1. (2018八上·彝良期末) 阅读理解

    Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.

    At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.

    The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.

    American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.

1. （1）            follows the baseball season in the USA.

   A . The baseball season B . The football season C . A baseball match D . A football match
3. （2） American people play baseball in April,            and September.

   A . May, June, July, August B . March, May, July, August C . January, June, October, November D . February, May, July, December
5. （3） What happens at the end of the baseball season?

   A . People talk only about football games. B . Many baseball fans become members of top teams. C . A lot of people join in the games. D . Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game against each other.
7. （4） According to the passage, which is NOT True?

   A . Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA B . Baseball is played in the open air. C . A baseball match has nine players. D . Children sometimes play baseball in parks.
9. （5） This passage mainly tells us something about

   A . the football season in the USA B . football is more interesting than baseball in the USA C . the difference between baseball and football D . the baseball season in the USA