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    Every four years, in a different country around the world, there is a big sports competition.It is like the Olympics but only for one sport﹣the most popular sport in the world! What do you know about the history of the World Cup?

    The first World Cup was in 1930, in Uruguay(乌拉圭). In the final game Uruguay beat Argentina(阿根廷) and became the first World Cup winner. 13 countries played in the first World Cup. Now there are 32 countries in the competition.

    The first time people saw the World Cup on TV was in 1954 when Switzerland held the Competition. Now about 3 billion people in countries all over the world watch the World Cup on TV!

    Until 2002 the World Cup was always in a European or an American country. South Korea and Japan held the first Asian World Cup. The first African World Cup was in 2010 in South Arica.

    The 2018 World Cup will be the 21st one. It is planned to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded (授予) the hosting rights in December 2010.

     This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament ( 比 赛 ) in German, and the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe. To keep travel time under control, all the places for this big game are in European Russia.

(1)From the text, we know that the World Cup  

A.has more than one sport

B.is held every four years

C.has a history of more than 100 years

(2)Before 2002, the World Cup was most probably in  

A. America

B. Japan

C. South Africa

(3)In 1954, it was the first time that  

A.Uruguay beat Argentina

B.Japan held the competition

C.people could watch the World Cup on TV

(4)Russia got the hosting rights about  years ago.

A. four

B. eight

C. ten

(5)Which of the following about the 2018 World Cup is true?  

A.It will last for over a month.

B.It is the first World Cup in Europe.

C.All of the places for it are in the cast of Russia.

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