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II. Read the passage and answer these questions.
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Cricket grew out of the many stick-and-ball games played in
England 500 years ago. The word 'bat' is an old English word that
Simply means stick or club. By the seventeenth century, cricket
had evolved enough to be recognisable as a distinct game. Till the
middle of the eighteenth century, bats were roughly the same shape
as hockey sticks, curving outwards at the bottom. There was simple
reason for this: the ball was bowled underarm, along the ground
and the curve at the end of the bat gave the batsman the best
chance of making contact.
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Answer 1

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Cricket grew out of many stick and ball games played in England about 500 years ago. The word ‘bat’ is an old English word which simply means a club or a stick. By the seventeenth century, cricket had evolved enough to be recognised as a distinct game. Till the middle of the eighteenth century, bats were roughly of the same shape as hockey sticks, curving outwards at the bottom

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