Unit 6 Sports : Olympics

Unit 6 Sports : Olympics

PREPARED BY: KOEY JIA QIAN

Learning Objective

I can read for specific information and answer at least 5/11 (true/false) questions based on the text.

Multiple Choice

Which sport is NOT in the Olympics?

Multiple Choice

How often is Olympic Games held?

• every year

• twice a year

• every four years

• annually

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Multiple Choice

There were gold medals in the first Olympic Games.

• True

• False

There weren't any gold medals.

Multiple Choice

There weren't any women competitors in 1900.

• True

• False

only 22 female competitors took part compared to 975 men. 

Charlotte Cooper, the first British woman to win gold at the Olympics

Multiple Choice

Martin Klein won the gold medal after the longest wrestling match.

• True

• False

Alfred Asikainen of Finland faced off against Martin Klein of Estonia

Martin Klein was too tired for the next match and only got silver medal in the game.

Multiple Choice

There weren't any games in 1916.

• True

• False

The war between the old European powers (UK, France, Russia...) with the new power - The Central power (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Turk...)

The war between the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union (Russia)

Multiple Choice

The colour of the Olympics rings represent the colours in the flags of every country in the world.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ice hockey is one of the games played in summer Olympics.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Inge Sorensen was a swimmer from Ethiopia.

• True

• False

Inge Sørensen was a Danish swimmer, who at age 12 won a bronze medal in 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin

Multiple Choice

Abebe Bikila was a marathon runner.

• True

• False

After the race, when Bikila was asked why he had run barefoot, he replied: “I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism."

Multiple Choice

The first table tennis match in Olympics was held in Korea.

• True

• False

Table tennis at the Seoul 1988 Games with men's and women's singles and doubles

Multiple Choice

Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese competitor.

• True

• False

He was the oldest athlete in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Multiple Choice

Golf and rugby were Olympic sports for the first time in 2012.

• True

• False

Both rugby and golf have been played previously at Olympics.

Golf was played at the Paris Games in 1900 and St Louis (1904) while rugby was played between 1900-24.

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Where will the next Olympic Games be held?

Think!

What game would you like to take part in if you are an athlete and have a chance to be in Olympics?