Question

Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks. At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.

The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.

American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.According to the passage, which is NOT true?

A. Boys and girls like baseball games.

B. Baseball is played in the open air.

C. A baseball match has nine players.

D. Children sometimes play baseball in parks.

2.American people play baseball in April, _______ and September.

A. May, June, July, August

B. March, May, July, August

C. January, June, October, November

D. February, May, July, December

3.What happens at the end of the baseball season?

A. People talk only about football games.

B. Many baseball fans become members of top teams.

C. A lot of people join in the games.

D. Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game against each other.

4._______ follows the baseball season in the U. S. A.

A. The baseball season

B. The football season

C. A baseball match

D. A football match

5.This passage mainly tells us something about _______.

A. the football season in the USA.

B. football is more interesting than baseball in the USA.

C. the difference between baseball and football

D. the baseball season in the USA.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了美国的棒球赛季。在美国，棒球是人们最喜欢的运动之一。棒球赛季是从四月到九月，在赛季期间，比赛在电视上播出，重要棒球队的成员会成为美国人的英雄。在棒球赛季结束时，两个顶级球队会进行一场精彩的比赛。

1. are nine players on each team. 可知每个棒球队有9个队员，因此一场棒球比赛需要18个队员，故选C。

2. baseball season goes from April to September. 可知棒球赛季是从四月到九月，故选A。

3. the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. 在棒球赛季结束时，两个顶级球队会进行一场精彩的比赛，故选D。

4. football season begins when the baseball season ends.可知棒球赛季结束后是足球赛季。 故选B。

5. is one of the favorite sports in the USA.The baseball season goes from April to September. 可知在美国，棒球是人们最喜欢的运动之一，棒球赛季是四至九月，长达六个月，因此推断全文主要讲述美国的棒球赛季，故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。