阅读理解。
Do you often play football? Many people in the world like playing football. They often call British football
soccer. But there are differences between them.
A soccer ball is round (圆形), but an American football is oval (椭圆形), like an egg. Soccer teams have
eleven players on the field. American football teams have forty players, but only eleven players play on the
field at one time.
In a soccer team, the goalkeeper (守门员) tries to stop the ball from going into the goal. He is the only
player to stop and pick the ball with hands, while American football players can catch the ball with their hands.
They can catch the ball and throw (投) it to other players. Both British soccer and the American football are
very interesting. They can help us to become strong and clever.
1. British soccer and the American football are ______. [ ]
A. the same
B. different
C. not different
D. only one
2. American football is ______. [ ]
A. oval
B. round
C. not long
D. short
3. A soccer team has ______ players as an American football team is. [ ]
A. the same
B. eleven
C. forty
D. not as many
4. ______ can catch the ball with hands in American football team. [ ]
A. The goalkeeper
B. The coach
C. Some players
D. All the players
5. From the passage we know that ______. [ ]
A. British football is interesting, but American football is not
B. British football players can catch the ball with their hands
C. all the forty players in American football team play in the match at one time
D. Soccer and American football are both good for people's health