Unit 3 A taste of English humour课时作业

learning about language

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Football is, I suppose, the most popular games in England. One had only to go to one of the important 1 to see this. One can see kinds of people there, shouting and 2 for one side or the other.

　　One of the most 3 thing about football in England to a stranger is the 4__ knowledge of the game which even the 5 seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in 6_ of the important teams. He 7 photos of them and knows the result of large numbers of matches. He will tell you 8 he expects will win such and such a match, 9 his opinion is usually as 10 as that of men three or four times his __11 .

　　Most schools in England take 12 seriously-much more seriously than nearly all the schools in other countries, 13 lessons are all important and games are left for one's own arrangements（安排）. In England, it is believed that 14 is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in the 15 ; it also means character training; and one of the 16 ways of training character is by means of games, 17 team games, where the boy has to learn to __18 with others for his team, instead of working just for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its 19 . Football is a good team game and it is good exercise for 20.

1. A. games B. matches C. sports D. sports meet

2. A. fighting B. jumping C. laughing D. cheering

3. A. exciting B. pleasant C. surprising D. disappointing

4. A. great B. interesting C. limited D. useless

5. A. smallest boy B. oldest man C. shortest child D. most stupid child

6. A. none B. each C. few D. most

7. A. has B. takes C. accepts D. gains

8. A. why B. which C. who D. whom