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根据以下材料,回答题 AmericanSports
TheUnitedStatesisasports-lovingnation.SportsinAmericatakeavarietyofforms:
organizedcompetitivestruggles,whichdrawhugecrowdstocheertheirfavoriteteamtovictory,athleticgames,playedforrecreationanywheresufficientspaceisfound,andhuntingandfishing.
Mostsportsareseasonal,sothatwhatishappeninginsportsdependsuponthetimeofyear.Somesportsarecalledspectatorsports,asthenumberofspectatorsgreatlyexceedsthenumberplayinginthegame.
BaseballisthemostpopularsportintheUS.Itisplayedthroughoutthespringandsummer,andprofessionalbaseballteamsplaywellintothefall.Althoughnoothergameisexactlylikebaseball,perhapstheonemostnearlylikeitistheEnglishgameofcricket.
Footballisthemostpopularsportinthefall.Thegameoriginatedasacollegesportmorethan75yearsago.Itisstillplayedbyalmosteverycollegeanduniversityinthecountry,andthefootballstadiumsofsomeofthelargestuniversitiesseatasmanyas80,000people.ThegameisnotthesameasEuropeanfootballorsoccer.InAmericanfootballthereare11playersoneachteam,andtheyaredressedinpaddeduniformsandhelmetsbecausethegameisroughandinjuriesarelikelytooccur.
BasketballisthewintersportinAmericanschoolsandcolleges.Likefootball,basketballoriginatedintheUSandisnotpopularinothercountries.ManyAmericanspreferittofootballbecauseitisplayedindoorsthroughoutthewinterandbecauseitisafastergame.Itisaverypopulargamewithhighschools,andinmorethan20states,state-widehighschoolmatchesareheldyearly.
Otherspectatorsportsincludewrestling,boxing,andhorseracing.Althoughhorse-racingfanscallthemselvessportsmen,theaccuracyofthetermisquestionable,asonlythejockeyswhoridethehorsesintheracescanbeconsideredathletes.Theso-calledsportsmenarethespectators,whodo"notassemble"primarilytoseethehorsesrace,buttobetupontheoutcomeofeachrace.
Gamblingistheattractionofhorseracing.
Huntingandfishingaremainlyfavoredbymen,theyoungandold,intheUS. A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Notmentioned
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