Read the text and fill in the blanksgiúp mik với ----- Nội dung ảnh ----- Test 40 SPECTATOR SPORTS A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, started in Europe or the USA in (1) __________ nineteenth century. This did (2) __________ happen by chance. It was the result of changes (3) __________ the way people lived in those places at that time. Until then (4) __________ people lived in the country than in towns. They worked in small groups and had (5) __________ regular time off. All this changed (6) __________ the growth of factories and industry in the nineteenth century, first in Europe and then in the USA. (7) __________ the first time most people began to live in towns, and they found themselves with regular free time. They had more leisure time (8) __________ ever before. (9) __________ resulted in the need for organised entertainment. Suitable games developed or (10) __________ invented, typically team games, in (11) __________ the crowd could take sides and become involved. This gave people some of the entertainment they need in (12) __________ free time. The recent explosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cable channels, (13) __________ caused an increase in demand for sports as entertainment. The money TV has brought to games (14) __________ as football, tennis and baseball means that spectator sports (15) __________ certainly go on playing an important part in our lives. |