where the finals were played． So，am I arguing that international competition kills the idea of sport？Certainly not!Dothe Argentinian reallyBelieve thatBecause eleven of their men proved the most skillful at foot—ball，their nation is in every wayBetter than all others？Not really，but its nice to know thatyou won and that in one way at least your country is theBest． （）In the second paragraph，the word“summit”means“_________”．

A.highest point

B.mountain top

C.award

D.summary