It is an exciting start to the college football season. A team that many people never heard of defeated one of the best in the country. If you follow American sports, then you know we are talking about the Michigan-Appalachian State game, which took place on September 1st at Michigan Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 people.

Appalachian State University is in Boone, North Carolina. Its team often plays in a stadium that holds about 25,000 people. Also, Appalachian State plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. Michigan is in the newly named Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of college football. So the Mountaineers of Appalachian State and the Wolverines of the University of Michigan normally do not even play each other.

But they decided to meet for the first time. Michigan agreed to pay Appalachian State 400,000 dollars, win or lose. Teams like Michigan need victories, even a victory over a lower division team, to get into big, nationally broadcast bowl games. These games are worth millions of dollars at the end of the season.

Fans expected an easy Michigan win. After all, in the preseason, sports experts had considered Michigan the fifth best college football team in the country. But Appalachian State is a two-time national champion at its own division level. Its players wanted to show they could play well against a nationally ranked team. And they did. The final score was Appalachian State thirty-four, Michigan thirty-two. The game quickly became known as one of the greatest upsets in college football history.

The win has brought national attention to Appalachian State. Local stores reported a huge increase in orders for college clothing and other items. And the university official head expects more students to seek admission next year. Last Saturday, at home, Appalachian State defeated another North Carolina school, Lenoir-Rhyne College, forty-eight to seven.

The Michigan-Appalachian State game ________.

  A. is a regular competition held in the US every year

  B. is a state competition held for the football championship

  C. is part of a national competition held on September 1st every year

  D. was an occasional football competition between two universities

Michigan wanted to play with Appalachian State because Michigan ________.

  A. needed money to support its development

  B. wanted to test the skills of Appalachian State

 C. was a new football team without experience

  D. needed victories to enter nationally broadcast bowl games

After the game, the Appalachian State University got _________.

  A. much economic support from the government

 B. much national assistance

  C. national recognition

 D. many applicants for admission

【小題1】D

【小題2】D

【小題3】C


解析:

一支名不見經(jīng)傳的大學球隊打敗了一支強隊后，得到了全國人民的認可。

【小題1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段But they decided to meet for the first time可知，這兩個隊的比賽是偶然舉行的。

【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Teams like Michigan need victories, … bowl games可知，Michigan需要幾場獲勝的比賽以進入全國直播的季后賽。

【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段The win has … Appalachian State和下文可知，比賽獲勝后，the Appalachian State University得到了全國的認可。

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