Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1～7, mark.
Y(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8～10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Football Fans and Football Violence
(1) Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 110 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go bad for the Brazilian team the newspapers would demand that the team manager should leave his job. "If we win, they put me in heaven," as a manager once said, "If we lose, they put me in hell. "
(2) You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
(3) Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends lots of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. "And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it
(4) "Brazil must have a great football team," says one journalist, "If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give us a good team, then it will become unpopular.. Football is more than a in Brazil."
(5) Football is more than a in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fif percent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time, fans danced and sang in the streets for four days.
(6) Why are people so loyal to one football team What makes a football fan One man says: ” Without Corinthians my life would be sad. Corinthians bring some joy and excitement into my life. We all need that, don’t we" Football Violence
(7) Football fans in Brazil are loyal to their team. They cheer when their team wins, they cry when their team loses. But they don’t fight. Football in Brazil is for the whole family. Men bring their wives and children to football matches. They know there will be no trouble. Their family will be safe.
(8) However, in many other countries it’s different. Many people don’t want to go and see a football match because they’re afraid of violence. The violence occurs both on the field and off it. Why
(9) Football is a hard . You have to be fit and strong to play it. Often you have to fight to get the ball and then you have to fight to keep it. Of course, players get excited when they are playing football. The difference between winning and losing a can be great. Perhaps the manager tells his player before a : "If you win this, you will get one thousand pounds each. ff you lose, you’ll get nothing. " What would you do if you were playing in a like that Let’s say you’re running towards the goal with a good chance of scoring. Another player holds you back or kicks you. Of course you’re angry. You want to kick the other player or hit him. Then players on both sides join in and a fight starts.
(10) Fighting on the football field often starts fighting among the football supporters watching the . The trouble doesn’t only happen at the football ground itself. A few years ago in Britain, a group of Leeds United supporters and a group of Sunderland were not even playing each other that day!
(11) Why do football supporters behave in this way First of all, most of the football fans are young. When their team is playing home, they go with their friends—always to the same part of the ground. They all wear their team’s colors—on hats, scarves, and badges. They cheer their favorite players. They shout, sing songs and wave their scarves. When they are with their friends, everything is all right. The trouble starts when one group of supporter tries to attack another group.
(12) The team supporters may attack the home fans. They may try to get into the home supporters’ favorite place. The home supporters fight back, the trouble spreads and the police try to stop the fighting. Next day the newspapers scream: FANS INVADE FIELD: POLICE ARREST 50.
(13) This kind of violence is not new, of course. Writers in Roman times, 1,500 years ago, described fights between groups supporting different chariot(战车) racers. One group was called the Blues, the other the Greens. The Greens and the Blues used to sing songs about each other, fight at chariot races, and run through the streets smashing up shops—just the kind of things that newspapers describe today. Directions: Answer Sheet 1YNNGFootball Fans and Football ViolencePlayers will be fined heavily if they fight during the match.