By María Eugenia García
Level: FCE
Maru gave her presentation using the projection of her power point. She talked about the World Cup Mascots and she prepared a Use of English exercise for her classmates.
Choose
the most suitable alternative below to fill in the gaps in the following text.
Each FIFA World Cup 1)______ 1966
has had its own mascot. The designs show
a characteristic feature of the host country.
The World Cup 2)_____ us many
things, fun is one of them, and mascots for each event are a very important
part of this, too.
The first appearance was in England.
1- A) by B)
for C) since D)
from
2- A)tells
B)gives C)
thinks D)says
“Willie” England 1966 was the first.
A cute 3)_____footballer who
welcomed the participants, wearing a shirt with the flag of Britain. He was
widely accepted by the people especially from British people.
3- A)kitten B)puppy
C) calves D)cub
"Juanito" Mexico
1970
Juanito was a child wearing
football clothes with Mexican colours, and he had a big Mexican hat that had on
it the words "MEXICO
70". He wanted to 4)______ fair play.
4- A)reflect B)imagine C)show
D)represent
"Tip and Tap" Germany 1974
Two children that wanted to
inspire the union and their t-shirts had the
WM74 on them (World Cup 74-
Weltmeisterschaft in German). They pretended to be symbolize of the union of
both Germanies, which at that time were separated.
"Gauchito Mundialito" Argentina 1978
He was a little boy that used to wear the colours of Argentina, and
he had details of a cowboy(a neckerchief, a hat and a horsewhip) so for that he
was called Gauchito. His puma clothes arose some curiosity.
"Naranjito" Spain
1982
A big change appeared, where
humans were no more 5)_____ and a fruit appeared as a mascot.
It was an orange, a typical
fruit from Spain,
wearing the kit of the national team.
5- A)used B)show C)part D) convenient
"Pique" Mexico
1986
For Mexicans this chili with a
big hat and a moustache was a better representation 6)_____ Juanito (1970 World
Cup Mexico
mascot). He had a big smile, an outfit of Mexico team, a ball and many other
things that Mexicans felt 7) -------
represented.
6- A)like B) as C)from D)than
7- A)most B)more C)the most D)good
"Ciao" Italy
1990
Real characters and fruits were
left to move to a little strange design.
It consisted of many cubes that 8)______ to be of wood and they were painted with
the Italian colours and the head was a ball.
The name is a Italian greeting (Hello and goodbye).
8- A)had B)seemed C)may D) might
"Striker" USA
1994
United States returned to animals as
mascots, similar to their American football mascots, wearing a football outfit.
For Americans, he was a symbol of fidelity and work.
"Footix" France
1998
Its name came from the
beginning of "football" and the ending "-ix" from a popular
comic strip (Asterix). It was chosen from a survey. This rooster had a strong ,
fun and sporty personality.
"Ato, Kaz and Nik, The Spheriks" Korea-Japan 2002
Another change of the mascots was
this, the Asian created a kind of alien, that came from Atmozone planet and
they were created 9)____ a kind of
energy.
Ato (the orange one) was the
official mascot, but then Nik (the purple one) and Kaz (the blue one) were
joined for marketing.
9- A) for B)by C)from D)to
"Goleo VI and Pille" Germany 2006
A lion wearing a German shirt
with the number 06 and a talking ball named Pille.
Goleo came from the words
"goal" and the "leo", the Latin word for lion. In
German, "Pille" is a 10)______ term for football.
10- A)colloquial
B) perfect C)another D) preference
"Zakumi" South Africa 2010
A leopard that is a typical
animal from South Africa.
His name came from
"ZA", for South
Africa, and "kumi", a word that
means "ten" in many African languages.
It tried to represent a joined
continent.
"Fuleco" Brazil 2014
It's a Brazilian armadillo,
whose name is composed by the word football and the word ecology
