Use your English SI
A Complete the text with the correct form of the words.
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TELL
اراده WILL
FREE
DANGER
BE
OUT
Dying to play
If I (1)
you that they killed the captain
of the losing team in Mayan football,
(2)
you believe me? It's true! For the
Maya, it was considered an honour to lose their
(3)
and be sacrificed to the gods!
This (4)
game was invented over 3,000
years ago. It (5)
a combination of
basketball and football and was an (6)
game. The ball was not allowed to touch the ground.
The (7)
bounced it off the walls with
their elbows, hips, knees or head, but using their hands
was against the rules, just as it is in football. To score a
point, the (8)
had to get the ball
through a stone hoop, in a similar way to basketball
.
It required a lot of (9)
and was not a
game for children. As it was a very quick game, the players
had to be (10)
They also had to
show great courage and (11)
in their
abilities; after all, one of them would die if they
(12)
PLAY
COMPETE
CONCENTRATE
ATHLETE
CONFIDENT
LOSE
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Ready, Steady, Go!​