SportsplayanimportantroleinBritishlife.Themostpopularsportisfootball.CricketisalsopopularinEnglandbutislessimportantintheotherhomenations.Rugbyunionandrugbyleaguearetheothermajorteamsports.TennisisthemostimportantsportforthetwoweeksoftheWimbledonChampionships(温布尔登网球锦标赛)

Football

ThemodernglobalgameoffootballdevelopedfromtraditionalBritishfootballgamesinthe19thcentury.Clubfootballisorganizedseparatelyineachofthehomenations.Englishfootballhasaleaguesystemwhichcombinesthousandsofclubs.Scotlandhasasimilarbutsmallerclubfootballstructure.ThetoplevelleagueinWalesistheleagueofWales.InNorthernIrelandthemainleagueistheIrishFootballLeague.

Eachseasonthemostsuccessfulclubsfromeachofthehomenationsqualifyfor(使…具有…的资格)thetwoEuropewideclubcompetitionsorganizedbyUEFA(欧足联)theUEFAChampionsLeagueandtheUEFACup.

Cricket

CricketwasinventedinEngland.ItisregardedasEngland’snationalsummergameanditisprobablythesecondmostwidelycoveredsport.

ThereareeighteenprofessionalcountryclubsseventeenoftheminEnglandandoneinWales.EachsummerthecountryclubscompeteinthefirstclassCountryChampionshipwhichconsistoftwoleaguesofnineteamsandinwhichmatchesareplayedoverfourdays.

Rugby

LikefootballrugbyunionandrugbyleaguebothdevelopedfromtraditionalBritishfootballgamesinthe19thcentury.Formuchofthe20thcenturytherewasgreatantagonismbetweenrugbyleagueswhichwasamainlyworkingclassgamebasedintheindustrialareasofnorthernEnglandandrugbyunionwhichisamainlymiddleclassgameinEnglandandisalsopopularintheotherhomenations.

Tennis

TennisisyetanothersportwhichoriginatedintheUnitedKingdomandthegoverningbodyofthesportistheLTA(草地网球协会).HowevernoBritishmanhaswonWimbledonsince1936andnoBritishwomansince1977.TheonlyBritishplayersofeithersextoreachtheworldtop50inrecentyearsareGregRusedskiwholearnthistennisinCanadaandTimHenmanandAndrewMurraywhodidnotpassthroughtheLTAsystemeither

1.Whatdoweknowaboutfootball?

A.ThetopclubsrepresenttheU