American Sports
问题1.Hunting and fishing are mainly favored by men, young and old, in the US.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：C
favor 喜欢v.=like,enjoy,love
do sb. a favor 帮某人忙
The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory; athletic games, played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing.
问题2.Professional baseball teams can continue to play for a long period of time in the fall after the regular baseball seasons of spring and summer. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.
continue to do 继续做
fall n.瀑布、降落、秋天（Autumn英）
regular通常
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：A
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.
问题3.Baseball shares many features with the English game of cricket.
share sth with sb分享
share（s）股份
feature=characteristic 特征、特点
cricket 板球
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：A
Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
问题4.Football can be classified as a spectator sport.
football英式足球
soccer（美语）英式足球
football橄榄球（美国）
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：A
Some sports are called spectator sports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
exceed v.超出，超过
be larger than
be more than
be greater than
be classified 被分类，被划分为
be defined 被定义为
be call/be named
问题5.Many Americans like basketball better than football because the latter is so harsh that players have to wear special uniforms.
former 前者
latter 后者
harsh=rough=tough
so…that…
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：B
Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people. The game is not the same as European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.
Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges. Like football, basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries. Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.
问题6.Basketball in American is so popular with universities that nationwide university matches are held yearly.
yearly, monthly, weekly
weekly magazine
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：C
It is a very popular game with high schools, and in more than 20 states, state-wide high school matches are held yearly. Other spectator sports include wrestling, boxing, and horse racing.
问题7.Horse-racing fans cannot be considered sportsmen because they are spectators whose primary interest is gambling.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
答案：A
Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes.
primary
major
first
gamble
bet 打赌
The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do “not assemble” primarily to see the horses race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
