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简答题 The term grand slam，originally used in golf,has been part of the tennis world　since the late l 930s．It refers to the accomplishment of a single player for doubles
teaml who wins the top four tennis contests in a single year．Those contests are the Line Australian Open in January，the French Open in May and June，Wimbledon in June (5)and July,and the U．S．Open in August and September．Rod Laver performed this remarkable feat in l 962 and again in 1969．Stem Graf did it in 1988 and won the Olympic gold medal as well，giving her a so-called golden grand slam．Doubles team Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver did it in l984．Today the grand slam may refer to any four consecutive wins in the four major tournaments，not necessarily within a (10) single year．It’s still remarkable，but does it have the same cachet?
Select one answer choice．
Based on the direction of the rest of the passage，the word cachet in the final sentence is apparently used to mean

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Cachet means“status”0r“reputation”：the author is using it to suggest that the new, more easily obtained grand slam may not have the same prestige that the old one had．

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