II. Match the numbers to the letters

I. Match the numbers to the letters.

IV. Here are seven points that appear in the reading passage. Put the points in order from 1 to 7.

(A) ___ A history of Japanese baseball after World War II

(B) ___ Baseball's international future

(C) ___ U.S. players in Japan, Japanese players in the United States

(D) ___ The origins of baseball

(E) ___ The early history of Japanese baseball

(F) ___ U.S. and Japanese goodwill tours

(G) ___ Baseball first moves out of the United States

ACHIEVEMENT TEST-1 (TEXTS 1-2)

1. blend ______

2. boost ______

3. chant ______

4. cosmopolitan ______

5. dedicate ______

6. diversity ______

7. empress ______

8. establish ______

9. extraterrestrial ______

10. folk ______

11. generic ______

12. genre ______

13. influence ______

14. intelligence ______

15. merge ______

16. participant ______

17. percussion ______

18. perform ______

19. pivotal ______

20. record ______

21. reggae ______

22. rite ______

23. species ______

24. throat singing ______

25. thunder ______

26. various ______

27. whale ______

a) горловое пение

b) вид

c) влияние, действие

d) внеземной

e) главнейший

f) гром

g) жанр

h) запись

i) императрица

j) интеллект, рассудок

k) кит

l) многонациональный

m) многообразие

n) народный

o) обряд, церемония

p) песнопение; хорал

q) поддержка; рекламирование

r) посвящать

s) представлять; играть

t) различный, разный

u) регги

v) родовой

w) смешивать

x) соединяться

y) ударные инструменты

z) участник

aa) учреждать

1. amateur player ______

2. borrow from ______

3. catch on ______

4. competitive against ______

5. diplomatic feat ______

6. impact on ______

7. lured by lucrative contract______

8. martial art ______

9. mend relations between ______

10. near retirement ______

11. observer ______

12. originally known as ______

13. pitcher ______

14. rank with ______

15. strike out ______

16. take root in ______

17. turmoil ______

a) атаковать

b) близко к пенсии

c) боевое искусство

d) завоевать популярность;

привиться

e) дипломатическое искусство

f) завлеченный прибыльным контрактом

g) заимствовать, перенимать

h) изначально известный

i) любитель, непрофессионал

j) эксперт

k) игрок обороняющейся команды

l) повлиять на что-л.

m) прививаться

n) соперничающий против

o) стоять в (одном) ряду

p) улучшать взаимоотношения между

q) шум, беспорядок

III. These statements come from the readings «The World of World Music» and «J-Ball». Read each statement and then answer the questions that follow.

1. A generic name is a …

(A) new name.

(B) general name.

(C) name that is hard to forget.

2. A rival league is …

(A) a competing one.

(B) a successful one.

(C) an older one.

3. A revered player is …

(A) tremendously talented.

(B) very well-paid.

(C) greatly admired.

4. The word cosmopolitan has about the same meaning as …

(A) fascinating.

(B) well known.

(C) international.

5. If artists have gotten a boost from Western musicians, they have …

(A) been strongly influenced by those musicians.

(B) received support from those musicians.

(C) worked closely with those musicians.

6. Haunting music is …

(A) frightening.

(B) unforgettable.

(C) complicated.

7. Write down the word that has about the same meaning as the term backed up.

8. Write down the word that has the same meaning as genre.

9. Something has taken root when it …

(A) has become established.

(B) first appears.

(C) has become less popular.

10. Diverse is close in meaning to the word …

(A) varied.

(B) exotic.

(C) pleasing.

11. The phrase on the heels of is another way to say …

(A) in spite of.

(B) just after.

(C) because of.

12. The word prosperity means …

(A) wealth and good economic conditions.

(B) power and prestige.

(C) excellence and good training.

13. The Giants won nine consecutive series. This means that …

(A) all of the series were very exciting.

(B) the Giants won all of the series quite easily.

(C) the Giants won nine series in a row.

14. A synonym of mend is …

(A) establish.

(B) repair.

(C) define.

15. A lucrative contract is a …

(A) profitable one.

(B) long-term one.

(C) complicated one.

16. If something is defunct, it is …

(A) completely forgotten.

(B) no longer in existence.

(C) not as important as it used to be.

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