UNIT 14 TEST 1I. PRONUNCIATIONCHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED...

30. Success in karate requires not only balance and skill but alsoA Bconcentration and mentalalert.C D(alertness)III. READINGA. Fill in the each blank with one appropriate word from the box.regular demand leisure started means typicallychance way industry organised recent foundSPECTATOR SPORTSA surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football and baseball, (31)startedinEurope or in the USA in the nineteenth century. This did not happen by (32)chance. It was the result ofchanges in the (33)way people lived in those places at that time. Until then more people lived in thecountry than in towns. They worked in small groups and had no (34) regulartime off. All this changed,with the growth of factories and (35)industryin the nineteenth century, first in Europe and then in theUSA. For the first time most people began to live in towns, and they (36)foundthemselves with regularfree time. They had more (37)leisuretime than ever before. This resulted in the need for the (38)organisedentertainment. Suitable games I developed or were invented, (39)typically team games, inwhich the crowded could take sides and become involved. This gave people some of the entertainmentthey need in their free time. The (40)recentexplosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cablechannels, has caused an increase in (41)demand for sports as entertainment. The money TV hasbrought to games such as football, tennis and baseball (42)means, that spectator sports will certainly goon playing an important part in our lives.B. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer.England is famous for its garden, and most people like gardening. This is probably one reason why somany people prefer to live in houses rather than in flats. Particularly in suburban areas it is possible topass row after row of ordinary small houses, each one with its neatly kept patch of grass surrounded bygreat variety of flowers and shrubs. Enthusiasts of gardening get a great deal of helpful advice from thetelevision and magazines.