Basketball is a very popular game      the USA. People all 1ike it. Most(绝大多数的) people can       it. A basketball is a round and big ball. It’s       and      than a football. It’s heaviest of all the balls. There are       players in each team. Basketball is quite popular in China       . Children often take a       to school and play it after school. In China some girls can play basketball       than boys. NBA games are very        in the world. Many people like        them on TV.

Football is a very popular game in China．There are eleven  1  in a team．Many young people like it．

    Li Lei is a middle school student．He’s 2  at football．Tomorrow is Sunday．There is  3  to do，so he is going to  4  a football game．He wants Sam to go  5  him．Sam is  6  America．He is good at football，too．He likes  7  football games very much．  8  he says American football is  9  ours．It’s not round．The football has  10  name in English，soccer．

1．A．players                     B．games                     C．balls                      D．play

2．A．fun                          B．good                       C．bad                        D．liking

3．A．anything                   B．nothing                   C．something              D．everything

4．A．get                           B．playing                    C．have                      D．watch

5．A．before                      B．beside                     C．with                             D．after

6．A．in                      B．leave                       C．for                         D．from

7．A．taking                       B．watching                 C．playing                   D．having

8．A．But                          B．And                        C．So                         D．Then

9．A．like                          B．different from         C．far                         D．the same

10．A．other                      B．others                     C．another                  D．one another