6. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the

passage?

 A. The U.S. has been playing in World Cup for 20 years.

 B. Soccer is not one of the top spectator sports in the U.S.

 C. Many players on America’s soccer team were foreigners.

 D. More and more young people in the U.S. are enjoying soccer.

7. Which is true about the New York Cosmos?

 A. It was established in 1975.

 B. It played in the 1974 World Cup.

 C. It was a great success in mid- 1970s.

 D. It broke a sport record in the late 1970s.

8. It is suggested that more and more Americans will watch soccer

if________.

 A. their team plays in the World Cup

 B. there are superstar players in their teams

 C. there is greater promotion of the sport

 D. more matches are arranged in their country

9. Which year is the most glorious time for soccer in the U.S.?

 A. 1974.                                              B. 1977.

 C. 1990.                                              D. 2006.

10. “Field” （Para. 6） has the closest meaning to which of the

following?

 A. To sponsor a team.                            B. To host a sports

event.

 C. To provide a game venue.                   D. To send players to a

game.

Passage Three

Many Americans harbor a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most

of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head of the

department of food science and nutrition at the University of

Massachusetts-Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from

bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe,