8.14. Sport and Hobbies. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, выбрав из предложенных слов
подходящие по смыслу:
championship, explain the rules, lack of support, tactical game,
final score, member, take part in, disqualified, first round,
cheer, play cards, take up, draw, keen on, sponsor,
train really hard
1. He agreed to ___________________ the team provided they put the name of his
company on their shirts.
2. You have to ___________________ if you want to get to the top in this sport.
3. They were knocked out in the ___________________ of the competition.
4. She tried to ___________________ to me but I found them very complicated.
5. I've never been very ___________________ jogging, especially at night.
6. In the evening we used to ___________________ but never for money, of course.
7. He was ___________________ after the drug test proved positive.
8. I've decided to ___________________ this year's competition.
9. The spectators began to ___________________ as he ran onto the pitch.
10. It's very expensive to become a ___________________ of the tennis club.
11. Chess is a very ___________________ and you have to think out each move
extremely carefully.
12. Both teams played well so a ___________________ was a fair result.
13. The team has a good chance of winning the ___________________ this year.
14. The club had to close due to ___________________ was one-nil.
15. After all that excitement, the ___________________ was announced.
16. I decided to ___________________ tennis after my doctor warned me that I was
terribly unfit.

1) sponsor 2) train really hard 3) first round 4) explain the rules 5) keen on 6) play cards 7) disqualified 8) take part in; 9) cheer 10) member 11) tactical game 12) draw 13) championship 14) lack of support 15) final score 16) take up.