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I never really enjoyed sports at school. I remember when I played football I was always put in goal, but I used to get bored and read a book. Then when the other side scored the rest of my team would shout at me. Later on I tried tennis, which wasn`t much better. I used to have this habit of dropping the racket each time I went to hit the ball. The worst thing was when I actually won a game – I was so pleased that I ran and tried to jump over the net but caught my foot on it, fell and broke my arm.

My latest attempt to get fit was when I tried boxing at a local gym. I`ll never forget my first fight. I climbed into the ring and the bell went for the start of the first round. I just shut my eyes and swung my fist. Unfortunately, I hit the referee and not my opponent. Needless to say that was the end of my boxing career. Next I decided to take up mountaineering. I booked a holiday in the Himalayas with two old school friends. On our first climb I managed to slip and found myself hanging on the end of a rope half way up a mountain. All my friends could do was to call out to me to hold on until the rescue party arrived. I guess I`ll never learn.

I keep on wanting to try out other sports even though I know I`ll never be a champion.

Read the text. For statements 1-5 choose the best answer (a, b or c).

1. The author

a) was fond of sport at school

b) preferred doing sports to reading at school

c) didn`t like doing sport at school

2. While playing football at school the author was always

a) a forward

b) a defender

c) a goalkeeper

1. Each time the author played tennis he

a) lost the game

b) dropped a racket

c) broke his arm

2. In his first boxing fight the author struck

a) a coach

b) an opponent

c) a referee

3. The author is going

a) to continue doing sport

b) to give up sport

c) to become a champion

Match the words in column A to the definitions in column B.

A	B
1. goal	a) the person being competed against in a sports event
2. game	b) a number of people who do smth, esp. sport, together
3. gym	c) area, marked by two posts with a net fixed behind them, on the playing field
4. racket	d) an enclosed space where people compete
5. referee	e) a large room with weights for lifting, horizontal bars and other equipment for exercising the body
6. ring	f) an organized sports activity; a part of a competition
7. team	g) a person in charge of a game who makes certain the rules are followed
8. opponent	h) an object consisting of a net fixed tightly to an oval frame with a long handle

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