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Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England; one has only to go to one of the important matches to see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting (36) cheering for one side or (37) .
One of the most (38) things about football in England to a (39) is the great (40) of the game which even the smallest boy seems to (41) . He can tell you the names of the players in (42) of the important teams. He has (43) of them and knows the results of many matches. He (44) tell you proudly who he expects will (45) a game, and his opinion is (46) right.
Most schools in England (47) football seriously — (48) seriously than aI1 any where lessons are the most important. In England, it is (49) that education is not only a(n) (50) of filling a boy’s (51) with facts in a classroom, education also A. time
B. chance
C. result
D. matter

Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting and cheering for one side or the other. One of the most surprising things about football in England to a stranger is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has photographs of them and knows the results of a large number of matches. He will tell you, with a great air of authority, who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously—much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all-important(至关重要的) , and games left for private arrangements. In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy&rsqu
A. European schools take football seriously
B. European schools often arrange football matches for their pupils
C. schools in England care little about lessons
D. schools in England believe character training to be part of education