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Football is, I suppose, the most popular games in England. One had only to go to one of the important 31 to see this. One can see kinds of people there, shouting and 32 for one side or the other.
One of the most 33 thing about football in England to a stranger is the __34__ knowledge of the game which even the 35 seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in 36 of the important teams. He 37 photos of them and knows the result of large numbers of matches. He will tell you 38 he expects will win such and such a match,
39 his opinion is usually as 40 as that of men three or four times his 41 .
Most schools in England take 42 seriously—much more seriously than nearly all the schools in other countries, 43 lessons are all important and games are left for one’s own arrangements(安排). In England, it is believed that 44 is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the 45 ; it also means character training; and one of the 46 ways of training character is by means of games, 47 team games, where the boy has to learn to 48 with others for his team, instead of working just for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its 49 . Football is a good team game and it is good exercise for 50 .
A.games B.matches C.sports D.sports meet
A.fighting B.jumping C.laughing D.cheering
A.exciting B.pleasant C.surprising D.disappointing
A.great B.interesting C.limited D.useless
A.smallest boy B.oldest man C.shortest child D.most stupid child
A.none B.each C.few D.most
A.has B.takes C.accepts D.gains
A.why B.which C.who D.whom
A.but B.and C.however D.because
A.same B.useless C.many D.valuable
A.experience B.height C.age D.size
A.matches B.football C.education D.pupils
A.where B.there C.their D.because
A.learning B.education C.a textbook D.physical education
A.school B.lab C.library D.classroom
A.quickest B.cheapest C.best D.modernest
A.especially B.usually C.seldom D.hardly
A.fight B.struggle C.work D.study
A.teachers B.pupils C.players D.team
A.eyesight B.head C.foot D.body