Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Question 1:

• a. interfered
• b. allowed

• c. visited

• d. played

Question 2:

• a. water
• b. swimming
• c. between

• d. rowing

Question 3:

• a. lie

• b. goalie
• c. achieve
• d. belief

Question 4:

• a. punch

• b. synchronized

• c. March
• d. touching

Question 5:

• a. caps

• b. meters
• c. swimmers
• d. lines

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Question 6: Water polo is played in ______ pool 1.8 meters deep.

• a. a

• b. an
• c. the
• d. Ø

Question 7: The goalie tried to catch _____ ball, but he failed.

• a. a
• b. an

• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 8: The final _____ was 3-0.

• a. score

• b. scoring
• c. scorer
• d. scores 

Question 9: The referee’s ______ is the most important in any sport competition.

• a. decide
• b. decisive

• c. decision

• d. decider 

Question 10: _____ players are not allowed to interfere with the opponent’s movements unless the player is holding the ball. 

• a. Defense

• b. Defensive

• c. Defender
• d. Defensively

Question 11: _____ the start of each period, both teams line up on their own goal line.

• a. In
• b. For
• c. From

• d. At

Question 12: A water polo ball is constructed of waterproof material to allow it to float _____ the water.

• a. upon
• b. over
• c. above

• d. on

Question 13: There are six field player positions and a goalkeeper _____ each team.

• a. on

• b. with
• c. from
• d. for

Question 14: ______ is a sport in which two or more people perform complicated and carefully planned movements in water in time to music.

• a. Rowing
• b. Windsurfing
• c. Diving

• d. Synchronized swimming

Question 15: If the tie is not broken after two overtime ______, a penalty shootout will determine the winner.

• a. opponents
• b. waves
• c. parts

• d. periods

Question 16: Minor ____ occur when a player impedes or otherwise prevents the free movement of an opponent including swimming on the opponent's shoulders, back or legs.

• a. penalties
• b. shots

• c. fouls

• d. motions

Question 17: _____ is a game played in a swimming pool in which two teams of swimmers try to score goals with a ball.

• a. Water polo

• b. Rowing
• c. Swimming
• d. Water skiing

Question 18: Offensive players may be called for a foul by pushing off a defender to provide space for a _____ or shot.

• a. pass

• b. crossbar
• c. box
• d. goal

Question 19: A penalty shot is _____ when a major foul is committed inside the 5-meter line.

• a. prevented

• b. awarded

• c. committed
• d. ranged

Question 20: A dry pass, meaning the ball does not _____ the watter is thrown a few inches above the head of the catching player.

• a. catch
• b. hold 
• c. swim

• d. touch

Question 21: _____ is a sport in which you move along the surface of the sea or a lake on a long narrow board with a sail on it.

• a. Water polo
• b. Diving

• c. Windsurfing

• d. Scuba diving

Question 22: Water polo balls _____ with a special texture so it will not slip from the hands of a player.

• a. cover

• b. are covered

• c. are being covered
• d. covered

Question 23: Alexis _____ next week.

• a. is swimming in the state championship

• b. is swimming the state championship
• c. is swum in the state championship
• d. is swum the state championship

Question 24: The news of war _____ and the world.

• a. was shocked the nation
• b. was shocked by the nation

• c. shocked the nation

• d. shocked by the nation

Question 25: The player ______.

• a. will reward for his hat-trick

• b. will be rewarded for his hat-trick

• c. will reward his hat-trick
• d. will be rewarded his hat-trick

Question 26: Before the end of the term, I ____ alll the required reading.

• a. was finished by
• b. had been finished by

• c. had finished

• d. had been finished

Question 27: The player was ejected because he committed a foul.

• a. as

• b. due to
• c. despite
• d. provided

Question 28: John could not continue the match his badly injured leg.

• a. because
• b. since
• c. as

• d. because of

Question 29: They cancelled the match _____.

• a. due to it rained heavily

• b. because of the heavy rain

• c. because of it rained heavily
• d. because the heavy rain

Question 30: You need proper shoes to go hiking in the mountains, ____ the ground is rough and hard.

• a. though
• b. due to
• c. because of

• d. because

Error Identification. 

Question 31: Windsurfing, which is a water sport combining elements of surling and sailing, first developed in the United States in 1968 and also called boardsailing

• a. which
• b. combining

• c. first developed

• d. also called

Question 32: The windsurfer stands on a board that is propelled and steering by means of a sail attached to a mast that is articulated at the foot.

• a. is propelled

• b. steering

• c. attached
• d. that

Question 33: Since 1984 the sport has included in the Olympic Games as part of the yachting events. 

• a. Since 1984

• b. has included

• c. the
• d. as

Question 34: The sport was become very popular in Europe and by the late 70’s there was windsurfing fever in Europe with one in every three households having a sailboard. 

• a. was become

• b. popular
• c. there was
• d. having

Question 35: The first world championship of windsurfing held in 1973. Windsurfing first became an Olympic sport in 1984 for men and 1992 for women.

• a. The first
• b. championship

• c. held

• d. an

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Recreational diving or sport diving is a type of diving that uses scuba equipment for the purpose of leisure and enj oyment. In some diving circles, the term “recreational diving” is used in contradistinction to “technical diving’ > a more demanding aspect of the sport which requires sreater levels of training, experience and equipment.

Recreational scuba diving grew out of related activities such as snorkeling and underwater hunting. For a long time, recreational underwater excursions were limited by the amount of breath that could be held. However, the invention of the aqualung in 1943 by J acques-Yves Cousteau and its development over subsequent years led to a revolution in recreational diving. However, for much of the 1950s and early 1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited to those who were able to afford or make their own kit, and prepared to undergo intensive training to use it. As the sport became more popular, manufacturers became aware of the potential market, and equipment began to appear that was easy to use, affordable and reliable. Continued advances in SCUBA technology, such as buoyancy compensators, modern diving regulators, wet or dry suits, and dive computers, increased the safety, comfort and convenience of the gear encouraging more people to train and use it.

Until the early 1950s, navies and other organizations performing professional diving were the only providers of diver training, but only for their own personnel and only using their own types of equipment. There were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment. Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed.

Further developments in technology have reduced the cost of training and diving. Scuba-diving has become a popular leisure activity, and many diving locations have some form of dive shop presence that can offer air fills, equipment and training. In tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, there is a large market in holiday divers, who train and dive while on holiday, but rarely dive close to home. Generally, recreational diving depths are limited to a maximum of between 30 and 40 meters (100 and 130 feet), beyond which a variety of safety issues make it unsafe to dive using recreation diving equipment and practices, and specialized training and equipment for technical diving are needed.

Question 36: Recreational] diving _____.

• a. requires more equipment than technical diving

• b. are taken up by many people for leisure and entertainment

• c. needs no equipment
• d. requires more experience than technical diving

Question 37: Recreational underwater excursions used to be limited _____.

• a. as underwater hunting was banned
• b. because the necessary amount of breath was too expensive to afford

• c. because divers could not take enough amount of breath with them

• d. because the necessary amount of breath was too heavy to bring

Question 38: According to the second paragraph, in the 1950s and early 1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited because _____.

• a. divers did not like to take part in any intensive training courses
• b. there were not any intensive training courses for divers
• c. there were not enough kit for many divers

• d. kit and intensive training were too expensive for many people to afford

Question 39: These following sentences are true EXCEPT _____.

• a. In the early 1950s anyone who wanted to dive could be professionally trained.

• b. In the early 1950s there were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment.
• c. As recreational diving became more popular, manufacturers have made more and more diving equipment.
• d. Advances in scuba technology encourage more and more people to train and use it.

Question 40: Holiday divers _____.

• a. do not like to dive in tropical and sub-tropical parts
• b. can dive as deep as they like because of safety

• c. are those who go away from home to dive

• d. are limited in tropical and sub-tropical parts

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on river, lakes or on the ocean, (Question 41) _____ on the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades (Question 42) _____ they are pushed against the water. The sport can be both recreational, focusing (Question 43)____ learning the techniques required, and competitive where overall fitness plays a large role. It is also one of (Question 44) _____ oldest Olympic sports. In the United States, Australia and Canada, high school and collegial rowing is sometimes referred to as crew.

(Question 45) _____ rowing, the athlete sits in the boat facing backwards, towards the stern, and uses the oars which are held in ( Question 46) ____ by the oarlocks to propel the boat forward, towards the bow. It is a demanding sport requiring strong core balance as well as physical (Question 47) _____ and cardiovascular endurance.

Since the action of rowing ( Question 48) _____ fairly popular throughout the world, ____there are many different types of (Question 49) _____. These include endurance races, time trials, stake racing, bumps racing, and the side-by-side format used in the Olympic Games. The many different formats are a result of the long (Question 50) _____ of the sport, its development in different regions of the world, and specific local requirements and restrictions.

Question 41:

• a. depending

• b. creating
• c. interesting
• d. carrying

Question 42:

• a. but
• b. because

• c. as

• d. as soon as

Question 43:

• a. of 

• b. on

• c. with
• d. about 

Question 44:

• a. a
• b. an

• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 45:

• a. Over
• b. Of
• c. During

• d. While

Question 46:

• a. area
• b. sight
• c. part

• d. place

Question 47:

• a. strong
• b. strongly

• c. strength

• d. strengthen

Question 48:

• a.was become 

• b.has become

• c. is become
• d.is becoming

Question 49:

• a. competition

• b. examination
• c. test
• d. round

Question 50:

• a. work

• b. history

• c. period
• d. race