In almost every big country in the USA, football is a favorite sport .
American football is not like soccer. Plers sometimes kick the ball, but they kick and run with it. They try to take the ball to the end of the field. They have fou chances to move the ball ten yards.They can carry it or throw it.If they move it to the end of the field, they have got six points. This is called a  touch-down .
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven players try to stop the men who has the ball.If the men does not move the ball ten yards ,his team kicks the ball to the other team. Every university wants its team to win . A lot of people come to watch. They also yell for their favorite team. young men and women call their cherrleaders to come help the people to yell more.
Every team plays ten or eleven games each seasonswhich begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good,it may play znother game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1,the first day of the new Year. Many people go tosee these games and many others watch them on TV.
根据短文内容回答问题。
【小题1】How many points can they get if they carry or throw the ball to the other field?
【小题2】How many persons are their in one team from the article?
【小题3】How long do the teams play each season?
【小题4】How do people know about the football games ?
【小题5】When do the best teams play again after all games a year?

Scientists find that hard-working people can live longer than idle(不工作的) people. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the job-holder. A report shows that whenever the unemployment rate(失业率) increases by 1%, the death rate increases by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is helpful to health.

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality(现实). By work, people come into contact with each other. By taking part in some activities, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects man in spirit and makes him easy to get ill.

Besides, work gives one a sense of fulfillment(充实感) and a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his value in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words.

From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study well and live a happy and healthy life.

1.Who can live longer, hard-working people or idle people?

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2.How do people feel when they don’t have anything to do?

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3.How can we find friendship and warmth in our daily life?

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4.Why can career women be healthier than housewives? (请根据文章内容，自拟1句话作答)

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5.What do you think hard work can bring us? (请根据自己的想法，自拟1-2句话作答)

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It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire（愿望）to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

1.When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

A. food????????? ????????????? B. beds????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. rainwater???? ????????????? ????????????? D. hope

2.One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.

A. their boat met bad weather

B. their boat hit a big rock and it was broken

C. none of them knew how to sail

D. a fish bit holes in their boat

3.People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

A. fish and birds??????????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. rainwater

C. both sea water and rainwater??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. both A and B

4.Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. The word "cookers" here means ________.

A. 厨师?????????? B. 食物????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. 炊具????????? ????????????? D. 大盒子

5.From the article (文章) we can know that ______.

A. It’s not interesting to sail around the world

B. Fish in the sea are so dangerous

C. we must have a strong desire（愿望）to live when we are in danger

D. Nobody knows when we will die