Football is, I do think, the most favorite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important  1  to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them there,  2  for one side or the  3    .

   To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in  4   is the Great knowledge of the game which  5   the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the  6  in most of the important teams, he has  7  of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he  8  will win such a match, and his ideas about  9  are usually as good as those of men three or four times his  10  .

（  ） 1. A. cities                 B. matches             C. teams                       D. places

（  ） 2. A. waiting          B. looking               C. asking              D. shouting

（  ） 3. A. other              B. same                C. team                 D. places

（  ） 4. A. China              B. the USA              C. England              D. Canada

（  ） 5. A. all                 B. hardly               C. only                 D. even

（  ） 6. A. players             B. cities                 C. countries             D. matches

（  ） 7. A. names             B. pictures              C. heard                D. thought

（  ） 8. A. says               B. asks                C. decides              D. hopes

（  ） 9. A. England             B. players              C. football              D. men

（  ） 10. A. ideas              B. age                     C. stories                D. education