16. C

文中的this指代上文第一句话。

20. In England, education means_______.

A.　　　 filling a boy’s mind with stories

B.　　　　 more than the teaching of knowledge

C.　　　　 the teaching of knowledge only

D.　　　 training character by means of football games

[答案解析]

19. In almost all European schools, lessons are_______.

A.　　　 left for the children themselves

B.　　　　 what the children like best

C.　　　　 as important as football games

D.　　　 considered the most important

18. In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often ________.

A.　　　 three or four times better than that of adults

B.　　　　 wore than that of adults

C.　　　　 as good as that of adults

D.　　　 worth considering three or four times than adults

17. In England school boys seem _________ about football games.

A. not to know much　　　　 B. to know a great deal C. know little D. know nothing

16. In passage 1, by “this” the author means ________.

A.　　　 people often go to football games.　　　

B.　　　　 people, rich and poor, young and old, play football

C.　　　　 football is the most popular game in England

D.　　　 people usually shout at each other in a football match

15. B all kinds of相当于different。文中在第一段提出：There are all kinds of manners.然后举例加以说明。

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Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other.

To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.

Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom: education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games; where a boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team, instead of working for oneself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That’s why it is every school’s game in England.

14. D 文中第三段说：有时一个地方的礼貌行为在另一个地方是不礼貌的。然后四、五段以burp为例，第六段以eating为例进行说明。

13. D 根据文中最后一段小结可知答案。

12. C依据倒数第三段What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. They are being polite.那么做是good manners， 是polite的行为。