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The passage discusses the history of the FIFA World Cup from its origins in 1930 to the present day. It describes how the tournament grew out of an idea by French administrators in the 1920s to bring together the world's top national soccer teams. It has since become the largest single sporting event in the world.

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Common Core Test 2 PDF

The passage discusses the history of the FIFA World Cup from its origins in 1930 to the present day. It describes how the tournament grew out of an idea by French administrators in the 1920s to bring together the world's top national soccer teams. It has since become the largest single sporting event in the world.

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School Académie Francis Valéry

The scholar year  2022-2023


Semester one.
2nd test .
Name ………………………
COMPREHENSION:
Common core

COMPREHENSION:
BASE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE TEXT

No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA
World Cup™. Ever since the first tentative competition in Uruguay in 1930,
FIFA's flagship has constantly grown in popularity and prestige.
A group of visionary French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the
innovative Jules Rimet, are credited with the original idea of bringing the
world's strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of
World Champions. The original gold trophy bore Jules Rimet's name and was
contested three times in the 1930s, before the Second World War put a 12-year
stop to the competition.
When it resumed, the FIFA World Cup rapidly advanced to its undisputed
status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. Held since 1958
alternately in Europe and the Americas, the World Cup broke new ground with
the Executive Committee's decision in May 1996 to select Korea and Japan as
co-hosts for the 2002 edition.
Since 1930, the 16 tournaments have seen only seven different winners.
However, the FIFA World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic upsets
that have helped create football history - the United States defeating England in
1950, North Korea's defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon's emergence in the 1980s
and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990....
Today, the FIFA World Cup holds the entire global public under its spell. An
accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the France 98
tournament, including approximately 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over
2.7 million people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadium.
After all these years and so many changes, however, the main focus of the
FIFA World Cup remains the same - the glistening golden trophy, which is the
embodiment of every footballer's ambition.
A-WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE BEST TITLE FOR
THE PASSAGE? 1 pts
Tick (√) the right answer.
o The Rules of FIFA World Cup.
o The Objectives of FIFA World Cup.
o The History of FIFA World CUP.
B-ARE THESE SENTENSES TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY. 2 pts
1) FIFA World Cup champion was firstly hosted in the continent of South
America.
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2) Argentineans never won the World Cup throughout the history of FIFA.
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C-ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 2 pts


1) What does the expression “cup-holders” in paragraph 4 mean?
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2) How many people watched the final match between France and Brazil in
1998?
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D-PICK OUT FROM THE TEXT SENTENCES THAT SHOW: 2 pts
1) The members who brought the first notion of the Football World Cup.
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2) FIFA World Cup’s vital objective.
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GRAMMAR:
Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form
of the verbs in brackets.8 pts
WRITING :
Write a story in about 100 words. Your story should start with this
sentence 5pts

Our day at the mall began quite well


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