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1. 1.

   Choose the correct answer.

   1. If a team wants to win, they must devote a little / a lot of time to practice.
   2. If a university athlete doesn't have to pay tuition fees, he gets free classes / books.
   3. When the coach says you are overdoing it, he means you're not working hard enough / working too hard.
   4. When the sports industry grows, companies / coaches produce more sport equipment.
   5. Companies that invest in the field of sports, spend / save some of their money on research.
2. 2.

   Apart from metre and mile, what are some of the units of distance that you know?

3. 3.

   What is the difference between 'sprint' and 'run'?

4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The current record for running a mile is ______________ faster than Roger Bannister's.
   2. Owens ran 100 metres in ______________ in 1936.
   3. Owen's record was broken by Usain Bolt in ______________.
   4. ______________ world records were broken in Beijing's water cube.
   5. ______________ and muscle damage are effects of overdoing activity.
5. 5.

   What made the author say that the motto of the Olympics is being constantly fulfilled?

6. 6.

   However, Bolt performed under very different conditions.

   1. What are the 'different conditions' mentioned here?
   2. Were these conditions advantageous to Bolt or not?