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Unit 1

11. Ice hockey has never developed as a popular sport in Central America, in part because the warm climate there prevents the possibility of playing anywhere but in an expensive indoor facility. (1) Central America’s warm climate makes it impossible to play ice hockey anywhere but in expensive indoor facilities, which is one reason why it is not a popular sport there. (2) Because Central America does not have enough indoor facilities, many people can not play ice hockey, and therefore it is not a popular sport. (3) In countries that have a colder climate, ice hockey is a popular sport because it can be played on a frozen pond and not only in an expensive indoor facility, as in Central America. (4) If the climate were colder in Central America, ice hockey would become a popular sport because people could play it not only indoors in expensive facilities, but outdoors on a frozen lakes as well.

12. What counts as a handicap in one context can actually be an advantage in another.

(1) The same factor can be considered either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the situation. (2) A number of advantages can result from understanding the context. (3) Who has the advantage in a particular situation depends on the particular handicaps involved. (4) In any given situation, the same factor can be interpreted as a handicap or as an advantage.

Reading Comprehension This part consists of two passages, each followed by several related questions. For each question, choose the most appropriate answer based on the text .

Text I (Questions 13-17)

Outside of Chess, Go is the only game that has survived the trial of many centuries without any material change in its rules. It is three times as old as Chess, if we believe old Chinese sources, according to which the famous Chinese Emperor Shun, who reigned from 2255 until 2206 BC, invented the game in order to strengthen the mental faculties of his son Shokin. Another version ascribes the invention to U, a vassal of 5 Emperor Ketsu, who is also said to have invented playing-cards. This version seems more likely because it makes the game five hundred years younger and because U was a vassal and not an emperor. One is inclined to believe that in those old days, too, emperors left it to others to invent things for them. It is certain that in the tenth century BC - that is, thirteen hundred years after the time of Shun - the game of Go was well 10

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