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SPORTS: TRADITIONAL AND EXTREME
SPORTS: TRADITIONAL AND EXTREME
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#ESL Level B1 # sport related vocabulary
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1
Sailing __________ in the Olympics, but bodysurfing isn´t.
wasn´t included
isn´t included
is included
was included
2
__________ is the use of a long, narrow boat for moving across water.
kayaking
sailing
bowling
diving
3
All extreme sports involve an element of __________.
task
fear
risk
height
4
In __________ , you use your body to ride the waves, not a board.
bodysurfing
surfing
skydiving
windsurfing
5
How many stairs could you run up if you went
__________
?
free running
jogging
running
tower running
6
You need __________ and special equipment to go ice climbing.
boards
ropes
parachutes
rings
7
Reaching the Everest summit is a great _________ for climbers.
fear
fame
offer
challenge
8
Racing car drivers __________ their lives every day.
risk
face
encounter
attempt
9
___________ involves diving underwater without any equipment.
free diving
scuba diving
diving
swimming
10
When you go __________, you usually jump off a bridge.
parachuting
base jumping
bungee jumping
skydiving
11
__________ is when people move up, down or across rocks.
rock climbing
free running
skateboarding
mountain biking
12
The first skateboarding competition __________ in 1963.
held
has held
holds
was held
13
Most people say that __________ started in California in the 1950s.
skating
skateboarding
hang-gliding
snowboarding
14
__________ involves jumping out of a plane and moving your body before opening your parachute.
skydiving
hang-gliding
base jumping
abseiling
15
The sport of flying using a hang-glider.
hang-gliding
bungee jumping
base jumping
skydiving
16
In 2010, Abby Sunderland unsuccessfully __________ to sail solo around the world.
encountered
reached
overcame
attempted
17
The sport of climbing frozen waterfalls, cliffs and rocks covered with ice.
ice climbing
mountain biking
rock climbing
abseiling
18
Snowboarding __________ a winter Olympic sport in 1998.
started
got
included
became
19
Natalia Molchanova __________ fame as the world´s greatest freediver.
achieved
risked
took
took up
20
__________ is jumping off a fixed structure or cliff.
bungee jumping
skydiving
base jumping
hang-gliding
21
You need this piece of equipment when you jump from a high altitude.
wheelchair
parachute
rope
board
22
__________ involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard.
rock climbing
snowboarding
ice climbing
skiing
23
I did my first parachute __________ last week.
jumping
jump
24
Extreme sports are taken more __________ these days.
seriously
serious
important
logically
25
I got a __________ as a birthday present yesterday.
skateboard
rollerblading
skateboarding
rollerblade
26
I love __________ mountain biking.
go
do
doing
going
27
Edmund Hillary became the first person to reach the __________ of the Everest.
event
hill
mountain
summit
28
I would like to __________ a skydiving course.
take up
back up
turn up
set up
29
Extreme sports are risky and __________.
relaxing
boring
slow
challenging
30
Have you ever __________ rollerskating?
been
done
gone
fulfilled