Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Organized football games began in 1863. In football, two (23)…………..of eleven players try to kick or head the ball into the goal of the other team. The goal keeper, (24)…………..tries to keep the ball out of the goal, is the only player on the field who can touch the ball with his or her hands. The other players must use their feet, heads and bodies to (25)…………..the ball.

Every four years, football teams around the world (26)…………..for the World Cup. The World Cup competition started in 1930. Brazil is the home of many great football players, including the most famous player of all, Pele’. With his fast dazzling speed, Pele’ played for many years in Brazil and then in New York. People in more than 140 countries (27)…………..the world play football. It is definitely the world’s most popular sport.