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Pelota is a team sport played on a big court with a A) used to be a scoreboard for a sports game
heavy rubber ball. The game, which is considered
to be 3,000 years old, was popular throughout B) depicts two pelota players at its core
Mesoamerica. Recently, archaeologists in Mexico
ave d s overed a e arved sto e t at t e C) has an exceptional size and shape
believe was used as a pelota scoreboard. The D) has demonstrated that Pelota was an ancient
circular stone was excavated at the Chichen game
Itza archaeological site and is thought to be
approximately 1,200 years old. The heart of the E) is valuable and uncommon due to its
stone depicts hieroglyphic writing around two hieroglyphic inscriptions
players wearing extravagant headgear. A team
o e erts o o ra as de t ed t e t o
e tra ures o t e sto e as e ota a ers. e
of the players wears a feather headdress, and the
other, thought to be his opponent, wears a ‘snake
turban’. The writing is currently being analysed by 3
e erts order to ure out ts oss e ea .
t s rare to d ero r t at t s a a
s te a d eve rarer to d a o ete te t. T s A) Cautious B) Admiring
hasn’t happened in 11 years,” said archaeologist
Lizbeth Beatriz Pérez, who found the 40-kg stone. C) Critical D) Disapproving
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and
stor N sa d t e sto e as a re ous a d E) Tolerant
unusual discovery.

A) The game has a long history in Mesoamerica.

B) It is a ball game played by two teams.

C) Rival players used to wear distinctive
headgear.

D) The scoring system varied among different
Mesoamerican cultures.

E) The games take place on a large court.

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