Grade 5 English: Comprehension - Tour de France

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Description

A short comprehension and language in practice test on the Tour de France, a bicycle race in Europe.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Collège
• Secondary education in France
• collège
• Collège
• Collège
• Post-primaire

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English

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Gr a d e 5

Com p r e h e n sion : Tou r d e Fr a n ce Re a d t h e f ollow in g a r t icle a n d a n sw e r t h e q u e st ion s t h a t f ollow : He re a re the a nswe rs to tho se sim ple q ue stio nstoyo u're o This article is written in shy to a sk a s yo u a wa it the a rriva l o f the pe lo to n. informal language e.g. By Lyne tte Eyb . bicycle - bike

So wha t's so g re a t a b o ut the To ur de Fra nc e – it's just a b ike ra c e , rig ht?

Hm , ye s a nd , e r, no . Ye s, it's just a b ike ra c e , b u t no , it's no t just a ny o ld b ike ra c e – it's the m o st fa m o us, m o st c ha lle ng ing , m o st c o ntro ve rsia l b ike ra c e in the w o rld . And it's the m o st p re stig io us o f c yc ling 's G ra nd To urs (Sp a in's Vue lta a Esp a ña in Se p te m b e r a nd the G iro d 'Ita lia in M a y a re the o the rs). It’ s a lso the w o rld ’ s la rg e st a nnua l sp e c ta to r e ve nt w ith m illio ns o f p e o p le lining the ro ute to se e thep e lo to no r p a c k o f rid e rs) (g ro up b y.g o

Ho w c a n I te ll who ’s winning ?

The re a re a fe w d iffe re nt c a te g o rie s – o r c la ssific a tio ns – a nd the le a d e r o f e a c h w e a rs a d iffe re nt c o lo ure d je rse y.

The o ve ra ll le a d e r – o r g e ne ra l c la ssific a tio n le a d e r – w e a rs the fa m o us ye llo w je rse y (o rm a illo t ja unee a ns he ’ s ta ke n hic h b a sic a lly m ), w r o ve r a ll o f so fa a st tim e the le the sta g e s c o m b ine d .

The g re e n je rse y (o rm a illo t v e rtc o nte ste d sua lly b yg e ne ra l p o ints c la ssific a tio n r the is u a nd ) is fo sp rinte rs. Po ints a re a w a rd e d a t va rio us tim e s thro ug ho ut the ra c e fo r sp rint se c tio ns o f the c o urse , a nd the g re e n je rse y is the c yc list w ho ha s a c c um ula te d the m o st p o ints d uring the ra c e .

The p o lka d o t je rse y is w hite w ith re d d o ts, a nd it’ s w o rn b y the b e st c lim b e r. As w ith the sp rint p o ints a b o ve , p o ints a re a w a rd e d a t va rio us sta g e s o f the ra c e fo r m o unta in se c tio ns o f the c o urse , w ith m o re p o ints a w a rd e d fo r m o re d iffic ult c lim b s. A g ra d ing syste m is use d to ra te the c lim b s, fro m fo urth c a te g o ry fo r the e a sie st c lim b s thro ug h to first c a te g o ry fo r ha rd e st c lim b s; the m o st g rue lling o f a ll a re d e e m e d'ho rs c a te g o riec a te g o ry'.' – o r 'b e yo nd

The w hite je rse y is fo r the ‘ b e st yo ung rid e r’ – o nly tho se 25 ye a rs o r yo ung e r in the ye a r o f the ra c e a re e lig ib le .

The re 's a lso a te a m ’ s c la ssific a tio n c a te g o ry, w ith the w inning te a m ha ving the lo w e st c o m b ine d o ve ra ll tim e . The tim e s a re b a se d o n tho se o f the te a m 's first thre e rid e rs a c ro ss the line a t the e nd o f e a c h sta g e .

Wha t do e s the winne r g e t (o the r tha n a ye llo w shirt)?

In 2014, w ho e ve r’ s w e a ring the ye llo w je rse y in Pa ris p o c ke te d a c o o l €450,000. Tha t w a s fro m a kitty o f €2.2 m illio n w hic h w a s a w a rd e d to the w inning te a m s a nd the rid e rs o f the va rio us c la ssific a tio ns. In 2017, the w inne r sta nd s to w in €500,000.

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