Unit 12: WATER SPORTS
TEST 4
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. sprint b. line c. divide d. ride
2. a. swimming b. post c. decision d. score
3. a. style b. penalty c. pretty d. typical
4. a. pool b. good c. look d. book
5. a. foul b. house c. amount d. adventurous
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close
meaning to the original one.
6. Where can people play _______ water polo?
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
7. No _______ water polo player except _______ goalie can hold the ball with both hands.
a. a / the b. the / Ø c. the / a d. Ø / the
8. The main task of a defender in a sport game is to _______ the opponents from scoring.
a. prevent b. preventing c. prevention d. preventable
9. Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _______.
a. adventure b. adventurous c. adventurously d. adventurist
10. I _______ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure.
a. person b. personal c. personally d. personalize
11. What kind of sport one chooses to play mostly depends _______ his preference and health.
a. with b. for c. in d. on
12. Most referees often wears _______ black.
a. in b. for c. with d. on
13. In water polo game, only the goalie can hold the ball _______ two hands.
a. at b. in c. with d. from
14. If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, two _______ periods of three minutes each are played.
a. half b. halftime c. quarter d. overtime
15. A water polo cap is used to ____ the players' heads and to identify them.
a. tie b. penalize c. protect d. move
16. lf a defender _______ with a free throw, holds or sinks an attacker, he is excluded from the game for twenty seconds.

27. Ellen _______ and sang her song.
a. nodded to the audience b. nodded the audience
c. was nodding the audience d. was nodded to the audience
28. Our teacher _______ to take the exam.
a. gave another chance each of us
b. was given each of us by another chance
c. gave each of us another chance
d. was given each of us another chance
29. If Charlie _______, he could have been injured.
a. had been run the street b. had been run into the street
c. had run the street d. had run into the street
30. The turtle _______ of Arizona.
a. may be lived a small area b. may be lived in a small area
c. may live in a small area d. may live a small area
Choose the best that can completes the following.
31. _______, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate and dramatic moves in the water,
accompanied by music.
a. Synchronized swimming is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance
b. Synchronized swimming which a water sport, a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance
c. Synchronized swimming, a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance
d. Synchronized swimming, it is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and dance.
32. Synchronized swimming demands some water skills, and requires incredible strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and
precise timing, _______.
a. while upside down underwater with exceptional breath control
b. because of exceptional breath control while upside down underwater
c. also exceptional breath control is required while upside down underwater
d. as well as exceptional breath control while upside down underwater
33. Developed in the early 1900s in Canada, synchronized swimming is a sport performed almost exclusively by women. _______.
a. As for its early form, sometimes it was called "water ballet"
b. In its early form, it was sometimes known as "water ballet"

who bought the first scuba equipment. Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of
Underwater Instructors was formed.
Further developments in technology have reduced the cost of training and diving. Scuba-diving has become a popular leisure
activity, and many diving locations have some form of dive shop presence that can offer air fills, equipment and training. In tropical
and sub-tropical parts of the world, there is a large market in holiday divers, who train and dive while on holiday, but rarely dive
close to home. Generally, recreational diving depths are limited to a maximum of between 30 and 40 meters (100 and 130 feet),
beyond which a variety of safety issues make it unsafe to dive using recreation diving equipment and practices, and specialized
training and equipment for technical diving are needed.
36. Recreational diving _______.
a. requires more equipment than technical diving ,
b. are taken up by many people for leisure and entertainment
c. needs no equipment
d. requires more experience than technical diving
37. Recreational underwater excursions used to be limited _______.
a. as underwater hunting was banned
b. because the necessary amount of breath was too expensive to afford
c. because divers could not take enough amount of breath with them
d. because the necessary amount of breath was too heavy to bring
38. According to the second paragraph, in the 1950s and early 1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited because
_______.
a. divers did not like to take part in any intensive training courses
b. there were not any intensive training courses for divers
c. there were not enough kit for many divers
d. kit and intensive training were too expensive for many people to afford
39. These following sentences are true EXCEPT _______.
a. In the early 1950s anyone who wanted to dive could be professionally trained.
b. In the early 1950s there were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment.
c. As recreational diving became more popular, manufacturers have made more and more diving equipment.
d. Advances in scuba technology encourage more and more people to train and use it.
40. Holiday divers _______.

47. a. scoring b. marking c. getting d. penalizing
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48. a. jog b. sprint c. walk d. run
49. a. excite b. excitement c. exciting d. excited
50. a. as b. even c. than d. more
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