Football is a very popular game in China．There are eleven  1  in a team．Many young people like it．

    Li Lei is a middle school student．He’s 2  at football．Tomorrow is Sunday．There is  3  to do，so he is going to  4  a football game．He wants Sam to go  5  him．Sam is  6  America．He is good at football，too．He likes  7  football games very much．  8  he says American football is  9  ours．It’s not round．The football has  10  name in English，soccer．

1．A．players                     B．games                     C．balls                      D．play

2．A．fun                          B．good                       C．bad                        D．liking

3．A．anything                   B．nothing                   C．something              D．everything

4．A．get                           B．playing                    C．have                      D．watch

5．A．before                      B．beside                     C．with                             D．after

6．A．in                      B．leave                       C．for                         D．from

7．A．taking                       B．watching                 C．playing                   D．having

8．A．But                          B．And                        C．So                         D．Then

9．A．like                          B．different from         C．far                         D．the same

10．A．other                      B．others                     C．another                  D．one another

阅读理解。

Football is a popular sport. Many games are held in different places every year. There are eleven players in each team of a game. World Cup is a game that all the good players want to play most. It is held every four years. Only the best team can win the last game.

Football game has the biggest group of fans(迷) anywhere in the world. In 1998 World Cup started in France. Thousand of people went to the game or watched them on TV day and night. They all got very excited and hoped their favorite team would become the world’s best one.

After 44 years, China reached the World Cup finals（决赛） for the first time. Mr. Milutinovic（米卢蒂诺维奇） led Chinese football team enter the World Cup finals successfully. All the Chinese fans wished China could go far in the 2002 World Cup. Let’s enjoy the happy football!

根据短文内容判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。

（    ）1．World Football Cup is held every four years.

（    ）2．There are twelve players in a football game.

（    ）3．China was the first time to reach the World Cup finals after 44 years.

（    ）4．The 1998 World Cup was held in England.

（    ）5．Mr. Milutinovic helped China get to the World Cup finals.

　　Do you know there are two kinds of football game? One is American football, the other is soccer. In China many young men like playing soccer. It is very popular （流行）. But the Chinese don't call it soccer, we call it football. There are eleven players （运动员） in a team. And the ball is round. Only the goalkeeper （守门员） plays the ball with hands. The other players can't play the ball with hands.

　　In the USA, soccer is not very popular. They like playing American football more than playing soccer. There are also eleven players in a team. The ball is not round. All the players can play the ball with hands and feet （脚）. And the goal （球门） is bigger than the goal of soccer games. American football is quite different from soccer.

Basketball is a very popular game      the USA. People all 1ike it. Most(绝大多数的) people can       it. A basketball is a round and big ball. It’s       and      than a football. It’s heaviest of all the balls. There are       players in each team. Basketball is quite popular in China       . Children often take a       to school and play it after school. In China some girls can play basketball       than boys. NBA games are very        in the world. Many people like        them on TV.

补全对话．每空一词

Li Lei: Sam, 1 are you going to do tomorrow?

Sam: 2 much. Why?

Li Lei: We’re going to 3 a football game. Would you 4 to come?

Sam: 5 love to. What kind of 6 , American or soccer?

Li Lei: Soccer. But we don’t 7 it soccer in China．We call it 8 .

Sam: How 9 players are there in a team?

Li Lei: 10 . Is this game 11 in the USA?

Sam: Not very popular. We play American 12 in the USA．In our game we also have eleven 13 in a team, but our ball is 14 this!

Li Lei: Is that a ball? Aren’t all balls 15 ?

Sam: Not in the USA．

完形填空

　　Football is a very __(1)___ game in China. Almost everyone __(2)___ it. Jim and Peter are very __(3)___ football. Tomorrow they aren't going to __(4)___ lessons. They would like __(5)___ a football game. It is going to be an __(6)___ football. The ball is not __(7)___. It's like an egg. __(8)___ a game there must be eleven players in a __(9)___. This kind of football is only popular in the __(10)__ but not in England, Australia and China.