Though the figures on attendance for each vary with every new season, certain 26 remain the same.
答案：(B) arguments
前文提及棒球迷與足球迷持續爭論（argue continually）哪種運動才是最棒的，這句延續說明「雖然每季觀賽人數會有起伏，但支持各自運動的『論點』依然維持不變」，arguments（論點、主張）呼應前文的動詞argue，最為契合；agreements（協議，前面是爭論不是達成共識）、accomplishments（成就）、arrangements（安排）都不合。
argument 腦中只剩「爭吵」，於是看到 certain ___ remain the same 就覺得「某些爭吵維持不變」很奇怪，反而把正確答案排掉了。argument 另一個在閱讀文章裡更常出現的意思是「論點、理由、主張」（an argument for sth 支持某事的理由）。
答對率 45%，鑑別度只有 36，比同篇其他題明顯低——這題連讀懂文章的高分群考生也常失手，原因就在剛才那個既有印象：讀得越仔細、越覺得「爭吵不變」講不通的人，反而越容易改選別的。線索其實就在前一句的同一個字根上：Fans of professional baseball and football argue continually over which is America's favorite sport。動詞是 argue（爭論），空格要的名詞就是這場爭論裡雙方各自搬出來的「論點」。前半句又說 the figures on attendance for each vary with every new season（觀眾人數每季都在變），Though 把兩邊接成讓步關係：數字會變，但論點不變。接著整篇文章就一條一條列出這些論點（節奏快慢、動不動腦、賽季場次、中場活動），正好就是「論點」的內容。
agreements 是「協議、共識」，但前一句明講雙方在 argue，沒有達成共識。accomplishments 是「成就」，指已經做成的事，不是拿來辯論的理由。arrangements 是「安排」，跟這場辯論無關。
an argument for sth（支持某事的論點）、put forward an argument（提出論點）、argue over sth（為某事爭論）、reach an agreement（達成協議）、a sense of accomplishment（成就感）、make arrangements for sth（為某事做安排）。
Fans of professional baseball and football argue continually over which is America's favorite sport. Though the figures on attendance for each vary with every new season, certain 26 remain the same.
To begin with, football is a quicker, more physical sport, and football fans enjoy the emotional involvement they feel while watching. Baseball, on the other hand, seems more mental, like chess, and 27 those fans that prefer a quieter, more complicated game.
28 , professional football teams usually play no more than fourteen games a year. Baseball teams, however, play 29 every day for six months.
Finally, football fans seem to love the half-time activities, the marching bands, and the pretty cheerleaders. 30 , baseball fans are more content to concentrate on the game's finer details and spend the breaks between innings filling out their own private scorecards.