Question

Ajutati-ma va rog frumos!  Read the descriptions. Guess what sport or game each of them refers to. Match them with the captions. 1. This game is the most popular among other games and is very old. Its modern history began at the end of the 19th century in England. The fi rst match was held between the teams of England and Scotland in 1874. Nowadays it is played all over the world. Major international competitions including this game are the World Cup, the Olympic championship, the European Winners Cup, and the European Champions Cup. 3. It was in the programme of the fi rst Olympic Games. As a modern sport, it began to develop in the middle of the 19th century. It is divided into three main parts: running and walking, jumping and throwing. The competitions are held in stadiums. The performances in this kind of sport are measured, not in goals and points but in metres and seconds. 2. It has always been considered a topnotch sport. Tournaments are held all year round. The classifi cation of the players is done separately for men and for women. At the beginning all the players were dressed in white. The most important tournaments, called the Grand Slam, are the open championships of Australia, France, England and USA. The fi rst world championship was held in 1877 at Wimbledon. 5. It appeared in 1891 in the USA. Its inventor, James Naismith, was teaching physical training in a college. The fi rst competitions were held in 1895 in the USA. It was included in the programme of the Olympic Games in 1936. It is an indoor court game between two teams of usually fi ve players each who score by tossing the ball into a net open at the bottom. 4. It is an old kind of sport. It was forgotten for 15 hundred years after the banning of the Olympic Games. It is a sport in which individuals perform optional and prescribed acrobatic feats on special apparatus. Nowadays championships include six exercises for men and four exercises for women. The competitors can get a total of 10 points for each exercise. a. Th e Queen of Sports b. Sports for the Tall c. Gymnastics e. Th e White Sport d. Th e King of Sports

Answer 1

1. football/ soccer - the king of sports
3. athletics - the queen of sports
2. tennis  - the white sport
5. basketball - sports for the tall
4. gymnastics - gymnastics


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