A Question of Sport (Test)

1. The trainer builds his hopes _____ our school volleyball team.

2. The players were ____ panic because _____ the absence of their best forward.

3. My friend has become a school champion ____ tennis.

4. His junior school team, which he coaches _____ football, has won a victory.

5. My friends decided to sign ____ _____ new contact sports.

6. Basketball is a very popular game _____ American schoolchildren.

7. The competitions _____ our school team and the team from school number 6 will take place netx week.

8. My sister has taken ____ swimming recently.

9. I think, my favourite team will win, as the odds are ____ their favour.

10. Basketball is played _____ two teams ____ players.

Baseball (p. 235 - 236)

11. The equipment for baseball includs a ball and a bat.

12. All people in the USA are sure that baseball was originally an American game.

13. Nowadays businessmen ptt a loy of money in the development of the game.

14. The first amateur team was started in the second half of the 18 century.

15. Each baseball team consists of nine players.

16. The early baseball teams played bothe for fun and money.

17. There are more than five hundred teams in the USA nowadays.

18. The World Series has been held since the beginning of the 20th century.

19. Millions of Americans enjoy the Word Series every year.

20. Each school in the USA has got its own baseball team.