Read the text and answer the questions
1. When were the first classical Games held?
2. How were the winners of the Games honored?
3. How many countries took part in the first modern Games?
4. What sports are included in the Winter Games?
5. What does the Olympic flag look like?
Choose the best variant.
1. The main idea of the first paragraph is_________________
A. Mount Olympus was a mythical home of the gods
B. the first Olympic Games were held in Greece
C. the Olympic Games were originally a religious festival
2. The Olympiad is _______________________
A. a period of peace throughout Greece
B. an annual and traditional sporting contest
C. a four-year period between the Games
3. Women didn't take part in the Games_______
A. until 1896
B. until 1910 С until 1924
4. The first Winter Games were held____________ after the revivalof the Olympic Games.
A. 30 years
- 24 years
- 28 years
5. The five rings on the Olympic flag represent _________________________
A. the true spirit of sportsmanship
B. five continents of the world
C. the host country
6. Which of the following sports was not mentioned among the basic events of the winter program?_________________
A. bobsledding
B. figure skating
C. field hockey
7. Which of the following is not true?_______________________
A. It's personal, not team performance, is emphasized in the Olympic Games.
B. All athletes from the host country take the oath on behalf of all the participants.
C. The winners were traditionally crowned with olive wreaths.
8. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?________
A. They were good sportsmen.
B. They liked different ceremonies.
С.They couldn't count, so they used "Olympiads" for dates
Text C
Unusual Sports and Games
Curling is a popular sport in Canada. However, it probably started in Scotland or Holland around three hundred years ago. There are two teams with four people on each team in curling. The teams play on a sheet of ice that is 45 meters long and 4.3 meters wide.
Each player slides two heavy stones toward the "house" circle at the opposite end of the ice sheet. The stones weigh almost twenty kilos. Each stone is flat on the top and bottom and has a handle on the top. The player swings the stone off the ice and it curls as it slides along.
While one player throws the stone, his teammates sweep in front of the-stone. This smoothes the ice. The players believe that the stone travels faster on smooth ice. The captain of the team yells "Sweep!" and the teammates start sweeping the ice.
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Lacrosse is another popular sport in Canada. It is one of the oldest organized sports in America. It is also popular in Britain and Australia. It was invented by Indians in northern New York and southern Ontario. They used it to train for war before Columbus arrived in the New World.
People play lacrosse outdoors. The lacrosse field is 70 meters long. At each end of the field there is a goal. There are ten players on each team. Each player hits a ball that is 21 centimeters around and weighs 140 grams. They try to hit the ball into the net as many times as possible. Lacrosse is a very fast game because the players can catch and pass the ball at high speed with their sticks.
Sumo wrestling is the national sport in Japan. Every year there are six tournaments, and millions of Japanese watch them on television. Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say there was sumo wrestling over 2000 years ago.Sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilos. One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos. Sumo wrestlers do not look beautiful, and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport.Sumo wrestlers start training when they are boys. They exercise to make their bodies strong. They also eat, eat, and eat.Sumo wrestlers wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler loses the match if he leaves the ring or if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring.People from other countries usually think sumo is very strange, but the Japanese love it.
The most recent unusual sport is the triathlon, which became popular in the US before spreading elsewhere. This most demanding sport came from a late-night discussion in a Honolulu bar in 1977 about which sport was the most exhausting: swimming, bicycle racing, or long-distance running. Someone suggested that they all be put together. The result was the first triathlon, the "Ironman", in 1978, with 15 participants. This contest was a 3.9-kilometer ocean swim, followed immediately by a 180-kilometer bicycle race, and ending with a 42 kilometer run. Five years later there were already 1,000 such competitions throughout the US, and the triathlon is becoming more and more popular in Europe, too.
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Comprehension
- Answer the questions.
1. Where is curling popular?
2. Who invented this game?
3. How many people play curling at one time?
4. Why is the game called curling?
5. How do the players slide the stones?
6. Who invented lacrosse?
7. What countries play lacrosse?
8. How many players are on each team?
9. In what countries is lacrosse played?
10. Where is sumo wrestling popular?
11. Is sumo an old sport?
12. How do sumo wrestlers train?
13. How are sumo wrestlers different from other athletes?
14. How does a sumo wrestler lose the match?
15. Why is triathlon referred to as "the most demanding sport"?
16. Where did it appear?
17. What country is triathlon most popular in?
Vocabulary Exercises
1. What do you call a man who can:
Wrestle, ski, skate, run, shoot, fence, box, climb, race, do weightlifting, swim, cycle, dive, play football/chess/draughts/volleyball/basketball/ hockey/tennis, go boating/yachting/ gliding/parachuting
e.g. to ski - a skier, to play basketball --a basketballer, to play hockey -a hockey-player, to do parachuting/sky diving - a parachute-jumper/a sky diver, to go gliding — a glider-pilot, to go yachting — a yachtsman
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