Reading practice ( level intermediate)

Додано: 16 травня 2022
Предмет: Англійська мова, 7 клас
Тест виконано: 135 разів
12 запитань
Запитання 1

Read the article and answer the questions.


Adidas and Puma have been two of the biggest names in sports shoe manufacturing for over half a century.


Since 1928 they have supplied shoes for Olympic athletes, World Cup-winning football heroes, Muhammad Ali, hip hop stars and rock musicians famous all over the world. But the story of these two companies begins in one house in the town of Herzogenaurach, Germany.


Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were the sons of a shoemaker. They loved sport but complained that they could never find comfortable shoes to play in. Rudolph always said, 'You cannot play sports wearing shoes that you'd walk around town with.' So they started making their own. In 1920 Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes, produced on the Dasslers' kitchen table.


On 1st July 1924 they formed a shoe company, Dassler Brothers Ltd and they worked together for many years. The company became successful and it provided the shoes for Germany's athletes at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games.


But in 1948 the brothers argued. No one knows exactly what happened, but family members have suggested that the argument was about money or women. The result was that Adolph left the company. His nickname was Adi, and using this and the first three letters of the family name, Dassler, he founded Adidas.


Rudolph relocated across the River Aurach and founded his own company too. At first he wanted to call it Ruda, but eventually he called it Puma, after the wild cat. The famous Puma logo of the jumping cat has hardly changed since.


After the big split of 1948 Adolph and Rudolph never spoke to each other again and their companies have now been in competition for over sixty years. Both companies were for many years the market leaders, though Adidas has always been more successful than Puma. A hip hop group, Run DMC, has even written a song called My Adidas and in 2005 Adidas bought Reebok, another big sports shoe company.


The terrible family argument should really be forgotten, but ever since it happened, over sixty years ago, the town has been split into two. Even now, some Adidas employees and Puma employees don't talk to each other.



Who has supplied shoes for Olympic athletes since 1928?




варіанти відповідей

Adolph and Rudolph Dassler

Puma

Adidas

Herzogenaurach

Запитання 2

Where does the story of Adidas and Puma begin?

варіанти відповідей

In the USA

In England

In Germany

In France

Запитання 3

What was Rudolf and Adolf Dassler's father?

варіанти відповідей

a businessman

a shoemaker

a priest

a teacher

Запитання 4

Where was the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes produced?

варіанти відповідей

In the workshop

In the factory

On the Dasslers' kitchen table.

In the studio

Запитання 5

When was Dassler Brothers Ltd formed?

варіанти відповідей

On 1st July 1924 

Since 1928

In 1920

In 1948

Запитання 6

For whom the company provided the shoes at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games?

варіанти відповідей

English athletes

US athletes

World athletes

Germany's athletes

Запитання 7

What was the result of arguing between Dassler's brothers in 1948?

варіанти відповідей

They renewed cooperation

Adolph left the company

The company became successful

They started making their own shoes

Запитання 8

How did Adolf call his new company?

варіанти відповідей

Adidass

He used his nickname and the first three lettersbif the family name

He used the name of his wife

Addidas

Запитання 9

How did Rudolf want to call his own company at first.

варіанти відповідей

Moda

Rada

Ruda

Puma

Запитання 10

What is the famous Puma logo?

варіанти відповідей

Hunting cat

Sleeping cat

Running cat

Jumping cat

Запитання 11

Who bought Reebok?

варіанти відповідей

Puma

Rudolf Dassler

Adolf Dusstler

Adidas

Запитання 12

What happened with Herzogenaurach after terrible family argument?

варіанти відповідей

They live their lives

Nothing

the town split into two

They are in war

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