Football is the most popular game in Britain. You can see that if you go to one of the important matches. Young and old people shout and cheer for one side or the other. Nearly every school has its football team and every boy in Britain knows much about the game. He can tell you the names of the players in most important teams, he has a picture of them, the rank of football teams and knows the results of many matches.
In Britain the football season begins in the middle of August, usually on the second Saturday and ends on the last Saturday in April. At the beginning of the season all the school football teams and the professional teams train very hard. They want to win their matches.
1 According to the passage, the football season in Britain lasts about ……….. .
a. 8 months b. 9 months c. 10 months d. 11 months
2 What does NOT every boy in Britain know about football ?
a. rank of football teams
b. results of important matches
c. number of attendants
d. names of famous players
