READING

ENGLISH CONTEST

READING ENGLISH CONTEST

8TH GRADE

NAME ........................................
SURNAME..................................

I. Read the following text carefully, choose the best option to complete the sentences below and then
match the name of the sports in the text to the images

In 2005, the International Olympic Committee selected London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympics Summer Games. London had also hosted the Olympic games in 1908 and 1948. Athletes and spectators
from around the world will gather during July, August and September to celebrate summer sporting excellence. The
Games, along with the region's spectacular natural playground and its vibrant venues such as the Olympic Park,
Wembley Stadium, Wimbledon, The Mall, Riverbank Arena, Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, etc. will put London
in the spotlight as a premier sporting destination.
The Olympic Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Games will be done at the Olympic Stadium where her
majesty the Queen will be greeted by the President of the IOC at the entrance of the stadium as the Head of State of the
Host Country. Then we will see a procession of the participating teams into the stadium, nation by nation. Teams enter
in alphabetical order, according to the language of the Host County, apart from the Greek team, which enters first for
the Olympics, and the team of the Host Nation(in this case Great Britain), who march in last.
London will host the following Olympic and Paralympics events
-The 26 Olympic sports at London 2012 will be aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoe and
kayak, cycling, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table
tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling among others. These games will take place in 28 venues.
-The 20 Paralympics sports at London 2012 will be boccia, football, goalball,paralympic archery, paralympic athletics,
paralympic cycling, paralympic equestrian , paralympic judo, paralympic powerlifting, paralympic rowing, paralympic
shooting, paralympic swimming, paralympic table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair
fencing,wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis which will take place in 21 venues.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the
2012 Paralympics Games from 29 August to 9 September .There will be 5,500 Olympic athletes and officials.

Over 205 countries are expected to participate in 305 events at the Olympic Games and over 147 countries
will take part in the Paralympics.
1 The Summer Olympic Games will be held in
a) Olympia
b) Vancouver
c) London
3. The Paralympic Games start on

2. is a summer sport.
a) Football
b) Ice skating
c) Curling

a) July 29
b) August 29
c) September 9

4...countries will participate in the Summer Olympic

Games
a) 5,500
b) 147
c) 205

5. The Opening Ceremony will be done

a) at the Olympic Stadium
b) at the Olympic Park
c) at Wimbledon

6.This is not a paralympic game

a) Boccia
b) Fencing
c) Boxing

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II Complete these sentences with information from the text.

1. London was chosen as the host city for the 2010 Olympic Games by _________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. The 2012 Olympic Summer Games will be held from _____________________________________
_________________________ to _______________________________________________________
3. The number of athletes participating in the _____________________________________________
is larger than in the __________________________________________________________________
4. The Olympic Games will be done in places such as ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. During the opening ceremony we will see a procession of _________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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III Reread the 1st paragraph of the text and find equivalents for these words/expressions in your
dictionary
1. hosted ______________________________________
3. spotlight_____________________________________
5. venue______________________________________

2. spectators __________________________________
4. arena________ _____________________________
6. excellence___________________________________
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IV. Read these sentences and identify the meaning of the words in bold type
-The Olympic Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 will be done at the Olympic Stadium where her majesty the
Queen will be greeted by the President of the IOC.

____________________________

-The Greek team, which enters first for the Olympics.

____________________________

-The Host Nation (in this case Great Britain), who march in last.

__________________________

Now complete these sentences using where, which, who:

1) Wembley Arena is the place _______________the badminton and rhythmic gymnastics competitions will be done
2) The Olympic marathon course, _________________was set to finish in the Olympic Stadium, was moved to the Mall
3) Free ticket for the Opening Ceremony were given to the survivors and families of those ______________died during
the 7 July 2005 London bombings
4) The Olympic and Paralympic mascots are animations ________________depicts 2 drops of steel from a steelworks in
Bolton: Their names are Wenlock and Mandeville
5) Michael Phelps is an American swimmer ________________has won 16 Olympic medals.

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