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Why do people play football? It’s a(n) 1 game and it’s dangerous too. Twenty-two men fight 2 ninety minutes to make 3 many goals as they can. They get 4 black eyes, bruise (擦伤) and broken bones than they 5 points. Football players must be mad.
And why do people watch football? They 6 be mad too. They certainly 7 and scream like 8 . I’m afraid 9 near a football field when they are playing a game. The crowds are 10 .
I’d 11 stay at home and watch TV. But what happens when I turn it 12 ? They’re showing a football game. So I turn on the radio. What do I 13 ? The 14 football scores. And what do I see when I open a newspaper? Pictures of football players, interview(采访) with 15 players, scores of football games.
1. A. stupid B. funny C. exciting D. wonderful
2. A. for B. by C. in D. against
3. A. so B. to C. as D. very
4. A. much B. many C. most D. more
5. A. do with B. do C. do for D. did
6. A. mustn’t B. must C. can’t D. can
7. A. cry B. laugh C. run D. shout
8. A. gentlemen B. ladies C. madmen D. madams
9. A. of going B. for going C. to go D. to be going
10. A. happy B. dangerous C. sad D. tired
11. A. rather B. better C. like D. fairly
12. A. off B. down C. up D. on
13. A. listen B. listen to C. hear D. hear of
14. A. late B. latest C. later D. lately
15. A. basketball B. volleyball C. tennis D. football
点评：
本文用幽默的语气介绍了足球运动在社会上的地位和状况。读完令人感慨，人们真的为足球而疯狂了，足球无所不在。初中完形填空设计选项时，常会用障眼法迷惑学生，如本题中的第8项，解题时一定要小心。
答案简析在下一页
答案&简析：
1. C。根据常识，足球是一项令人兴奋的运动，故选exciting。
2. A。表示段时间的名词前常用介词for。
3. C。as…as…是一个固定搭配。
4. D。从than可知，此句应用比较级。
5. C。do with 是“处理”的意思, 而do for 是“为……而做”的意思,故选C。
6. B。根据句意应用肯定语气，后面出现了too，显然选B。
7. D。shout 是“大叫”的意思，和句意相符。
8. C。根据句意，他们象疯子一样大喊大叫，故选madmen。千万不要眼花看成madams。
9. A。be afraid of 所接宾语若是可怕的事或物时通常是害怕做某事而引起不好的后果，be afraid to do不敢做某事，故选A。
10. B。讲述我害怕站在足球场附近的原因，人群太危险了。
11. A。would rather do“宁愿做某事”，would like和to搭配，had better是“最好”的意思，因此答案是A。
12. D。turn on 是“打开”的意思，文中是打开电视，故选D。
13. C。hear表示听到的结果，listen to表示听的动作，故选C。
14. B。latest是“最近”，“最新”的意思, 符合题义。
15. D。整篇文章讲的就是关于足球的事，故选D。
