Номер 4, страница 55 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Уайт

Unit 7. Game over. Reading - номер 4, страница 55.

Условие.

CRAZY SPORTS

Chess Boxing

Chess boxing is a sport which combines the number one thinking sport, chess, with the number one fighting sport, boxing. 1 The two contestants have eleven alternating rounds of chess and boxing. They play chess for four minutes, have one minute to put on their boxing gloves and then box for two minutes before having another minute to get ready for the chess board again. Each competitor has a total of twelve minutes on the chess clock and as soon as the time runs out, the game is over.

2 . The winner is decided by either winning the chess, running out of time on the chess clock, the other person retiring or giving up, a knockout hit in the ring, or a referee's decision. If the chess game ends in a draw, the player with the higher score in boxing wins. 3 , the opponent with the black pieces wins.

The idea first appeared in a 1992 cartoon drawn by Yugoslavian cartoonist Enki Bilal. 4 . Inspired by Bilal's book a Dutch artist, iepe BT Rubingh, decided to bring the idea to life. Rubingh is now head of the World Chess Boxing Organisation with the motto: 'Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board.' He is also the world champion. He organised and won the first world championship in Amsterdam in 2003 and two years later the 1st European Chess Boxing Championship took place in Berlin. Since then, the sport has spread beyond Europe and there are international tournaments as far apart as Japan and the USA.

Combining the world's most brain challenging and brain damaging sports may seem crazy but is it? 5 . Top chess players have to be very fit and, like top athletes, many of them follow strict exercise and diet routines. Chess boxing demands the best of competitors both physically and mentally so it fulfils the classical ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body (mens sana in corpore sano). It's possibly the perfect combination of brains and strength and it's definitely not a sport for the weak or cowardly.

*4 Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.

1 The rules of chess boxing are

a complex.

b basic.

c difficult.

d tricky.

2 A chess boxing match has

a a maximum of eleven rounds.

b eleven rounds of chess and eleven rounds of boxing.

c an unlimited number of rounds.

d four rounds of chess and two rounds of boxing.

3 A player loses the match if

a they have eleven minutes on their chess clock.

b he/she has the white pieces.

c the referee doesn't like him/her.

d he/she can't get up in the boxing ring.

4 The idea for the sport first came from

a the World Chess Boxing Organisation.

b Amsterdam.

c a graphic novel.

d a Dutch artist.

5 The writer thinks the sport is

a good because the players are healthy.

b completely crazy because it's dangerous.

c easier for chess players because they are fit.

d a good example of an ancient idea.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Завершите предложения, выбрав правильные варианты.

Ответ:

1 a. complex

(сложные)

2 a. a maximum of eleven rounds.

(максимум одиннадцать раундов.)

3 d. he/she can’t get up in the boxing ring.

(он/она не может подняться на боксерском ринге.)

4 c. a graphic novel.

(из графического романа.)

5 a. good because the players are healthy.

(хороший, потому что игроки здоровы.)