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Английский язык
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ПОМОГИТЕ МОЛЮ ВАС ПОЖАЛУЙСТА!!!!!1. Open the brackets, put the verbs in correct form:
Football ___________ (to be) the most popular game in the world and it ___________ (to play) nearly in all countries. Football ___________ (to play) on a field and two teams _______________ (to compete) there.
Football team _____________ (to compose) of 11 players: a goalkeeper, backs, half-backs and forwards. Each team _______ (to have) a captain who _______ (to be) usually the best player.
During the match every team ________ (to try) to score as many goals as they can. Players _______ (to use) only legs during the game. Only the goalkeeper can use his hands to catch the ball.
Despite being so popular today, football __________ (to appear) hundreds years ago. Today there ____ (to be) many football competitions and championships. Every year Europe _______ (to house) FIFA Cup competitions and every four years – the World Cup.
Anyway, football _______ (to love) by millions of people who watch games on TV, go to see them on stadiums. Moreover, there _____ (to be) such crazy fans that travel all over the world with their favourite teams and support them all the time. Manchester United, Liverpool, the Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and some others _____ (to be) the best and most famous clubs in the world.
2. Complete the text with the words. Make necessary transformations:
London Olympics of 2012
There are different opinions as to the results of the Russian team at the London Olympics. In medal-winning terms, Russia's 2012 ____________ is better than that at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, improving from 23 gold medals to 24 and up from a total of 73 medals to 82. PERFORM
But the British were more _________ with 29 gold medals,
moving Russia into the fourth place. SUCCESS
The reaction in Russia during the first days of the Olympics was
largely __________, but then changed as more and more medals were
won. NEGATION
Yet, we have to admit that in some ways our sportsmen were
_____________. For example, there were no gold medals in
weightlifting this time, though we usually had had a number of them at
the Olympics. LUCK
Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee,
explains China’s success in the following way: “They have actually
copied the Soviet system of children's _______________. TRAIN
He adds: «It is rather difficult for us to return to the Soviet
system now and, besides, I doubt whether it is ______________ in this