Japan's Sawa Soccer World Player of 2011
(11th January, 2011)
Remember: Soccer is how the Americans call European football.What do you know about women's soccer?
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FIFA, soccer's international governing body, has (1) ____ Japan’s captain Homare Sawa as the Women's World Player of the Year. The 33-year-old (2) ____ the award, known by the French term the Ballon d’Or, for leading her country to Japan’s first ever World Cup Finals (3) ____ in July last year. She won the best player and top scorer awards at that tournament. Ms Sawa wore a pale blue kimono at the prize-giving ceremony. She stood next to Lionel Messi, who won the men’s award for the third year in a (4) ____. An emotional Sawa told the (5) ____: “I feel very pleased to have been given this honor. I'd like to thank all those who have helped me to play soccer….I hope our football has given a (6) ____ for future players and children to dream."Sawa is the first Asian player to win the award. She (7) ____ Brazil’s Marta, who was best female player in the world for the five previous years. Japanese Aya Miyama came fourth. Sawa later (8) ____ tribute to the Brazilian ace at a news conference, saying: “I am proud to be sitting here today (9) ____ such legends as Marta.” Japan picked (10) ____ another two awards at the ceremony. Norio Sasaki, manager of the women’s team, was coach of the year, and the Japan Football Association was chosen for FIFA’s Fair Play award. Mr Sasaki thanked (11) ____ who supported Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck in March 2011. He said: "We provided excitement for Japanese people and (12) ____ their spirits.”
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | naming | (b) | names | (c) | name | (d) | named |
| 2. | (a) | scooped | (b) | dug | (c) | shoveled | (d) | excavated |
| 3. | (a) | tri-annual | (b) | triumvirate | (c) | triumph | (d) | trilogy |
| 4. | (a) | stand | (b) | row | (c) | header | (d) | column |
| 5. | (a) | fan | (b) | audience | (c) | pilgrims | (d) | congregation |
| 6. | (a) | perchance | (b) | chances | (c) | chance | (d) | chancing |
| 7. | (a) | beat | (b) | won | (c) | victory | (d) | lost |
| 8. | (a) | laid | (b) | said | (c) | maid | (d) | paid |
| 9. | (a) | sidled | (b) | side | (c) | siding | (d) | alongside |
| 10. | (a) | as | (b) | up | (c) | over | (d) | on |
| 11. | (a) | those | (b) | them | (c) | they | (d) | these |
| 12. | (a) | mooted | (b) | roasted | (c) | boosted | (d) | fastened |
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