IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONEword in each space. (2.0 points) (10 x 0.2 = 2.0 pts)

Americans like sport very much. One of the (1)............. popular kinds of sports inAutumn is football. All the high schools (2)........... universities have their own teams. In winter the most popular kind of sports (3)........... basketball. There is usually a matchevery evening in one school gymnasium or another. In some parts of the United States thereis a lot of (4)..................... and ice. Many people like skiing and skating.In the other two (5).............., millions of Americans enjoy baseball. The schools havetheir games in (6)..............., but the most important professional games are played duringsummer. Many people listen to the games (7) .......... the radio, watch them on television orread about them (8) ....................... the newspapers.Some also play tennis or golf and others (9) ..................... fishing. They like to stayoutdoors (10)........................it is warm during the months of June, July and August.