In almost every big university in the U．S．A，football is a favourite sport．American football is not like soccer．Players sometimes kick the ball，but they also throw 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 yard（码）．They can carry it or throw it．If they move it to the other end of the field．they receive six points（分）This is called a touchdown（底线得分）．

It is difficult to move the ball．Eleven men on the 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．

Each university wants its team to win．Thousands of people come to watch．They all yell（喊加油）for their favourite team．Young men and women called cheerleaders（啦啦队长） come to help the people yell more．

Each team plays ten or eleven games．Each season 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 1, the first day of the New Year．Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV．

1．In American 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．If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ______．

A．10 yards                                  B．40 yards

C．away from its own end                      D．to the other end

3．Most teams play games in ______．

A．spring             B．summer            C．autumn              D．winter

4．When do the best play again?

A．At Christmas                               B．Before the season ends．

C．On New Year’s Day．                       D．On the last day of the season．

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　　In almost very big universities in the USA, football is a favourite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw 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. They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touchdown.

　　It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the 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.

　　Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell(喊加油) for their favourite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders(拉拉队长) to come on the field to help the people yell more. They dance and jump while they yell.

　　Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best team play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television.

1．In American football players can ________.

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2．If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ________.

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3．Who are dancing and jumping while they yell?

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A．The cheerleaders.

B．All those who are watching the game.

C．The winners.

D．The players of both sides.

4．Most teams play games in ________.

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5．When do the best teams play again?

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A．At Christmas.

B．Before the season ends.

C．On New Year’s Day.

D．On the last day of the season.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20^th World Cup, which is expected to take place between June 12 and July 13,2014 in Brazil. It will be the second time for the country to host the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the Fifa World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany.
Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求)that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven(天堂),”as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell(地狱).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television Channels in Rio de Janeiro(里约日内卢). On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world,but the government spends much money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1950 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team.” says one reporter. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”

【小题1】Which of the following countries hasn’t hosted the FIFA World Cup twice yet so far?

A．Mexico	B．Italy
C．France	D．Brazil

【小题2】It is the        that come before the main news programs on television.

A．football matches

B．results of football matches

C．football matches on the streets

D．football matches on the beaches

【小题3】The underlined sentence means “In Brazil         .”

A．people like football very much,

B．there is something else in football.

C．People like competition.

D．football has influences on the politics(政治)and economy(经济)of the nation.