BASKETBALL Reading

Many people love to watch basketball. The Lakers are a great basketball team. The Clippers are a terrible basketball team. Both teams call Los Angeles their home. They play at the Staples Center. The Staples Center is new. It is a shiny new arena. It is in downtown Los Angeles. It is next to two freeways. It is next to the 110 freeway. It is next to the 10 freeway. The 110 goes north and south. The 10 goes east and west. Many basketball fans take the freeways to Staples Center. They drive their cars on the crowded freeways. The crowded freeways have too many cars. The fans park their cars in the huge parking lot. Parking is not cheap. It is $22. The fans walk to the arena from the parking lot. They buy their tickets. The cheap tickets are $10. The expensive tickets are $2,600. Rich people buy the expensive tickets. Poor people buy the cheap tickets. The rich people sit very close to the basketball court. They talk to the players. The poor people sit far away from the basketball court. They talk to each other.

VOCABULARY:

Directions: Give the meaning to the following words taken from the passage.

1.      arena

2.      center

3.      court

4.      crowd

5.      downtown

6.      fan

7.      freeway

8.      shiny

9.      staple

10.  terrible

Gap-fill exercise.

Directions: Fill in all the gaps.

Many people love to watch basketball. The Lakers _______________ a great basketball team. The Clippers are a ____________ basketball team. Both teams call Los Angeles their ____________. They play at the Staples Center. The Staples ____________ is new. It is a shiny new arena. ____________ is in downtown Los Angeles. It is next __________________ two freeways. It is next to the 110 _______________________. It is next to the 10 freeway. The _______________ goes north and south. The 10 goes east ____________ west. Many basketball fans take the freeways to _______________ Center. They drive their cars on the crowded ____________. The crowded freeways have too many cars. The park their cars in the huge parking lot. _________________ is not cheap. It is $22. The fans _______________ to the arena from the parking lot. They ______________ their tickets. The cheap tickets are $10. The ___________ tickets are $2,600. Rich people buy the expensive ___________. Poor people buy the cheap tickets. The rich ______________ sit very close to the basketball court. They __________ to the players. The poor people sit far _____________ from the basketball court. They talk to each _________.

 Crossword. Complete the crossword.

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Across: 1. The ___s all cheered when their team won the game. 3. Nothing is ___ anymore; everything is expensive. 4. It was a very ___ game; the final score was 109 to 108. 6. The announcer introduced ___ player before the game started. 8. Most big cities have a large sports ___ for basketball and hockey games. 10. You can watch a basketball game at ___s Center in Los Angeles, but you can't buy any ___s there for your ___r. 13. After a big game, people will ___ to one another about the exciting parts of the game. 15. The ___ day I saw two men arguing with each ___. 16. The Staples ___ in Los Angeles is the home of two basketball teams.

 Down:

 1. Every ___ in Los Angeles is full of slow-moving traffic at rush hour.

2.  There was a ___ accident on the freeway last night; six people died.

4.  If a restaurant is ___ed every day, it usually means that the food is excellent.

5.  You don't see many short people playing professional ___; most players are very tall.

7.  Basketball ___s and tennis ___s can be outdoors or indoors.

9.  The subways in Manhattan go uptown, midtown, and ___.

11. Professional basketball ___ are very tall and very rich.

12. If you have ___ vision, you need to wear glasses.

14. Very few people get ___ playing the lottery; most people get ___ by working hard.

SENTENCES. Unscramble the sentences.

1.      people      to      love      .      basketball      many      watch  

2.      the      basketball      are      .      great      Lakers      team      a  

3.         call      Angeles      .      both      home      teams      their      Los  

4.         to      110      is      next      it      freeway      .      the  

5.      the      on      drive      their      they      .      freeways      cars      crowded