单项选择题
| Football is, I suppose, the most
popular game in England; one has only to go to one of the important matches to
see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting
(36) cheering for one side or (37)
. One of the most (38) things about football in England to a (39) is the great (40) of the game which even the smallest boy seems to (41) . He can tell you the names of the players in (42) of the important teams. He has (43) of them and knows the results of many matches. He (44) tell you proudly who he expects will (45) a game, and his opinion is (46) right. Most schools in England (47) football seriously -- (48) seriously than all any where lessons are the most important. In England, it is (49) that education is not only a(n) (50) of filling a boy’s (51) with facts in a classroom, education also (52) character training; and one of the best ways to do this is to play (53) games. The school therefore arranges games and matches for (54) pupils. Football is a good game for the body, skill and a quick brain. As a (55) , it is the school’s favourite game in winter. |