Football is the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the i

Footballis the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the importantmatches to see this.

Oneof the most surprising thing about football in England to a stranger is thegreat knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He cantell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has photosof them and knows the results of a large number of matches. He will tell youproudly who he expects will win the game，andhis opinion is usually right.

Most schools in England take footballseriously—much more seriously than all the other European schools，where lessons are most the important andgames are left for private arrangements. In England，It is believed that education is not onlya matter of filling a boys mind with facts in classroom, education also meanscharacter training；and one of the best ways oftraining character a is by means of games, especially team games，where the boy has to learn work withothers for his team instead of working selfishly for himself alone. The schooltherefore arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good teamgame. It is good exercise for the body. It needs skills and a quick brain andit is cheap. As a result, it is the school favorite game in winter.

(　)1. The main idea of paragraph is________.

    A. one must often go to afootball match by law

    B. football is the mostpopular game in England

    C. many children like toplay football

    D. many people are alwaysshouting for their favorite football teams

(　)2. Paragraph 2 tells us that________agood knowledge of the football game.

    A. none of the Englishpeople has

    B. some of the Englishpeople have

    C. almost everyone inEngland has

    D. almost no one in Englandhas

(　)3. Paragraph 3 is about “________” .

    A. No school in Englandpays attention to football

    B. Most schools in Europetake football seriously

    C. England pays greatattention to football

    D. Football is a favoritegame in winter

(　) 4. According to the article，the opinion given by an English childabout a football game is________.

A. useless  B.funny    C. wrong   D.valuable

(　) 5. In England people believe thateducation means________.

A. filling a child’s mind with facts in aclassroom

    B. training a child’scharacter

    C. making a child do allkinds of things

D.both A and B

试题答案

答案：BCCDD