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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
.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 |
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 |