甘肃省高台县第一中学2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并写在答题卡上。
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Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport. A lot watch sport on TV. But the number who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.
The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are four divisions(级别) of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division. But the best supporters are often in the fourth division. You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!
Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent(对手) can not hit it. As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport.
Actually, that is not quite true. Athletics(田径) isn’t played with a ball; nor horse racing. Perhaps that is why they are not as popular as football!
1. _______ is the most popular sport in England.
A. Basketball B. Football C. Golf D. Tennis
2. You have to be a good supporter to watch _______ division football.
A. the first B. the second C. the third D. the fourth
3. Why do many English people not take part in sport?
A. They are too busy. B. They like watching sport on TV.
C. They would like to be fat. D. They prefers to be thin.
