Grade 6 English: Comprehension - Soccer World Cup
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A comprehension with a Soccer World Cup theme.

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Date de parution 01 janvier 2022
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st English 1 Language Comprehension: Soccer World Cup Question 1:Read the following passage, then answers the questions that follow:
Soccer World Cup 2018
The World Cup is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event and takes place every four years to determine the world champion. The World Cup is held byFIFA, and the 2018 tournament will take place in Russia from 14 June to July 15, 2018. Here is a list of interesting World Cup facts to get you into the soccer spirit forthe 2018 World Cup in Russia: World Cup Facts
The World Cup in 2018 will mark the first time Russia has ever hosted this event.
The 2018 World Cup will be Russia’s 11th World Cup appearance. Their highest ever finish
was 4th place in 1966.
3.2 billion people (almost half of the world’s population) tuned in to watch the 2014 World
Cup.
The World Cup has been played twenty times, Brazil holds the most titles with five. Italy and Germany are close behind with four each.
For the first time in the history of soccer, the 2002 World Cup was held in two different
countries: South Korea and Japan.
The oldest goal scorer in the World Cup was Roger Milla, who was 42 in 1994 when he
scored a goal for Cameroon against Russia.
It is rumoured that India withdrew from the 1950 tournament as they were not allowed to
play barefoot.
The first World Cup was played in 1930. Uruguay was both the tournament host and winner that year.
The World Cup trophy went missing for seven days in 1966, when it was stolen just prior to the tournament.
The average attendance per game at the 2014 World Cup was over 53,000 fans!
The highest scoring game in World Cup history was in 1954, when Austria defeated
Switzerland 7-5.
The Italians have had the most number of draws in World Cup history with 21.
Of all countries that have appeared in the World Cup, Indonesia has played the least number of matches – just one in 1938.
The most goals ever scored by one player in a World Cup match is an impressive five, by Oleg Salenko of Russia.
https://www.roadtrips.com/blog/world-cup-facts/
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