F.3_Purple(3)

1. According to the writer, people who raced with sleds included the...

• A. Eskimos and Lapps

• B. Dutch and Russians

• C. Neither A nor B

2. The first people to build slopes for sleighing were the...

• A. Finns

• B. Eskimos

• C. Russians

3. Iceboats were invented by the Dutch in order to...

• A. use the frozen canals as roads.

• B. make use of power from windmills.

• C. have contests in winter sports.

5. The first downhill courses for bobsleds were in the...

• A. North American Rockies

• B. Swiss Alps

• C. Italian Alps

6. Paragraph 9 tells about...

• A. the origin of the name bobsled.

• B. famous races for bobsled teams.

• C. the building of a course for bobsleding.

7. As sports, both iceboating and bobsledding can be described as...

• A. dangerous

• B. fast

• C. Both A and B

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