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The following exercise can be completed directly online. Click here for a print version of this exercise.



THE MAIN IDEA

1.   Which of the following sentences best describes the main idea of the article about Ice Hockey?

Canada's love affair with ice hockey
The NHL is the premier hockey league in the world
Hockey players are more important than Prime Ministers
The origins of ice hockey


2.   Based on this article, what combination of skills make a good hockey player?

balance,strength, skating, stick-handling
balance,fighting, skating, stick-pucking
balance,fighting, skating, stick-handling
balance,strength, skating, stick-pucking


3.   Where did the game of hockey originate?

Canada
Egypt
Norway
unknown


4.   Which Canadian teams have won the Stanley Cup?

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Kingston, Calgary, Edmonton
Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton
Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Calgary, Edmonton


5.   Ice hockey...

has become part of the Canadian (societal) fabric.
is played all over the world.
is the roughest sport in the world.


6.   Great hockey players...

know exactly how the game originated.
all play in the NHL.
make more of an impression on Canadians than do many of its politicians.
practice long and hard to make the NHL.


7.   Teams use long-handled brooms to sweep a ball into each other's goal.

True
False


8.   Ball and stick games are a recent invention.

True
False


9.   Montreal and Toronto are the only Canadian teams to win a Stanley Cup.

True
False


10.   Gordie Howe was a Prime Minister.

True
False


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