PassageNineAmericansenjoysports.ThethreenationalsportsareAmericanfootball,playedinthefall;basketball,playedinthewinter;andbaseball,playedinthesummer.Thecrowdsattheseevensmaysurpriseyou.TheworldseriesandtheSuperBowlw
PassageNine
Americansenjoysports.ThethreenationalsportsareAmericanfootball,playedinthefall;basketball,playedinthewinter;andbaseball,playedinthesummer.Thecrowdsattheseevensmaysurpriseyou.TheworldseriesandtheSuperBowlwillattracttensofthousandsoffanstothestadiumandtherewillbemuchshoutingandcheering,butevenifthespectatorsbecomeveryangrythereisrarelyanyviolence.
Besidesthesebigevents,sportsasrecreationisenjoyedthroughoutthecountry.Golf,tennis,riding,sailing,surfing,jogging,andevenparachuting,arepopularrecreationalactivities.Youwillfindthattheequipmentforthesesportscanoftenberented,sothatevenvisitorsarenotexcluded.Playingthesportyoulikeisconsideredanessentialpartofaperson’slife.Luckily,thegreatnaturalresourcessuchaslakes,mountainsandvastseacoastsinthecountryallowAmericansthespacetheyneedtoenjoythemselves.
41.WhenistheseasonofAmericanfootballintheUSA?
A.SpringB.SummerC.FallD.Winter
42.WhendoAmericansenjoybigbasketballevents?
A.InspringB.InsummerC.InfallD.Inwinter
43.Whatusuallyhappeninacrowdedstadium?
A.Fightsbetweenfansofopposingteams
B.Muchcheeringandyelling,butseldomviolence
C.Spectatorsbecomeviolentastheyturnangry
D.Fightsbetweenopposingteams
44.Whatkindsofsportsarediscussedinthepassage?
A.Spectatorsportsonly
B.Participantsportsonly
C.Bothnationalsportseventsandrecreationalsportsactivities
D.Professionalsportsandschoolsports
45.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?
A.MostAmericansplayatleastoneofthethreenationalsports.
B.AnimportantpartofanAmerican’slifewillbeconsideredmissingifhe/shedoesn’tplayanysports.
C.Sportseventsoftenleadtoangerandviolenceamongspectators.
D.Visitorshavetobuysportsequipmentinordertoplaysports.

