Sport and Games

By Curt Graham

People all over the world are 1) f__nd of sports and games. That is one of the things in which people of every nationality and class are united. All kinds of 2) phy_ical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong enough to keep ourselves fit and 3) heal_hy. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting and 4) hoc_ey, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow – skating, 5) sk_ing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy 6) f_gure skating and ski 7) j_mping.

Summer affords excellent 1) ______ for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other 2) ______. Among 3) ______ games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, lawn 4) ______, cricket, volleyball, basketball, and so on. All the year round many people 5) ______ in boxing, wrestling, athletics, callisthenics. Over the last few years 6) ______ has become popular with young girls. It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. Among indoor 7) ______ the most popular are billiards, table tennis, draughts and some others.

Everyone 1) (must, must to) do all he can to be healthy. Physically inactive 2) (people, peoples) get old 3) (earlier, early) than 4) (those, that) who have plenty of exercises. If you 5) (will do, do) daily exercises you feel refreshed, have a good posture, and that makes you feel good. Good health is better than the best medicine. You 6) (have, has) “A sound mind in a sound body”, as the old Latin saying goes.

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From The Sun

16. 01. 2008

Gymnastics

By Collin Austell

Gymnastics is 1) exer_ises for the balanced 2) dev_lopment of the body, practiced usually in a room or building called a gymnasium. In Greece the gymnasi­­um was originally a place of 3) tra_ning for the 4) Ol_mpic Games and other 5) a_hletic contests. By the end of the 4th century B.C. the gymnasium became an 6) ed__cational and cultural center for Greek 7) yo__ths.

­­1) ______ gymnas­tics date from the early 19^th century, when Ludwig Jahn established several Turpllitze in Berlin. Gymnastics spread on the Continent, to England, then to the United States, and became part of the modern 2) _______ meets. Gymnastics became part of the American school cur­riculum, were adopted by the army, and became a college 3) ­­______ in the United States. Besides free callisthenics, the principal gymnastic. 4) ______ in the United States are the side and long horse, the parallel and horizontal bars, trampoline, 5) ______ climbing, the fly­ing rings, and tumbling. Except for rope climbing, which is scored on speed, events are scored on the 6) ______ of form, execution, and difficulty of optional 7) ______.

1) (This, There) are competitions for 2) (women, woman) as well as for men. All around champions 3) (is, are) selected on the basis 4) (of, for) excellence in a number of events. Team competitions 5) (score, are scored) on the basis of total points for all events. 6) (The, --) Amateur Athletic Union holds annual national championship meets for men and women.

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From The Independent

10. 10. 2010