Điền từ thích hợp vào chỗ chấmDo you need a change? Are you fed up with horse-racing? Tired (1) ……………........watching dogs race round a track? If you are, then what you need to try (2) …………… ..... sheep-racing. Sheep-racing, which started (3) ………….....a joke, was the idea of Richard Turner, a farmer in the south of England. Much to (4) …………….......surprise, it caught on and the races are now (5) …………….....a success that Richard has to organize one every day. A race consists of six sheep (6)………….........round a 240-metre track. The sheep have funny names (7)…………....... 'Little Pullover and are ridden by woollen jockeys, which sometimes fall off. Rather surprisingly the sheep are (8) ……………........to move fast - the course record is 22 seconds. But what makes these lazy creatures moves so quickly? The (9)……………....... is greed. Food is put at the finish. Like horse-racing and dog-racing, people bet on (10)……………...........sheep will be the winner. The. difference here is that all profits go to the local hospital. |