<html> <h3><em>Read the following pieces filled with facts - read it at least twice and see how much you can remember without looking at the piece again. </em></h3> https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1\*aDOxv0GuiFH6uQ-FTwv87g.jpeg [source](https://hive.blog/hive-122108/@alishi/reading-test-for-gr-5https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*aDOxv0GuiFH6uQ-FTwv87g.jpeg) <h3><em>Once you are done you can read the piece again and fill in the missing answers. </em></h3> <h3><em>The alternative is you can use this as a listening test, where somebody else reads the piece to you and you listen and answer.</em></h3> <p><br/></p> <h2><strong>The Comrades marathon</strong></h2> <p>In 1921 the first Comrades Marathon was run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, South Africa. It is an ultra marathon and is 90 km long.</p> <p>Only 48 runners entered for this first race but only 34 pitched up and started the race. There were only 16 people who could finish it.</p> <p>Bill Rowan was the first man to cross the finish line.</p> <p>Today it is one of the biggest events on the sports calendar and thousands of people take part in it.</p> <ol><li><em>What is the name of the marathon this piece is on?</em></li><li><em>In which country does it take place?</em></li><li><em>When did it take place for the first time and from where to where?</em></li><li><em>What is the distance of this marathon and what type of marathon is it?</em></li><li><em>How many runners entered, how many started the race and how many ended it.</em></li><li><em>Who was the winner of the first Comrades marathon?</em></li></ol> <h2><strong>Gary Player</strong></h2> <p>Gary Player was born on 1 November 1935 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is one of the best know golfers from South Africa and is known all over the world.</p> <p>He has won 9 world championships and has traveled more than 15 million km and is still seen as one of the best sportsman ever.</p> <p>He has designed 300 plus golf courses around the world and in 1974 he became part of the<em> 'World Golf Hall of fame'.</em></p> <p>He has won 165 golf tournaments over 6 continents in six decades. Truly an inspiration.</p> <p><em><strong>For enrichment</strong></em><em> - You can read more about this sport icon </em><a href="https://northcoastcourier.co.za/96538/gary-player-international-sport-icon-philanthropist-ambassador-golf/"><em>here</em></a><em> (make a summary of the reading piece or compile your own questions and answer it)</em></p> <ol><li><em>When was Gary Player born and how old is he now?</em></li><li><em>How many golf courses has he designed?</em></li><li><em>What happened to him in 1974?</em></li><li><em>On how many continents has he played?</em></li><li><em>Why do you think he is an inspiration to people?</em></li></ol> </html>
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