1.
Listen
to the text «Baseball» and choose the best variants to complete the sentences.
1)
In baseball players must … .
a)
hit a ball with a bat b) catch a ball c) catch another player
d) hit another player with a bat
2)
The first real rules of baseball … .
a)
were never written
b) were written
in 1845 c) were written in 2005 d) were written in 1745
3)
The first professional team was called … .
a)
Red Baseballers
b) Black
Stockings c) White Baseballers d) Red Stockings
4)
… there were professional teams in other cities.
a)
Within ten years
b) Within a few
years c) Within one year d) Within twenty years
5)
In 1903 … decided to have their first-place teams
playing with each other.
a)
the two leagues
b) the two
teams c) the two players d) the two managers
6)
Each year since then the National League winner and …
have been playing in
the World Series.
a)
the British League winner b) the Australian League winner c) the American League winner
d)
the Canadian League winner
2.
Listen
to the story and mark the sentences «True» (T) or «False» (F).
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T
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F
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1
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Baseball
is America’s worst sport.
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2
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There are
two teams in this game.
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3
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The
players run around four bases.
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4
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The team
wins that finishes with more runs.
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5
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Everybody
believes that baseball originated in Great Britain.
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6
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The first
professional team was organized in the USA.
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3.
Complete
the sentences with the words from the box.
World
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two
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businessmen
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baseball
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1)
The early… teams were not professional.
2)
The event was called the… Series.
3)
…teams from New York played a game following Cartwright’s
rules.
4)
…saw that they could make money with professional
baseball teams.
4.
Give
short answers to the following questions.
1)
How many players are there in a baseball team?
2)
Who goes around all the bases?
3)
What city were the teams following Cartwright’s rules
from?
4) How many
leagues were there in America?
