Use of English b1

The Super Bowl is the final game of the American football season in which the two best teams of the National Football League (NFL) play (1) ____________________ each other.

The football season starts in August. Each team has 16 games in the regular season. Then the best teams

(2) ______________________ in a series of playoffs which finally leads to the last game of the season, the Super Bowl.

Today, the Super Bowl takes (3) _________

on the first Sunday in February. 

It

(4) __________________ the most-watched

TV broadcast in recent history with over a hundred million people in the USA watching it.

5) __________ so many people watch the Super Bowl it has become the most expensive time for advertising. 

Many companies produce their best commercials for this event and want to get on TV when almost half of America is watching. In addition, many famous pop singers and (6) _________want to perform before the game and during half time.

The Super Bowl is marked with Roman numerals instead of years. For example, Super Bowl XXV was the 25th Super Bowl game in the (7) _______ of the series, which started in 1967.

The game (8) _________ in a city that is selected a few years in advance. 

New Orleans, Miami and Los Angeles have become (9) ________ hosts of the game. 

No team has ever played in their home stadium. In most cases Super Bowl games are given to cities with warmer climates and higher than (10) ________ temperatures.