Looking for new players!
The Mayfield High School Football team is ___ for three new players. We are currently
1.
A. looking
B. hunting
C. researching
D. seeking
True.A
leading in the High School league and hope to maintain our position. If you think you are ___ to help take our team to the top for the tenth year in a row, come along to the football
2.
A. enough good
B. good enough
C. enough
D. good
True.B
try-outs next Friday. We will be holding the try-outs on the athletics field between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. If this is too early for you, then you ___ the kind of person we are looking for. All
3.
A. isn’t
B. are not
C. have not
D. are
True.B
regular practices start at 7 a.m., and the team practices 5 days a week. We would like to encourage all students who made it to the short list last time ___ again.
4.
A. try
B. to try
C. trying
D. tried
True.B
You are never too young or too old to get involved in sports and exercise. In fact the sooner you start to ___ , the better. According to some recent research, people who started sports
5.
A. exercising
B. sport
C. sporty
D. exercise
True.D
at a young age were more likely to keep it up as they got older. This applied whether they were involved in ___ sports or not. In fact, people who did sports just for fun when they
6.
A. competition
B. competitive
C. competing
D. competitions
True.B
were younger were about 7% more ___ to keep exercising when they were older. Researchers
7.
A. like
B. likeable
C. likely
D. liking
True.C
believe this might be because some young people get burnt out from competition. However, even people who gave up sport because they felt burnt out tended to return to exercising ___ years later. So start exercising now, if you want to be strong and healthy later!
8.
A. few
B. a few
C. a
D. another
True.B
New Greenham soccer team manager, Ernie Williams, showed that he knows what he is doing with a great game ___ Sunday. The players played the game strategically and scored goal
9.
A. to
B. on
C. in
D. at
True.B
after goal, ___ the match 5-0. The other team tried and tried to score, but goalkeeper Mike
10.
A. winning
B. losing
C. having
D. starting
True.A
Alan didn’t let the ball anywhere near the net. He made some amazing saves and the crowd cheered as he jumped higher than seemed possible. 17 year-old striker Greg Fleming played his first game for the team, and he was ___ choice. He was responsible for two of the team’s
11. A. a excellent
B. a terrible
C. an excellent
D. a bad
True.C
five goals. We can expect great things from him if he keeps up the pace. With his good looks, there are rumors of a modeling contract in the near future. Let’s hope this doesn’t ___.
12.
A. prevent
B. distract
C. stop
D. alter
True.B
him from the game.
