Question

American football

In almost every big university(大学) 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 win six points. This is called a touchdown.

It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man with 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 win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell (助威，加油）for their favourite team. Young men and women from the cheer

Team 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 plays again on January 1st,the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television.

1.American football is ____________.

A.the same as soccer

B.only popular in the big universities in the USA

C.a game played only with feet

D.a game with ten players

2.To win six points the players in a team must ____________.

A. kick the ball ten yards

B.kick the ball to the other team

C.move the ball to the end of the field

D. throw the ball to the sky

3.If the man does not move the ball ten yards,____________.

A.his team loses a point

B.the other team kicks the ball to the end of the field

C.his team kicks the ball to the other team.

D.his team wins six points

4..Each university will have ____________ to help them win the game.

A.thousands of people B.a cheer team

C.a favourite team    D.a good player

5.It is a very important sport because ____________.

A.many people like it

B.thousands of people play it

C. the best team will play on New Year's Day .

D. many universities have this game

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国的橄榄球是几乎每一所大学都喜欢的运动。作者介绍了橄榄球的比赛形式及比赛时间等。

1.推理判断题。根据短文American football is not like soccer.可知A错误，根据Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it.可知C错误，根据Eleven men on the team try to stop the man with the ball.可知D错误，根据短文开头可以推断，B，正确。故选B.

2.短文They can carry it or throw it If they move it to the end of the field, they win six points.可知把球移动到场地的尽头就能得六分，故选C。

3. the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.故选C。

4. university wants its team win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell

(助威，加油）for their favourite team. Young men and women from the cheer Team dance and jump while they yell.可知每一个大学都有自己的拉拉队。故选B。

5.短文最后一段可知最好的球队可以在一月一号再次发挥，故选C

考点：体育文化类短文阅读。