In this type of task you have to say if a statement is True (it agrees with the information in the passage), False (it does not agree with the information in the passage -it says the opposite, or something different) or whether the information in the statement is Not Given in the passage (there is nothing in the passage to indicate if it is true or false). You must give your answer only according to what is in the passage -you must not use your own knowledge about the topic.
The questions are in the same order as the information in the text. |
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04. Read the text in ONE MINUTE.
Tell your partner anything you can remember. Don't worry about giving exact information. You could use these expressions.
There was something about ...
I don't remember the details, but it involved ...
There's a game which is a bit like . . . |
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Do you ever get bored with the same old sports? If you're tired of tennis, fed up with football or bored of basketball, don't worry. There are plenty of new and unusual sports out there for you to try. Many of these are a mix of existing sports, sometimes with a local element added. Bossaball, for example, is a mix of football an.d volleyball, played on an inflatable pitch with a trampoline in the middle. To make it more exciting, it also has elements of Brazilian martial arts! |
| If you are very good at horse riding, you could try the national sport of Afghanistan, buzkashi. Many versions have been played in the Central Asian region for hundreds of years. The game involves players on horseback trying to get hold of a dead goat. The Afghan Buzkashi Federation wants the game to spread throughout the world and has finally written down the rules because they hope to get Olympic status for the sport. |
| A sport that is more likely to become famous is kabaddi. It is popular in India and other parts of South Asia. It is similar in some ways to the game called 'tag' or 'it' which schoolchildren play. One person is 'it' and has to catch the others. In kabaddi, a 'raider' from one team tries to tag a player from the other team and then return to their own half of the field without getting caught. In some versions of the game, the raider must chant the word 'kabaddi' as he returns to his place. Kabaddi is good fun, good exercise and doesn't need any equipment. It is played at the Asian Games. |
| There is an unusual sport which describes itself as a 'classic mix of brains and brawn'. The game, called 'chess boxing', involves a round of chess and then a round of boxing, then another of chess, and so on. There is one minute between rounds. The first chess boxing world championship took place in 2003 in Amsterdam and was won by a Dutchman, lepe Rubingh. Since then, it has become more popular, particularly in Germany, the UK, India and Russia. It is a difficult sport, as players need to be very good at two very different activities and be able to switch quickly between the two. |
| Finally, an unusual sport that will be familiar to most of us is roshambo, which began in China about 2000 years ago and spread gradually to the rest of the world. Played by young and old, in the UK it is known as 'rock-paper-scissors'. It is surprising that it is called a sport and taken so seriously: there's a World Rock Paper Scissors Society and a league which holds championships every year. So, whatever kinds of sport you like, there is something new and interesting for you to try. |
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When answering True / False / Not Given questions you must scan the text to find the information as quickly as possible, as you also need time to read a few sentences in detail.
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05. Quickly scan the text to find the paragraph which contains information about these sports as quickly as you can.
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1. a sport which is trying to get into the Olympic games
2. a sport which has been played for more than a thousand years and is based on an activity most of us know
3. a sport influenced by two very popular sports
4. a sport which may involve repeating a word
5. a sport which involves two activities which are very unlike each other
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06. The following questions relate to the sections you just found. Decide if they are or .
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1. Players of chess boxing only need to reach a high level in one of the activities.
2. Buzkashi got written rules long after the game first started.
3. Roshambo can be played by anyone, even children and the elderly.
4. Bossaball is played on grass.
5. It could be quite expensive to play kabaddi.
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| Don't waste time going through the whole passage to find the information. Not Given answers will relate to one part of the text. Once you have read the relevant part in detail, if you can't find the information, choose Not Given. |
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07. Does this statement agree with the information in the passage? Write True, False or Not Given.
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1. Kabaddi is only played by men.
Hint: You ONLY need to read the paragraph about kabaddi, which is paragraph C.
You will already know from your initial skim reading that information about kabaddi is not found anywhere else in the text. |
08. Read only the relevant paragraphs. Is this information True (write ) or Not Given (write )?
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1. Bossaball is only played in Brazil.
2. Buzkashi is sometimes played with a sheep instead of a goat.
3. There are different versions of the game kabaddi.
4. Chess boxing is played in several different countries.
5. The roshambo world champion is from China
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09. Answer True, False or Not Given to these questions about the text.
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1. People play bossaball on a soft surface.
2. Buzkashj is an Olympic sport.
3. Kabaddi is often played in schools.
4. lepe Rubingh invented chess boxing.
5. lepe Rubingh is from Germany.
6. People consider roshambo a serious sport
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