It is an exciting start to the college football season. A team that many people never heard of defeated one of the best in the country. If you follow American sports, then you know we are talking about the Michigan-Appalachian State game, which took place on September 1st at Michigan Stadium, in front of more than 100,000 people.
Appalachian State University is in Boone, North Carolina. Its team often plays in a stadium that holds about 25,000 people. Also, Appalachian State plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. Michigan is in the newly named Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of college football. So the Mountaineers of Appalachian State and the Wolverines of the University of Michigan normally do not even play each other.
But they decided to meet for the first time. Michigan agreed to pay Appalachian State 400,000 dollars, win or lose. Teams like Michigan need victories, even a victory over a lower division team, to get into big, nationally broadcast bowl games. These games are worth millions of dollars at the end of the season.
Fans expected an easy Michigan win. After all, in the preseason, sports experts had considered Michigan the fifth best college football team in the country. But Appalachian State is a two-time national champion at its own division level. Its players wanted to show they could play well against a nationally ranked team. And they did. The final score was Appalachian State thirty-four, Michigan thirty-two. The game quickly became known as one of the greatest upsets in college football history.
The win has brought national attention to Appalachian State. Local stores reported a huge increase in orders for college clothing and other items. And the university official head expects more students to seek admission next year. Last Saturday, at home, Appalachian State defeated another North Carolina school, Lenoir-Rhyne College, forty-eight to seven.
【小题1】The Michigan-Appalachian State game .A．is a regular petition held in the US every yearB．is a state petition held for the football championshipC．is part of a national petition held on September 1st every yearD．was an occasional football petition between two universities【小题2】Michigan wanted to play with Appalachian State because Michigan .A．needed money to support its developmentB．wanted to test the skills of Appalachian StateC．was a new football team without experienceD．needed victories to enter nationally broadcast bowl games【小题3】After the game, the Appalachian State University got .A．much economic support from the governmentB．much national assistanceC．national recognitionD．many applicants for admissionD
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解析：
一支名不见经传的大学球队打败了一支强队后，得到了全国人民的认可。
【小题1】推理判断题。根据第三段But they decided to meet for the first time可知，这两个队的比赛是偶然举行的。
【小题2】推理判断题。根据第三段Teams like Michigan need victories, … bowl games可知，Michigan需要几场获胜的比赛以进入全国直播的季后赛。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据最后一段The win has … Appalachian State和下文可知，比赛获胜后，the Appalachian State University得到了全国的认可。