单选题 In almost every big university (大学) in the U.S.A, 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(场地). They have four chances(机会)to move the ball ten yards(码). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to other end of the field, they receive six points(分). This is called a touchdown(底线得分)
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has 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 to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell (喊加油) for their favourite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders (啦啦队长) come to help the people yell more.
Each team plays ten or eleven games. Each season begins in September and ends(结束) in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

单选题 In American football players can ______.
A. only kick the ball
B. only throw the ball
C. only carry the ball
D. kick, throw and carry the ball
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第一节所述,美国足球与英国足球有所不同,球员可以扔球或带着球走,故D为正确答案。
单选题 If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ______.
A. 10 yards B. 40 yards
C. away from its own end D. to the other end
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】如果一个队想得分,他们必须把球移到球场的另一边,这样就可得6分。这是第一段最后两句告诉我们的,所以是正确答案。
单选题 Most teams play games in ______.
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本文最后一段第一句告诉我们足球季节开始于9月份,结束于11月份,显然是在秋季,故C为正确答案。
单选题 When do the best play again?
A. At Christmas. B. Before the season ends.
C. On New Year's Day. D. On the last day of the season.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】阅读最后一段我们还可知道最好的球队在新年(1月1日)再次比赛,故本题C项正确。