PassageNineAmericansenjoysports.ThethreenationalsportsareAmericanfootball,playedinthefall;basketball,playedinthewinter;andbaseball,playedinthesummer.Thecrowdsattheseevensmaysurpriseyou.TheworldseriesandtheSuperBowlw

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　　Americansenjoysports.ThethreenationalsportsareAmericanfootball,playedinthefall;basketball,playedinthewinter;andbaseball,playedinthesummer.Thecrowdsattheseevensmaysurpriseyou.TheworldseriesandtheSuperBowlwillattracttensofthousandsoffanstothestadiumandtherewillbemuchshoutingandcheering,butevenifthespectatorsbecomeveryangrythereisrarelyanyviolence.

　　Besidesthesebigevents,sportsasrecreationisenjoyedthroughoutthecountry.Golf,tennis,riding,sailing,surfing,jogging,andevenparachuting,arepopularrecreationalactivities.Youwillfindthattheequipmentforthesesportscanoftenberented,sothatevenvisitorsarenotexcluded.Playingthesportyoulikeisconsideredanessentialpartofaperson’slife.Luckily,thegreatnaturalresourcessuchaslakes,mountainsandvastseacoastsinthecountryallowAmericansthespacetheyneedtoenjoythemselves.

　　41.WhenistheseasonofAmericanfootballintheUSA?

　　A.SpringB.SummerC.FallD.Winter

　　42.WhendoAmericansenjoybigbasketballevents?

　　A.InspringB.InsummerC.InfallD.Inwinter

　　43.Whatusuallyhappeninacrowdedstadium?

　　A.Fightsbetweenfansofopposingteams

　　B.Muchcheeringandyelling,butseldomviolence

　　C.Spectatorsbecomeviolentastheyturnangry

　　D.Fightsbetweenopposingteams

　　44.Whatkindsofsportsarediscussedinthepassage?

　　A.Spectatorsportsonly

　　B.Participantsportsonly

　　C.Bothnationalsportseventsandrecreationalsportsactivities

　　D.Professionalsportsandschoolsports

　　45.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?

　　A.MostAmericansplayatleastoneofthethreenationalsports.

　　B.AnimportantpartofanAmerican’slifewillbeconsideredmissingifhe/shedoesn’tplayanysports.

　　C.Sportseventsoftenleadtoangerandviolenceamongspectators.

　　D.Visitorshavetobuysportsequipmentinordertoplaysports.