Extreme sports. Consolidation. Exit test

Choose the correct alternative. Some teachers consider their subject to be the most important. ............... , they claim that all the subjects should be studied equally.

Match the words.

Read the text, guess and choose the sport. 'I think there's a real feeling of achievement once you get to the top. You know, it's just man against nature, and you've actually done it. It's a great feeling!' What's the sport?

Choose the correct alternative. Some students want to study only the subjects they like. ............... , many teachers are against it.

Choose the correct alternative. The Internet is sometimes slow. ............... , it's easy to use.

Choose the correct alternative. A lot of teenagers like playing computer games ............... having a lot of homework.

Choose the correct alternative. The Internet can be slow. ............... , it can be unreliable.

Read the text, guess and choose the sport. 'I tried it for the first time when we were on holiday last summer. I spent about fifteen minutes practising on the beach: standing on the board, holding the sail, trying to keep my balance. I thought I'd got the hang of it, but as soon as I actually got in the water I couldn't stay on at all. John couldn't stop laughing!' What's the sport?

Choose the correct alternative. Kate enjoyed The Lord of the Rings, ............... it is a fantasy novel.

Read the text and complete the gaps with only one word from the box. Windsurfing is one of those sports that seems to appeal to some people, but not to others. I am one of the others. It looked like an exciting sport, and so I decided to learn. I soon discovered that windsurfing means dealing with one (1)after another. The first one that you (2)is how to prepare the sail. After fighting with it for half an hour, I asked my teacher to (3)me out of my difficulty. The second problem I (4)into was when I put the surfer into the water and tried to get onto it. I had tremendous (5)in keeping my balance. Every time I managed to stand up, I lost my balance and fell into the water. This happened over and over again, until I got so fed up, I went home. The next day I was ready for more. You may think I was crazy, but I really wanted to (6)the difficulties windsurf like everybody else. This time, I managed to stay on the board, but quickly came up (7)another problem. I could not (8)out how to hold the sail in the strong wind. In a few minutes I was back in the water, simply because I was not strong enough to hold the sail in the correct position. After a few more hours of this, I couldn't (9)the solution, and I came (10)with a better idea — I gave up for ever, and I haven't tried again since.

Read the following text about a new sport and choose the correct answer. Brian Godwin investigates a brand new sport The original idea comes from a 1990s sci-fi comic book called Froid-Équator, in which the inhabitants of a distant planet compete in various games, including chessboxing. The first contests took place in 2003, and two years later Bulgarian "Tigertad" Titschko won the first European Heavyweight Championship in front of hundreds of cheering spectators. The champion beat his opponent in the ninth round of the chess match. The motto of the World Chess Boxing Organisation is ''Fighting is done in the ring — Wars are waged on the board''. The idea of chessboxing came from...

Read the following text about a new sport and choose the correct answer. Brian Godwin investigates a brand new sport The way it works is this: two opponents play a round of chess, which lasts four minutes. After a one-minute break, there is a two-minute round of boxing, and then another round of chess, and so on. Presumably, the contestants are allowed to take off their boxing gloves to move their chess pieces. In total, there are eleven rounds, five of boxing and six of chess. A chessboxing match consists of...

Read the following text about a new sport and choose the correct answer. Brian Godwin investigates a brand new sport It's hard to think of two competitions so completely different as chess and boxing. In one you rely on your mental skills, in the other you need physical strength. However, thinking and fighting, brain and muscle, have come together in a new hybrid sport: chessboxing. According to the author, the main difference between boxing and chess is that...

Read the following text about a new sport and choose the correct answer. Brian Godwin investigates a brand new sport You win at chess if you get a checkmate or if your opponent goes over the twelve-minute time limit; you win at boxing if you knock out your opponent or if the referee decides you've won. And in either chess or boxing, you win if your opponent gives up. If the chess match ends in a stalemate*, the boxer with the most points wins. If the boxing ends in a draw, the chess player with the black pieces wins. Apparently, it's fascinating to watch. *stalemate - a position in chess in which neither player can win If the chess match ends in a stalemate and the boxing in a draw...