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  • The _______ are a set of international sports competitions that happen once every four years.
    Olympics
  • What genre is Action Shots?
    article
    story
    essay
    report
  • In what year did women first compete in Winter Olympic Sports?
    1984
    1924
    1964
    1944
  • What VERB means to try to do better than another person? (C)
    compete
  • Why did Gottesman publish her book?
    To show others that women are strong athletes.
  • In photos of female athletes, what are the women often doing?
    standing still
  • What is this sport called?
    snowboarding
  • What is this sport called?
    ice hockey
  • What noun means people watching an event, or people in general? (P)
    (the) public
  • Complete the Olympic Sport. _______ skating
    slow
    speed
    fast
    rapid
  • How old was Sonia Henie when she competed in the 1924 Olympics?
    15
    11
    17
    13
  • Why does Gottesman believe male and female athletes are shown in different ways?
    Because of old-fashioned beliefs. / People thought sport was only for men.
  • In which Winter Olympic Games did Picabo Street and Alberto Tomba take part?
    2002
    1990
    1994
    1998
  • What was Picabo Street wearing in the photograph?
    a cricket helmet
    a cowboy hat
    a baseball cap
    a magician's hat
  • What noun means an image produced by a camera?
    photo(graph)
  • What verb means to gather together? (C)
    collect
  • What noun do we use to describe neswpapers, magazines, radio, and TV? (M)
    (the) media
  • What part of the human body is also the name of a Winter Olympic Sport? (S)
    skeleton
  • What noun means a person who exercises or plays sport? (A)
    athlete
  • How many world championships did Sonia Henie win?
    5
    10
    12
    8