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Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs.

A) Cricket

A bat-and-ball game involving two teams (1)_____eleven players, com­peting (2)_____a pitch (3)_____20 metres (22 yards) (4)_____a wicket made (5)_____three stumps (6)_____each end and set (7)_____a large oval ground. The game is English (8)_____origin, and has been known (9)_____at least the 1550s. It became popular (10)_____southern England (10 )_____the late 18th century; and rules were drawn (12)_____in 1774 and modified following the formation of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1787. Gradually cricket was introduced (13)_____the British Empire, while also remaining popular (14)_____Britain itself- though (15)_____ a class-stratified and regionally selective basis, being (16)_____instance far more common in England than (17)_____the rest of the British Isles. (18)_____the late twentieth century, cricket is probably more popular, and is played (19) _____at least as much accomplishment, in countries other than Britain, especially countries formerly members (20)______the British Empire. Sometimes it is associated (21)______the perception (22)______a lost, earlier form of English life, made (23)______of village greens, warm beer, and presumed gentlemanly characteristics (24)______Englishness such as fair play, team spirit and individual excellence. Metaphorically, even, some­thing deemed to be failing (25)______"English" standards can still be de­scribed as not cricket.

b) What Is Golf?

Golf is a game that (1)______its simplest form requires the player to hit (2)______means of a specially designed club, a small solid ball (3)______ one-point (4)______another (5,)______the fewest possible strokes. The play­ing area, called a course or link, is made (6)______holes, usually nine or eighteen (7)______number. Each hole includes a tee, the point (8)______which a golfer starts his play (9)______that part of the course, and a cup, (10)______which he must hit his ball. (11)______the tee and the cup stretches a fairway, an avenue (12)______ grass carefully cut. The cup is marked (13)______a flag, and is surrounded (14)______a putting green, usually an area (15)______a beautiful lawn. (16)______addition to natural obstacles, trees and water, especially prepared hazards, such as traps and bunkers, may be placed (17)______the fairway and (18)______the green. The aim is to complete the hole (19)______the fewest possible strokes, and the player writes (20)______his score (21)______each hole, his final score being the total (22)______all holes played.

The golf ball is 1.62 in. (23)______ in diameter. The ball has a core (24)_____rubber and an outer surface (25) gum (26)_____a gutta-percha tree. A maximum weight (27)_______1.62 oz. is permitted. A player may not use more than 14 different clubs. A set (28)_____fourteen clubs will normally include four (29) _____ heads (30)_____wood and ten (31)_____heads (32)_____iron. The shafts may be made (33)_____ei­ther wood, steel or glass fiber.

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