The Olympic Games is the biggest sports competition of the world.

Read the text and answer the questions 1,2,3 & 4

The Olympic Games is the biggest sports competition of the world. More than 200 nations participate in it. It occurs every four years. The tradition of the Olympic Games comes from Greece. The Greeks first held it at the foot of the Mount Olympus. That was almost 3000 years ago. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French man, is the father of the modern Olympic Games. He founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in1894. Now over 13,000 athletes compete in 33 different sports in the Olympic Games. The world has already seen 30 Olympic Games. The 30^th Olympic Games took place in London, in 2012.

1.      Write the answer on the answer paper.                                                                               1×5=5

  i.      The biggest sports competition of the world is __.

        a. The Football games     b. The Olympic Games                                        

        c. The Tennis Games          d. The Badminton Games.

ii.      How many nations participate in it?

        a. 100                        b. 300                               c. 250                             d. 200

 iii.      The Greeks first held it at the foot of the ___

         a. Mount Everest          b. Mount Olympus              c. Mount Kilimanjaro       d. Tazindavog

iv.         How many years ago, did the Greeks first hold it?

         a. 4000                       b. 3000                             c. 2000                                       d. 5000

v.         The elaboration of IOC ___.

          a. International Organization Committee

          b. International Olympic Committee

          c. International Organization Camp

          d. International Organization of Culture

2.      Match the words of the Column A with their meanings that are mentioned in the text in the column B (there are two extras)                                                                                                                                         1×5=5

Column A	Column B
(a) Biggest	(i) of the present or recent, of a current or recent style of something.
(b) Participate	(ii) the passing of beliefs, customers from one generation to the next.
(c) Occur	(iii) in the past
(d) Tradition	(iv) to come into mind, to take place
(e) Modern	(v) something very small in size
	(vi) something in very large size, a good number of amount.
	(vii) become involved in an activity, to take part.

3.      Answer the following short questions.                                                                                                      2×5=10

a.       What is the biggest sports competition of the world?

b.      Write about Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

c.       Write why the Olympic Games is the biggest sports competition of the world?

d.      What is the full name of IOC? Who founded it?

e.       Write about the Olympic Games.

4.      Read the above passage again. Now, write a short composition in five sentences on ‘Olympus Games’ by answering the following questions.                                                                                                  10

  (a) What is the biggest sports competition of the world? (b) How many nations participate in it?  (c)   Where was the first Olympic Games Held? (d) Who is the father of modern Olympic Games? (e) How many Olympic Games the world already seen?