A．inB．onC．atD．aroundCollege sports in the United States……
College sports in the United States are
a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball,
basketball and hockey programs, and (71) millions of dollars
each year to sports. Most universities earn millions (72) as
well, in television revenues and sponsorships. They also benefit (73)
from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name
universities (74) each other in the most popular sports.
Football games at the university of Michigan regularly (75)
crowds of over 90,000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship
game is a TV (76) on a par with (与……相同或相似) any other sporting
event in the United States, (77) perhaps the Super Bowl
itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can (78)
one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs—from schools like
Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford— (79) in front of packed
houses and national TV audiences. The athletes themselves are
(80) and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify
(81) teenagers and then go into high schools to (82)
the country’s best players to attend their universities. There are
strict roles about (83) coaches can recruit—no recruiting
calls after 9 p. m., only one official visit to a campus—but they are often bent
and sometimes (84) . Top college football programs
(85) scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those
student athletes, when they arrive (86) campus, receive free
housing, tuition, meals, books, and stipends. In return, the
players (87) the program in their sport. Football players at
top colleges (88) two hours a day, four days a week from
January to April. In summer, it’s back to strength and agility mining four days
a week until mid August, when camp (89) and preparation for
the opening of the September-to-December season begins (90) .
During the season, practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to
Friday. Saturday is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of
rest.
