SportsplayanimportantroleinBritishlife.Themostpopularsportisfootball.CricketisalsopopularinEnglandbutislessimportantintheotherhomenations.Rugbyunionandrugbyleaguearetheothermajorteamsports.Tennisisth

　　SportsplayanimportantroleinBritishlife.Themostpopularsportisfootball.CricketisalsopopularinEnglandbutislessimportantintheotherhomenations.Rugbyunionandrugbyleaguearetheothermajorteamsports.TennisisthemostimportantsportforthetwoweeksoftheWimbledonChampionships(温布尔登网球锦标赛)

　　Football

　　ThemodernglobalgameoffootballdevelopedfromtraditionalBritishfootballgamesinthe19thcentury.Clubfootballisorganizedseparatelyineachofthehomenations.Englishfootballhasaleaguesystemwhichcombinesthousandsofclubs.Scotlandhasasimilarbutsmallerclubfootballstructure.ThetoplevelleagueinWalesistheleagueofWales.InNorthernIrelandthemainleagueistheIrishFootballLeague.

　　Eachseasonthemostsuccessfulclubsfromeachofthehomenationsqualifyfor(使…具有…的资格)thetwoEuropewideclubcompetitionsorganizedbyUEFA(欧足联)theUEFAChampionsLeagueandtheUEFACup.

　　Cricket

　　CricketwasinventedinEngland.ItisregardedasEngland’snationalsummergameanditisprobablythesecondmostwidelycoveredsport.

　　ThereareeighteenprofessionalcountryclubsseventeenoftheminEnglandandoneinWales.EachsummerthecountryclubscompeteinthefirstclassCountryChampionshipwhichconsistoftwoleaguesofnineteamsandinwhichmatchesareplayedoverfourdays.

　　Rugby

　　LikefootballrugbyunionandrugbyleaguebothdevelopedfromtraditionalBritishfootballgamesinthe19thcentury.Formuchofthe20thcenturytherewasgreatantagonismbetweenrugbyleagueswhichwasamainlyworkingclassgamebasedintheindustrialareasofnorthernEnglandandrugbyunionwhichisamainlymiddleclassgameinEnglandandisalsopopularintheotherhomenations.

　　Tennis

　　TennisisyetanothersportwhichoriginatedintheUnitedKingdomandthegoverningbodyofthesportistheLTA(草地网球协会).HowevernoBritishmanhaswonWimbledonsince1936andnoBritishwomansince1977.TheonlyBritishplayersofeithersextoreachtheworldtop50inrecentyearsareGregRusedskiwholearnthistennisinCanadaandTimHenmanandAndrewMurraywhodidnotpassthroughtheLTAsystemeither

　　1.Whatdoweknowaboutfootball?

　　A.ThetopclubsrepresenttheU