In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.

Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw (扔) the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field; they have four chances to move the ball ten yards (码). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they can receive six points. This is called a touch-down (持球触地).

It’s difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.

Thousands of people come to watch it when there is a football game. They all yell for their favorite team. They dance and jump while they are yelling. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The football season usually begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January lst. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

1.In America, football players can _______.

A. only kick the ball????????????? B. only throw the ball

C. only carry the ball????????????? D. kick, throw and carry the ball

2.There are _______ on each team.

A. ten players????????????? B. eleven players????????????? C. twelve players????????????? D. thirteen players

3.If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team has to _______.

A. go home　B. carry the ball ten yards

C. run with it　D. kick the ball to the other team

4.The best teams play again _______.

A. on Christmas????????????? B. after the season ends　C. on New Year’s Day　D. on Sunday

5.The underlined word “yell” in the passage means “_______”.

A. shout (喊) loudly????????????? B. jump????????????? C. talk loudly????????????? ????????????? D. sing

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During the day we work and play. At night we sleep.  Our body rests and grows most while we ? 78? asleep. ? 79? the morning we are ready to work and play again. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can study better after we have ? 80 ? rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old 　 81 ? ten hours of sleep every night.
Our body needs fresh air when we sleep.　 82 ? we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. We should    83 ? our windows at night, and we can have a lot of fresh air. Cool air is better ? 84 ? warm air. Boys and girls who want to be 　 85 ? must get pleny of sleep.

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During the day we work and play. At night we sleep.  Our body rests and grows most while we ? 78? asleep. ? 79? the morning we are ready to work and play again. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can study better after we have ? 80 ? rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old 　 81 ? ten hours of sleep every night.

Our body needs fresh air when we sleep.　 82 ? we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. We should    83 ? our windows at night, and we can have a lot of fresh air. Cool air is better ? 84 ? warm air. Boys and girls who want to be 　 85 ? must get pleny of sleep.

Americans love sports—they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）and in this way they develop “tennis elbow” Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（损伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation（手术）or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and didn’t know what to do.

Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.               

For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens（镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

　　Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”

　　  1. Do Americans love sports?

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　　  2. What sport is Simmons interested in?

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　　  3. What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?

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　　  4. What problem may people have when they play sports?

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　　  5.What’s the advantage（优点）of the new science?

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