Урок 4 Unit 4 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Кузовлев 8 класс
1. Read some interesting facts about the Olympic Games.1) Choose the correct alternative to fill in the gaps.• At first the running (0) distance of the marathon was 26 miles.
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1. Read some interesting facts about the Olympic Games.
1) Choose the correct alternative to fill in the gaps.
• At first the running (0) distance of the marathon was 26 miles. In 1908 Queen Alexandra of Great Britain decreed (постановила) that the marathon should end below the royal box (ложа) at London’s White City (1) Stadium, which added the extra 385 yards.
• The first Paralympic Games (2) were held in 1948. The name “Paralympic” (3) comes from the words “Parallel” and “Olympics”. In 1900 the live pigeon shooting (4) event was in the programme of the Olympics. It was (5) the first and the only time when animals were killed on purpose (целенаправленно) in an Olympic event.
• In wrestling at the Stockholm games in 1912, the final fight lasted (6) for nine hours. Since neither sportsman got (7) an advantage over the other, no gold medal (8) was awarded. Each received a silver medal.
• In 1932 a sprinter, who carried the flag for the Chinese team, was the only (9) participant from China.
• Only two countries (10) participated in all the every modern Olympic Games, Greece and Australia.
• In order for a sport to be included in the Olympics it must be widely (11) practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents and by women in at least 40 countries and on three continents.
2) Mark (V) the facts that impressed you most of all.