Reading and Listening Comprehension
Read some facts about Sumo and do the following exercises.
Each line contains an extra word. Write it in the box.
The History of Sumo and Wrestling
Sumo goes back to over 2000 years.
Originally it was been a celebration at shrines for the rice harvests.
It is said that the stomping, which is still not used today,
it was originally an effort to summon the gods to bless the harvest.
The first of championship was run in 730 AD
Early wrestlers only could ate meat from fowl because
4-legged beasts were believed to be a bad luck
since that posture (hands and the knees) is a losing one in sumo.
Modern wrestlers eat a lots of just about everything!
Choose the correct words in the following part
How do you bebecomearecome a sumo wrestler? Training to become a sumo wrestler beginfinishbeginsfinishes at age 15 after the applicants pass a health check which has a minimum heighthightalllength and weight requirement of 173cm and 75 kg. Trials are held 6 times a year with over 100 applyapplicationapplicantapplicants applying at each trial. Wrestlers usually retirelosewingo home around age 30. The training programme is especially designed to develop a legarmbodyshoulder which is bottom heavy and therefore difficult to push over!
1 Where is the sumo club situated?
In Tokyo University In a gym in Tokyo In a sumo stable
2 Where is Peter from
Japan Russia the Czech Republic
3 Who can go to this sumo club?
Only men Only women Both men and women
4 What do sumo wrestlers wear under their towels?
Boxers Nothing Underwear
5 Why do they cut their nails before the practice?
So as not to scratch their opponent So that they can grab their opponents belt more easily So as to have nice hands
6 What do they begin their practice with?
Warm-up exercises Pushing each other Basic sumo movements
7 What are sumo rules like?
Complicated Simple Ordinary
8 What is the main purpose of a sumo wrestler?
To beat up his opponent To cause injuries to his opponent To beat his opponent without injuring him
