Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball, football and baseball. ___1___ has its own season. And ___2___ supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities ___3___ they are located. When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city ___4___ the game with interest and enthusiasm. Basketball is ___5___ around the world. Professional basketball games in the US ___6___ indoors during winter months. From November to April ___7___ can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large ___8___ cities. Basketball is an American sport. It ___9___ the national pastime.
The game is played in the evening ___10___ every night of the week and ___11___ weekends as well. The season begins in April and ___12___ in the October. Football ___13___ most popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays ___14___ the fall from August to January. American football is different ___15___ international football, ___16___ Americans called soccer. Both games require ___17___ and specialized skills. Professional players are very ___18___.The most famous players ___19___ millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players have higher ___20___ than the country’s president.
1. A. Every     B. Both   C. Each   D. All
2. A. million   B. millions     C. million of   D. millions of
3. A. when      B. where C. who    D. whose
4. A. follow    B. walk   C. run     D. jump
5. A. well-known   B. well    C. known       D. fame
6. A. played    B. is played    C. plays   D. are played
7. A. somebody      B. one     C. anyone       D. everybody
8. A. America B. England     C. American   D. English
9. A. was called      B. has been called   C. is called     D. be called
10. A. nearly   B. close   C. closely       D. near
11. A. at  B. in       C. on      D. during
12. A. finish   B. finishing    C. finished      D. finishes
13. A. became B. is become   C. is becoming       D. has become
14. A. during  B. while  C. on      D. at
15. A. of B. from   C. with    D. about
16. A. when    B. that     C. where D. which
17. A. strong   B. strength    C. strengthen  D. stronger
18. A. well pay      B. good pay  C. well paid    D. good paid
19. A. make    B. had     C. got     D. received
20. A. money  B. salaries       C. pay     D. wage
1-5CDBAA 6-10DBCBA 11-15CDDAB 16-20DBCAB

1. C。前面提到football, basketball 和 baseball 三種體育活動，此句指每項活動都有自己的季節(jié)。every不能作主語，both、each、all均能作句子的主語，但只有each表示單數(shù)意義。
2. D。millions of 后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，其余選項不可與名詞復(fù)數(shù)連用。
3. B。由where(=" in" the cities)引導(dǎo)定語從句，從句意為：這些職業(yè)球隊所在的城市。
4. A。follow 意為“注視、注意、傾聽”，此處指多數(shù)城市里的人們帶著興趣和熱情觀看球賽。
5. A。well-known 意為“出名的”，句意為：籃球聞名于全世界。
6. D。play 意為“進行…比賽”。此句意為：在冬天的幾個月里，美國職業(yè)球賽在室內(nèi)進行，表示現(xiàn)階段的情況。選A時態(tài)不符，選C主謂數(shù)不一致。
7. B。one 泛指某個人。
8. C。上下文均提到American。
9. B。此處宜用現(xiàn)在完成時，表示從過去到現(xiàn)在一直稱籃球為國民消遣活動。
10. A。根據(jù)四個選項，只有nearly(幾乎)可用于句中，表示幾乎每個晚上。
11. C。weekend 前面用介詞on。
12. D。此句意為：季節(jié)開始(begins)于四月，結(jié)束(finishes)于十月。這是由and并列兩個謂語動詞，形式上用一致。
13. D。此處宜用現(xiàn)在完成時表示從過去到現(xiàn)在足球都是十分流行的職業(yè)體育活動。
14. A。在秋季，可用in the fall或during the fall。
15. B。be different from 意為“與…不同”。
16. D。非限制性定語從句應(yīng)由which(= football)引導(dǎo)，不用that。
17. B�；@球和足球都需要體力(strength)和技能(skills)。
18. C。由下文可知：職業(yè)運動員所得薪水很高，故選well paid。
19. A。make 意為“獲得、掙得”。
20. B。pay 意為“工資”，普通用詞。wage 意為“工資”指發(fā)給從事體力勞動者的工錢。salary 意為“薪金”，指發(fā)給做比較重要工作的、具有較高技術(shù)或從事腦力勞動的人員的工資，如公司職員、秘書、教師官員等，總統(tǒng)(president)屬官員，故要選salary。
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