Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

Question 1:

• a. water
• b. football

• c. begin

• d. meter

Question 2:

• a. personal
• b. penalty

• c. defensive

• d. vertical

Question 3:

• a. award
• b. prevent

• c. visit

• d. except

Question 4:

• a. goalie

• b. advanced
• c. above
• d. depend

Question 5:

• a. overtime

• b. decision

• c. period
• d. penalize

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: How many players are there in _____ water polo team?

• a. a 

• b. an
• c. the
• d. Ø

Question 7: ____ swimming is considered to be _____ good way of losing weight.

• a. Ø / a

• b. The /a
• c. A/ the
• d. The / the

Question 8: They are going to ______ the pool to 1.8 meter.

• a. deep
• b. depth

• c. deepen

• d. deeply

Question 9: The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a ____.

• a. penalty

• b. penalize
• c. penal
• d. penalization

Question 10: The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the _____.

• a. shoot
• b. shooting
• c. shooter

• d. shot

Question 11. ____ defense, the players work to regain possession of the ball and prevent a goal.

• a. About
• b. Over
• c. Without

• d. On

Question 12: Players can move the ball by throwing it _____ a teammate or swimming while pushing the ball in front of them.

• a. for
• b. into

• c. to

• d. from

Question 13: Shots usually succeed when the goalie is out ____ position.

• a. into
• b. for

• c. of

• d. off

Question 14: In water polo, a shot is successful if the ball completely passes between the goal posts and underneath the ____.

• a. net

• b. crossbar

• c. ball
• d. goalie

Question 15: A defensive player may only hold, block or pull a / an _____ who is touching or holding the ball.

• a. audience
• b. referee
• c. goalie 

• d. opponent

Question 16: If a defender _____ a foul within the five meter area that prevents a likely goal, the attacking team is awarded a penalty throw or shot.

• a. commits

• b. interferes
• c. punches
• d. touches

Question 17: The more goals the players _____ , the more exciting the match became.

• a. marked
• b. made

• c. scored

• d. sprinted

Question 18: After a tie, there are two overtime periods of three minutes each.

• a. penalty

• b. draw

• c. score
• d. goal

Question 19: The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.

• a. advanced
• b. sprinted
• c. played

• d. excluded

Question 20: A goalie who aggressively fouls an attacker in position to score can be charged with a _____ shot for the other team.

• a. penalty

• b. preventing
• c. scoring
• d. ranging

Question 21: _____ is a sport in which people or teams race against each other in boats with oars.

• a. Rowing

• b. Windsurfing
• c. Swimming
• d. Water polo

Question 22: I have never taken part in any water sports ______ I cannot swim.

• a. because

• b. because of
• c. due to
• d. partly because of

Question 23: Many people do not like scuba diving ______.

• a. because it is dangerous

• b. because of it is dangerous
• c. because its danger
• d. due to it is dangerous

Question 24: New Zealand _____ 1,000 miles southeast of Australia.

• a. lies about

• b. is lain
• c. is lying
• d. is laid about

Question 25: John _____ across the lawn.

• a. danced wildly

• b. was wildly danced
• c. was dancing wild
• d. was being danced wildly

Question 26: Johny _____ every summer.

• a. plays softball and tennis

• b. plays with softball and tennis
• c. is played softball and tennis
• d. is played with softball and tennis

Question 27: The eagle ______ higher and higher in the sky.

• a. soar

• b. soared

• c. is soared
• d. was soared

Question 28: The ship ______ during the night.

• a. has remained the harbor
• b. was remained the harbor
• c. remained the harbor

• d. remained in the harbor

Question 29: The baby ______.

• a. was sleeping depth
• b. was slept deeply 
• c. slept in depth

• d. was sleeping deeply 

Question 30: They ______ by the sea.

• a. are staying at a hotel

• b. are staying a hotel
• c. are being stayed a hotel
• d. are being stayed at a hotel

Choose the best that can completes the following.

Question 31: ______ consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate and dramatic moves in the water, accompanied by music.

• a. Synchronized swimming is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance

• b. Synchronized swimming which a water sport, a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance
• c. Synchronized swimming, a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance
• d. Synchronized swimming, it is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance

Question 32: Synchronized swimming demands some water skills, and requires incredible strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, _____.

• a. while upside down underwater with exceptional breath control
• b. because of exceptional breath control while upside down underwater
• c. also exceptional breath control is required while upside down underwater

• d. as well as exceptional breath control while upside down underwater

Question 33: Developed in the early 1900s in Canada, synchronized swimming is a sport performed almost exclusively by women. ______.

• a. As for its early form, sometimes it was called “water ballet” 

• b. In its early form, it was sometimes known as “water ballet” 

• c. Since its early form, sometimes it knew as “water ballet”
• d. With its early form, “water ballet” was sometimes known 

Question 34. When performing routines, competitors will typically wear a nose-clip. ______, to reflect the type of music to which they are swimming.

• a. The competitors who wear custom swimsuits and headpieces, usually elaborately decorated

• b. They also wear custom swimsuits and headpieces, usually elaborately decorated

• c. They also wear custom swimsuits and headpieces, which are usually elaborately decorating
• d. Usually elaborately decorated, the competitors also wear custom swimsuits and headpieces

Question 35: In synchronized swimming, the costume and music are not judged directly, ______. Underwater speakers ensure that swimmers can hear the music at all times.

• a. with factors into the overall performance and “artistic impression”
• b. as a result they are factors into the overall performance and “artistic impression”

• c. but they are factors into the overall performance and “artistic impression”

• d. because they are factors into the overall performance as well as “artistic impression”

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

There is very little documentation about the origins of water polo. It is known, however, that the sport originated in the rivers and lakes of mid-19th century England as an aquatic version of rugby. Early games used an inflated rubber ball that came from India known as a “pulu” (the single Indian word for all “balls”). Pronounced “polo” by the English, both the game and the ball became known as “water polo.” To attract more spectators to swimming exhibitions, the London Swimming Association designed a set of water polo rules for indoor swimming pools in 1870. At first, players scored by planting the ball on the end of the pool with both hands. A favorite trick of the players was to place the five-to-nine inch rubber ball inside their swimming suit and dive under the murky water, they would then appear again as close to the goal as possible. The introduction of the rules by Scottish players changed the nature of water polo. It became a game that emphasized swimming, speed and passing.

Scottish rules moved from a rugby variant to a soccer style of play. Goals became a cage of 10 x 3 feet and a goal could be scored by being thrown. Players could only be tackled when they “held” the ball and the ball could no longer be taken under water. The small rubber ball was replaced by a leather soccer ball. If the player came up too near the goal, he was promptly jumped on by the goalie, who was permitted to stand on the pool deck. Games were often nothing more than gang fights in the water as players ignored the ball, preferring underwater wrestling matches that usually ended with one man floating to the surface unconscious. Water polo was first played in the USA in 1888. The game featured the old rugby style of play which resembled American football in the water. “American style” water polo became very popular and by the late 1890’s was played in such venues as Madison Square Garden and Boston’s Mechanics Hall, attracting 14,000 spectators to national championship games.

Question 36: According to the text, _____.

• a. the origins of water polo are written thoroughly in a lot of documents

• b. water polo is an aquatic version of rugby

• c. water polo first appeared somewhere outside England
• d. people have played water polo since the early 19 century.

Question 37: The present rules of water polo were invented ______.

• a. by Scottish players

• b. by Indian players
• c. the London Swimming Association
• d. in 1870

Question 38: In water polo, the players score a goal by ______.

• a. swimming
• b. passing
• c. catching

• d. throwing

Question 39: The present water polo ball is made of ______.

• a. rubber

• b. leather

• c. bone
• d. wood

Question 40: Water polo became popular in America in ______.

• a. the middle of the 19 century
• b. in 1870
• c. in 1888

• d. by the late 1890’s

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

Sailing or boating may seem to be very interesting with the high level of technical elements (Question 41) ______ in the sport. Whether you choose a small (Question 42) ______ or a catamaran, whether you choose lake or ocean sailing, there are (Question 43) ______ number of things you need to master before you can start enjoying the pure (Question 44) _____of being on the water.

Getting the sailing skills which you need to start sailing your own boat is easy if you just sign up with a sailing school. You can learn to sail (Question 45) _____ any age. There are no (Question 46)______. The best schools and instructors will teach you all you need to know about sailing in a friendly and pleasant manner.

As with all sports, sailing will get you into (Question 47) ______ with new friends. There is a closeness that develops out at sea, however, (Question 48) _____ not many other sports have. Being on the water in any capacity demands a healthy outlook and way of life. Sailing and boating are two sports that (Question 49) ______ all our senses to be at their peak. Sailing calls upon physical strength, intelligence and intuition. It is one sport that allows you to leave all your daily concerns and (Question 50) _____ back on the land and to be off with only your bare self.

Question 41:

• a. invented 
• b. consisted

• c. involved

• d. contained

Question 42:

• a. fleet 
• b. submarine
• c. ferry

• d. boat

Question 43:

• a. a

• b. an
• c. the
• d. Ø

Question 44:

• a. please

• b. pleasure

• c. pleasant
• d. pleasantly

Question 45:

• a. with

• b. at

• c. in
• d. for

Question 46:

• a. investment
• b. disappearance
• c. discoveries

• d. restrictions

Question 47:

• a. allowance
• b. pace

• c. contact

• d. keeping

Question 48:

• a. which

• b. that
• c. when
• d. whom

Question 49:

• a. ask
• b. say
• c. tell

• d. demand

Question 50:

• a. cultures

• b. habits

• c. traditions
• d. customs