More Unit 8 Vocabulary quizzes
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Serena and Venus Williams
Both Serena and Venus Williams have won Olympic gold medals. Venus won one in 2000 in Sydney, and Serena won one in 2012 in London. They have also won three gold medals playing together in doubles against other opponents in Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Michael Phelps
For Michael Phelps, the 2012 London Olympics were his last. He took part in three Olympic Games – Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. In those games he won a total of 18 gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. With the London Olympics, Phelps also set a new world record by winning more Olympic Gold medals for individual events than any other Olympic athlete.
Read the text on page 76,77 again and answer these questions:
Text A
- Why did Messi's parents agree to move to Barcelona?
- How do we know that Messi is still not as tall as other football players?
Text B
- How did Venus and Serena's father learn to play tennis?
- What helped Venus and Serena succeed as tennis players?
Text C
- What three examples of Michael's problems are given in the text?
- Which sentence tells us that Michael tried to find things that made him feel good about himself?
Jordan Romero, the teenager who climbed the 7 summits
