Academic Reading test 1

1. Baseball first became a professional sport in

• Cuba

• Ireland

• the USA

2. The National Association of Baseball Players was established in

• 1835

• 1857

• 1879

3. In 1903, a competition to find the best baseball team in North America began called the

• World Series

• American Series

• American Cup

4. A baseball game is usually played by two teams of

• nine players

• ten players

• eleven players

5. A pitcher normally tries to pitch the ball into the

• bunker

• home plate

• strike zone

6. A batter is out if the umpire calls

• one strike

• two strikes

• three strikes

7. A baseball diamond has

• one base

• three bases

• four bases

8. In professional baseball, bats must be made of

• wood

• aluminium

• wood or aluminium

9. A batter "walks" if the pitcher throws _____ balls outside the strike zone.

• three

• four

• five

10. A game of baseball is usually played over

• one inning

• nine innings

• eleven innings