Americans are about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest women's soccer in the world, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer, is known around the world as . And more and more Americans are learning to it. Only in the last 35 years, large numbers of young Americans have become in soccer. Baseball and basketball are still popular professional sports, American boys and girls love to play soccer. The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer in the country. It says more than eighteen million people play soccer in the United States. This means that Americans play soccer than any other sport. , more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. They are attending the 3rd Women's World Cup games that are in several American cities. 460,000 have been sold for the three-week contest that will end July tenth. Women's soccer teams from 16 nations are . Americans are closely the progress of the United States' Women's World Cup team. And the team is already setting . On June 19, the American team Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000 people watched the game at Giant Stadium near New York City. That is a world record. One of the most popular players the American team is 27-year-old Mia Hamm. She became well known in 1996 when the United States women won the soccer medal at the Olympic Games, defeating other teams. Experts say Mia Hamm can play soccer better than woman in the world. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play international soccer. Mia Hamm is a to many young American girls. Television say that at present thousand million people around the world are watching the game on television. 小题1: A．careless B．worried C．excited D．anxious 小题2: A．happiness B．event C．team D．incident 小题3: A．baseball B．football C．volleyball D．basketball 小题4: A．hate B．love C．give up D．played 小题5: A．interested B．disappointed C．satisfied D．surprised 小题6: A．and B．although C．so D．but 小题7: A．player B．event C．game D．organization 小题8: A．more B．less C．many D．fewer 小题9: A．In the past B．In the future C．just now D．At present 小题10: A．played B．to be played C．being played D．playing 小题11: A．tickets B．teams C．records D．players 小题12: A．taking place B．taking off C．taking part D．taking in 小题13: A．seeing B．watching C．thinking D．hoping 小题14: A．marks B．records C．points D．scores 小题15: A．beat B．hit C．won D．lose 小题16: A．in B．from C．on D．at 小题17: A．gold B．silver C．copper D．/ 小题18: A．others B．the other C．other D．any other 小题19: A．player B．writer C．hero D．singer 小题20: A．broadcasters B．directors C．players D．spokesman