Football is, I do think, the most favorite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important _ 1 to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, __2 for one side or the __3 . To a stranger, one of the most surpring things about football in England is the great __4 of the game which ___5 the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the ___6 in most of the important teams, he has __7 of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he ___8 will win such a match, and his ideas about___9 are usually as good as those of man threeof four times his ——10
1 A cities B places C. matches
2 A shouting B looking C asking
3 A team B group C other
4 A knowledge B books C practice
5 A even B hardly C only
6 A players B doctors C. countries
7 A names B pictures C. heard
8 A says B asks C. hopes
9 A England B players C football
10 A iedas B age C stories