Jamaica's First Bobsleigh Team Comprehension

according to the passage, why is Jamaica an unlikely competitor in winter sports

• it doesnt have a bobsleigh track

• it isn't interested in winter sports

• the country has the wrong climate

• noone believes they are good enough to compete

• noone believes they should compete

the idea for a Jamaican bobsleigh team began when:

• two Americans attended a pushcart derby

• two Americans decided to start an Olympic team

• two Americans took part in a pushcart derby

• two Americans wanted to represent Jamaica in the Olympics

• two Americans organised a pushcart derby

according to the passage, how is pushcarting similar to bobsleighing?

• it uses the same type of vehicle

• the courses are exactly the same length

• it is just as easy to train athletes for it

• it uses the same techniques

• it needs the same number of team members

according to the passage, what was Fitch and Maloney's main goal for the bobsleigh team?

• to make pushcart derby racers into Olympic athletes

• to compete against America in the 1988 Olympics

• to prove that Jamaicans can bobsleigh

• to win a medal at the Olympic games

• to compete in Calgary in 1988

according to the passage, the team trained using:

• a pushcart with no wheels

• a bobsleigh track in Jamaica

• a pushcart used in the derby a few months earlier

• a sleigh similar to a pushcart

• a sleigh similar to those used in the Olympics

according to the passage, who was reluctant for Jamaica to participate in the Winter Olympics?

• the American media

• the International Bobsleigh Federation

• the other competitors at the games

• the Jamaican Olympic Association

• the inhabitants of the host country

according to the passage, the Jamaican team:

• received criticism from the world's media

• took the criticism they received personally

• concentrated on competing, rather than the criticism they received

• did poorly because they focused on the criticism they received

• received criticism for not performing better

which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

• the location of the 1988 Olympics

• the two bobsleigh disciplines that Jamaica competed in

• Jamaica's finishing place in the 4 man bobsleigh event

• the year in which the bobsleigh team was put together

• the reason for the crash in the four man bobsleigh team

which word is closest in meaning to manoeuvred (line 9)

• moved

• piloted

• adjusted

• propelled

• encouraged

what is meant by the expression that the "crash put an end to Jamaica's 1988 Olympic dreams"?

• it made them regret coming to the winter Olympics

• it prevented the Jamaica team from ever competing again

• it caused people in Jamaica to give up hope on the team

• it made the Jamaican team want to give up and go home

• it stopped the team from competing further in the Olympics