II. Read the following text and do the tasks below. Water rugby became the most popular of water sports, but somehow the water polo name became a popular name for it. As played in England, the object of the game was for player to touch the ball, with both hands, at the goal of the pool. The goaltender stood on the poll deck, ready to dive on any opponent who was about to score. Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled with underwater fights away from the ball, and it wasn’t unusual for players to pass out for the lack of air. In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addition of goalposts. The Scots also replaced the original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted rules that prohibited taking the ball under the surface or, tackling a player unless he had the ball. A. Answer the questions: 1. What is the different name of water rugby? _ ____________________________________________ 2. What was the purpose of the game in England? ____________________________________________ 3. What did the goaltender do when an opponent was about to score? ________________________________________________________________ 4. When was the sport tamed by the addition of goalposts? ________________________________________________________________ 5. What kind of ball did the Scots replaced the original small, hard rubber ball with? ________________________________________________________________ 6. When was Water polo added to the Olympic program? ________________________________________________________________ B. Read the text gain. Then decide these statements TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). No. Sentence True (T) False (F) 1. Water rugby was less popular than water polo. 2. . As played in Scotland, the purpose of the game was for a player to touch the ball, with both hands. 3. The goaltender is not allowed to dive on any opponent who was about to score. 4. Scots put goalposts to the sport in 1877. 5. Water polo was the first team sport to be added to the Olympic program. 6. Water polo is very rough sport. III. Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each numbered blank. RUNNING MARATHON A marathon is a race that is 42.2 kilometres (1) ____________. Many cities (2) _________ marathons. You can run marathons in Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, new York City, and many other places around the world. Many marathons (3) _________ shorter races of 5 km, 10km, or 20km. to be allowed to run some of the (4) ____________ marathons like Boston or New York, you have to prove that you can run (5) ______ enough. Some marathons can also be “run” in a wheelchair. The (6) ________ male marathon runners can run the course in just over two hours while the fastest women (7) __________ in about two and a half hours. 1. A. length B. lengthen C. long D. short 2. A. host B. hosts C. hosted D. hosting 3. A. includes B. include C. including D. included 4. A. famous B. fame C. infamous D. notorious 5. A. fastly B. faster C. fastest D. fast 6. A. fastly B. faster C. fastest D. fast 7. A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. finishing