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Many things can make summer great: swimming, camping, and the World Cup! The 20th FIFA World Cup will take place in Brazil from June 13 to July 14. Get ready for it!  People around the world love football. The sport is very easy and cheap to play. All you need is a ball. Anyone or any country, rich or poor, can play it. A small or poor country like Ghanacould never beat the US at the Olympics. But they can send the US home at the World Cup.
In countries like Brazil and England, football is so popular that it has  become part of theirculture. People there will be very happy and proud if their national team wins the World Cup. This summer thousands of England fans will go to cheer for their team in Brazil, even though the trip could cost each of them 10,000 pounds!

World Cup Numbers
●The FIFA World Cup happens every four years.
●Thirty-two teams play in the World Cup.
●The World Cup usually lasts 30 days.
●Only eight nations have won the 19 World Cup titles (冠 军头衔).Brazil is on top of the list   with 5 wins. Others include Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England,France and Spain.
●According to FIFA, 3.2 billion people watched the 2010 World Cup. That is nearly half of The world population.
(From 21st Century, April 28, 2014)
The final of the 20th FIFA World Cup will take place in Brazil _______.

A.attheendofJune B.atthebeginningofJuly
C.OnJune13th D.OnJuly14th

Why do you think people around the world love football?

A.It'seasyandcheaptoplay.
B.Itcanmakesummergreat.
C.It'splayedfromJune13toJuly14
D.It'sthesameasswimmingandcamping.

Although the US is very powerful at the Olympics, _________.

A.itcan'tbeatanyoneattheWorldCup
B.itcanbebeatenattheWorldCup
C.itcan'tgetreadyfortheWorldCup
D.itdraws3.2billionpeople'sattention

A large amount of cost can't prevent thousands of England fans from _______.

A.sendingtheUShomeattheWorldCup
B.becominghappyandproudoftheircountry
C.goingtocheerfortheirteaminBrazil
D.takingfootballaspartoftheirculture

Among all the eight nations who have won the 19 World Cup titles, Brazil _______.

A.followsothersevennations B.isthefifthonthelist
C.isluckytowineverytime D.isontopofthelist
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