IB DP - Why we love sport

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DIRECTION: Choose the best answer for the question

Which of the following is not related to why the author wrote this text?

• to discover why humans, love competitive athletics

• to see if there is some problem with why people love sports

• to realize that the author is just one among many who immensely loves sports

• to explain why the author loves sports so much

DIRECTION: Choose the best answer for the question

What does the line “No more ‘dumb jock’ jokes, please” in paragraph 5 suggest?

• that athletes are generally not intelligent

• that athletes are stereotyped as being generally not intelligent

• that there are offensive, crude jokes about jocks going around

• that the author is tired of jokes

DIRECTION: Choose the best answer for the question

To what other area of study or discipline does the author compare sports to, in paragraph 5?

• medical

• politics

• art

• science

DIRECTION: This statement below true or false. Find a quote from the text to support your choice

"There are problems in the professional sports world"

• True

• False

DIRECTION: This statement below true or false. Find a quote from the text to support your choice

"There is no difference between seeing something happen and being told about it later"

• True

• False