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Reading Comprehension: Exercise

The Bruins were one of the best teams in the early 20th century despite being founded in the early 1930s. In their second year they made it to the third round of the playoffs before being defeated by the eventual champions. The following year they made it to the finals but injuries kept them from winning. The next year they won the championship effortlessly. This began their first dynasty that lasted three years. Their success was interrupted by World War II which paused the season four times in the 1940s. In the 1950s expansion and a drained talent pool required over a decade of rebuilding before they made the finals again in 1962, losing to their cross-town rivals. They won the championship again the following year in 1963.

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Reading Comprehension: Exercise

The Bruins were one of the best teams in the early 20th century despite being founded in the early 1930s. In their second year they made it to the third round of the playoffs before being defeated by the eventual champions. The following year they made it to the finals but injuries kept them from winning. The next year they won the championship effortlessly. This began their first dynasty that lasted three years. Their success was interrupted by World War II which paused the season four times in the 1940s. In the 1950s expansion and a drained talent pool required over a decade of rebuilding before they made the finals again in 1962, losing to their cross-town rivals. They won the championship again the following year in 1963.

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EXERCISE

08 READING COMPREHENSION

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1 The Bruins was one of the best teams of the last century, despite having been founded in the early 30s. In
only their second year in existence they made it to the third round of the playoffs (torneo final para decidir el
campeón), only to be defeated by the eventual champions, who ended up winning their third title in a row. The
following year, they made it one more round, to the final, but injuries to two of their key players in the first
game kept what many felt was the best team from winning, and even then they took the opposing team to the
seventh and deciding game. The next year, to no one’s surprise, they went all the way, vanquishing all of their
opponents in an effortless display of skill and athleticism to claim the Calder Cup. That would be the first
Bruin dynasty, and it lasted a further three years. The 40s would have been their best decade if not for the war
years, which interrupted the season on four different occasions. The team’s fortune changed in the 50s, as
many expansion teams were brought into the league, which not only increased competition but also drained
the talent pool available to existing teams. In a rebuilding process that lasted over a decade, the team didn’t
make it to their next final until 1962, which they lost in a heated and controversial affair to their cross-town
rivals. They got the revenge the next year, taking back the championship trophy for the first time since 1949.
In recent decades, the team has had highs and lows as it continues to build on a rich heritage of tradition.
EXCERCISE

2 1. The first line of this article implies that 1. a) the Bruins was the first team to be founded,
b) the Bruins would have been an even better
team if it had been founded later,
c) there was very little competition in the league,
d) there were other teams already in existence
when the Bruins was founded.
2. The team was probably founded in 2. a) 1931,
b) 1935,
c) 1937,
d) 1939.
3. The Bruins probably first made it to the 3. a) the mid 30s,
playoffs in b) the late 30s,
c) the early 40s,
d) the mid 40s.
4. The team won the championship in their 4. a) first,
............... year of existence: b) second,
c) third,
d) fourth.
5. When they finally won the championship, the 5. True False
Bruins made it look easy.
6. The playoffs in this league 6. a) have two teams from each division,
b) have four rounds,
c) involve playing seven games,
d) are won by the first team to win four games in a row.
7. In their first string of championship wins, the 7. a) 2,
Bruins won the Calder Cup ............... times in a b) 3,
row: c) 4,
d) 5.
8. The 40s was the best decade in Bruins history. 8. True False
9. How many reasons are given for the decline of 9. a) 1,
the Bruins in the 50s? b) 2,
c) 3,
d) 4.
10. The Bruins didn’t win any championships in the 50s. 10. True False
11. The Bruins’ rivals in the 1962 championship 11. a) were from the other side of the country,
b) played worse than the Bruins,
c) had won the championship the year before,
d) were from the same city as the Bruins.
12. The Bruins won the championship in 1963. 12. True False

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