Task 5 Sailing is one of the oldest sports. Listen to a short passage twice and fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases. Sailing is one of the oldest sports of the Olympic _________. It is said that as early as in the 2nd century B.C., sailing, music, and swimming contests had already __________ in ancient Greece in honor of their gods. In ancient ______, sailing was also closely associated with a country’s _______. Many coastal countries, through sailing and navigation over the seas, expanded their territories into other ______ or other parts of the world. The first sailing competition was the Cumberland Cup which started in ____, and is still being held today. The first __________ competition was the Hundred Guineas Cup which was held in 1851. Later the name was changed to “America’s Cup”, named after the first ___________“America”.