2. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА (40 минут)
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Where did basketball come from?
B4.
| Basketball is now a major sport in the USA. Basketball __________________ by Dr. James Naismith at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players, in which each team tries to win points by throwing a ball through a net. | INVENT |
В5.
| Basketball is a very spectator-oriented sport. It is the __________________ most popular game in the USA. People enjoy both watching and playing it. | THREE |
В6.
| There__________________ many basketball centers in cities and towns of every state. They do not often produce sportsmen or sportswomen who are successful in world basketball championships but they help young people to keep fit and look athletic. | BE |
В7.
| Basketball __________________ by men and women at all levels, from the professional level to high schools and clubs. | PLAY |
В8.
| One of the __________________ and the most famous basketball teams is the Harlem Globetrotters, formed in 1926. It has a lot of fans in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. | OLD |
В9.
| This team __________________ crowds of fans especially for final or championship matches. One can see photos of its members in newspapers and magazines all over the USA. | ATTRACT |
В10.
| The name of the team __________________ a symbol of a fast and furious play. | BECOME |
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The Opening Night
В11.
| The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Mama Mia… They are all stage musicals. The opening night of a new musical is always a ________________ event. | MARVEL |
В12.
| After years of __________________ and weeks of rehearsals the production has to be ready for the public and the critics. | PREPARE |
В13.
| First nights usually start earlier than the regular __________________ so that the critics can write their reviews in time to include them in the next morning’s newspapers. | PERFORM |
В14.
| The critics are the most __________________ people on the first night because their opinions will either help make the show a hit or force it to close. | FRIGHT |
В15.
| The rest of the audience on the first night is usually made up of friends of the cast and famous celebrities. The celebrities attract newspaper __________________ and help give the musical maximum publicity. | PHOTOGRAPH |
В16.
| There will also be some angels there who will __________________ be more nervous than the performers. And then after the curtain has come down and the show is over, there’s the opening night party. | PROBABLE |
| Раздел 2 | |
| B4 | was invented |
| B5 | third |
| B6 | are |
| B7 | is played |
| B8 | oldest |
| B9 | attracts |
| B10 | has become |
| B11 | marvellous |
| B12 | preparation |
| B13 | performance |
| B14 | frightful |
| B15 | photographers |
| B16 | probably |
