Brazil (巴西) is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians (巴西人). How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求) that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven (天堂),” as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell (地狱).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends huge sums of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”
Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal (忠实的) and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time. For four days fans danced and sang in the streets.
74. In Brazil the number of football fans and its population are __________.
A. the same B. less C. more D. 100 billion
75. Life for __________ is no easy, for he will be put in hell if the football team loses.
A. a football fan B. any government official C. the Brazilian team manager D. a football player
76. It is the __________ that come before the main news programs on television.
A. football matches B. results of football matches
C. football matches on the streets D. football matches on the beaches
77. The government spent __________ in preparing for the 1978 World Cup though the country was not rich.
A. one billion dollars B. one million pounds C. one billion pounds D. one million RMB
78. Football is more than a game in Brazil. The underlined sentence means “In Brazil __________.”
A. people like football very much B. there is something else in football
C. people are keen on competition D. football has influences (影响) on the politics and economy of the nation
79. The best title of the passage is __________.
A. Brazilians and Football B. Brazilians’ Way of Life
C. Football and Income D. Football and Government
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1. In the passage, ______ is the youngest player. | |||
A. Pele B. Yao Ming C. Steffi Graf D. Martina Navratilova | |||
2. ______ comes from South America. | |||
A. Pele B. Yao Ming C. Steffi Graf D. No one | |||
3. Which of the following is RIGHT? | |||
A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player. B. Yao Ming is on the Houst ![]() C. Yao Ming’s parents are not basketball players. D. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team. | |||
4. Which of the following is WRONG? | |||
A. Pele was born in a poor family. B. Pele was a great football player. C. Pele played football in the street all his life. D. ![]() | |||
5. From the passage, we know that ______. | |||
A. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985. B. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16 D. Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985. |
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