HYSEN HANDLED (A) THE BALL AND CONCEDED (B) THE PENALTY THAT (C) GAVE MANCHESTER UNITED (D) THELEADER

10/ Hysen handled (A) the ball and conceded (B) the penalty that (C) gave Manchester United (D) the

leader.

VIII/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

Football, game played on a rectangular (1) _______ by two opposing teams with an inflated

leather ball that is roughly (2) _______ in shape. The object of the game is to score points by carrying

the ball (3) _______ the opponent’s goal line or by (4) _______ the ball through the opponent’s

goalposts. Football is (5) _______ a full-contact sport, meaning that play involves bodily contact by (6)

_______ of checking, blocking, grabbing, and tackling. (7) _______ the rough physical nature of the

game, playing football can cause injuries.

This article (8) _______ on the game of American football, a distinct type of football that

developed in (9) _______ in the 19

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century. It developed out of two other sports, soccer ((10) _______

known as association football) and rugby football, each of (11) _______ remains a separate sport with

its own specific set of rules. American football differs slightly in (12) _______ and field size from a

style of football (13) _______ mostly in Canada, called Canadian football. Other varieties of the game

popular in (14) _______ parts of the world (15) _______ Australian football and Gaelic football.

New vocabulary:

- to inflate (v.): thổi phồng, bơm phồng

- to grab (v.): chợp, túm, vồ lấy, bắt

- to tackle (v): chặn, cản (đối phương đang dắt bóng)