Ejercicio Text 2 - 1. Reading Comprehension · Inglés PAU Castilla-La Mancha Ordinaria (Ciencias) 2021

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NEW SPORTS IN TOKYO 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic did not only change our daily lives in that horrible year that was 2020, but has also left us without the most appealing sporting event in the world: the Olympic Games. In 2021, one year later, Tokyo will host the event.

In 1940, the Second World War forced the Olympic Games to be suspended. They were supposed to be held in Tokyo (Japan). Therefore, it is not the first time that Tokyo has faced drawbacks when it comes to organising the Games.

On 24 March 2020, with the Tokyo Olympic Games just a few months away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would be postponed. The news was expected, but it was still a heavy blow for sport lovers. The measure, according to the IOC itself, was aimed at "protecting the health of athletes, other people involved in the event, and the international community" because of the COVID-19 pandemic and called for it to be held on "a date no later than the summer of 2021". The thousands of athletes who were going to participate in the Tokyo 2020 received the news of the suspension with relief, since most of them had been forced to suspend their training because of the pandemic and were not going to arrive at the summer event in their best condition. Despite this, a feeling of frustration ran through their minds, especially among the representatives of the new Olympic sports.

Surfing is one of these new sports. The best surfers in the world will celebrate the Olympic debut of their sport on the spectacular Pacific coast of Japan. The state of the waves and the direction and strength of the wind make surfing an event in which athletes compete against each other while facing the changing conditions of nature.

The Organising Committee also incorporated a sport as young and vibrant as skateboarding into the Olympic programme with two categories: street and park. In sport climbing, the climbers will put their skill and strength into practice on a vertical wall, and finger strength will decide which athletes will wear the medal around their neck. Finally, two sports which are very popular in Japan, karate (which was originated in Okinawa, a Japanese island) and baseball (the most practised sport in Japanese schools) will complete the list of disciplines for this year.

These five new sports will join classic ones such as athletics, fencing, cycling, gymnastics and swimming in the biggest event we will see in 2021.

http://bbc.co.uk

TEXT 2. QUESTIONS

1. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. No marks are given for T or F.

1.

Health problems have always been responsible for the suspension of the Olympics in Japan.

2.

The suspension of the Games was a hard shock for sports fans.

3.

The natural conditions will be significant in surfing competition.

4.

Skateboarding is a very recent sport.