AUTUMN TERM VOCABULARY, TOPIC REVISION 1. Tick the right answer: * The first Olympic Games were held in: Olympia, Paris, Athens, Rome * The first Modern Olympic Games were held in: Olympia, Paris, Athens, Rome * The first known ancient Olympic Games were held in: 778BC, 667 BC, 767BC, 776BC * The first discipline at the Ancient Games was: discus throw, javelin throw, sprint, wrestling * Who banned the Ancient Games: Augustus, Nero, Theodosius, Marcus Aurelius * The first Modern Games were held in: 1886, 1866, 1869, 1896 2. Match the column A with column B: A B 1 to chase a. to train an animal to live with humans 2. tool b. to follow sb. or sth. in order to catch them 3. to bring about c. an instrument held in hand 4. to domesticate d. to make sth. happen, to cause a change 5. patient e. an unusual event or sight 6. keen on f. able to wait for a long time 7. spectacle g. wanting to do sth. , very interested 3. Classify the sports under the following categories: American football, track events, boxing, volleyball, rugby, softball, hockey, swimming, skating, wrestling, windsurfing, badminton, tennis, cricket, bobsleigh, scuba diving STADIUM TEAM SPORTS COURT GAMES ATHLETICS WINTER SPORTS COMBAT SPORTS WATER SPORTS 3. Supply suitable synonyms: * Do an exam * Do research * Do a course * Do a degree/diploma * Do an essay * Do a lecture * Get a degree * Get a grade 4. Write other expressions with the same meaning: * To be dismissed: * To be at home with a baby: * To start work at nine and finish at five o´clock: * To stay at home because of an illness: * To get a better position within a company or a better job: * To work any time you feel like working: 5. Which systems of the human body do these organs and structures belong to? Heart, muscles, subcutis, vessels, ribs, pelvis, large intestine, tendons, ligaments, lungs, femur, oesophagus, brain, shin, toes, ankle, larynx, intestine, urethra, sebaceous glands. 6. Explain the following expressions: Small talk, good communicator, fluency in the language, cleverness, speaking skills, daily hassles, threatening, deadline, vary, recovery, endurance, aerobic exercises, anaerobic exercises, proper nutrition. 7. Choose the right answer: * A hot sweet dish is called: dessert, cookie, pie, candy * Lunch is eaten: around noon, at eleven, later in the afternoon, any time of the day * Dinner is: a typical morning meal, midday meal in schools, the main meal eaten at 1 p.m., usually a packeted cereal * Draught is: bottled beer, beer known as ales, kind of cider, beer from the barrel 8. Name some of the disciplines which belong to alternative medicine and explain them: 9. Classify the following components and substances into: NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS BANNED SUBSTANCES Proteins, anabolic steroids, carbohydrates, narcotic analgesics, blood products, diuretics, fat, vitamins, water, stimulants, beta blockers, minerals. 10. What does a referee do? Supply suitable nouns to the following verbs. Give/award ________ Disallow __________ Book _____________ Send _____________ Blow _____________ 11. What types of TV programmes and parts of newspapers do you know? What do we call a newspaper with a lot of pictures and stories about famous people? What do we call a magazine which comes out once a week as an addition to a newspaper?