请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

People all over the world enjoy sports, no matter young or old, men or women. Why are sports _______ than many other activities? They help them keep healthy and live long. Some sports or games go back _______ years, like running or jumping, Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are very new. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

Many people don’t play _______. They like to watch others play sports or games, They buy tickets or turn on their TVs _______ the games. Often they get very excited and happy when “their” player or team _______ the match.

People play different games _______ different seasons. Swimming is fun for warm weather, but skating is good in _______ winter.

Almost everybody knows how interesting _______, so people everywhere enjoy them. For example, basketball _______ by about 100 million people in more than 200 countries. People can play it in parks, schools. or factories. ________ interesting thing it is to watch an NBA match! Let’s play sports and have fun!

【小题1】

A．popular

B．more popular

C．the most popular

【小题2】

A．thousand

B．thousand of

C．thousands of

【小题3】

A．they

B．themselves

C．theirs

【小题4】

A．watch

B．to watch

C．watching

【小题5】

A．win

B．wins

C．won

【小题6】

A．in

B．at

C．on

【小题7】

A．/

B．a

C．the

【小题8】

A．sports were

B．are sports

C．sports are

【小题9】

A．plays

B．is played

C．is playing

【小题10】

A．How

B．What a

C．What an