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It contains one piece of writing, Read the ploce and answer the questions. Questions 29-40 Red th out below and anwer the questons Calisthenics “The works oles form of resistance taining | From the very fst caveman o scala a ee of hang fom a cif fae, to the mighty armies ofthe Greco-Roman emsires and the gymnasiums of modern Amtcan high seals, calsnencs has endured and tives because fs smploty ana uty, Unlkeeenge ining which involves weight, machines or resistance bands, caethenics Uses oly the Boy's own welght fr physical development. hips: akeillsbiishounciorgprepare-testree-sample-estsireacing-sample-esl-1-generalaininglsection-@-questions-29-40 1arsono%8 Section 3, questions 29-40 | Take IELTS 1B) Calisthenice enters he historical racord a round 480 B.., th Herod’ accoun ofthe Bate of Thermopoblae. Harada reportd hat, ror tothe bal, the {g0¢-kng Xeres vent «scout pry fo =py on ie Spartan enemies, The soos normed Kanes that he Spartane, under he leaderenpo* Ang Leongas, were Practcing some kins o Baar, syrehvnised movements skin to bal dence. Xers was afeally amuses. His own afmy wes comprises o ever 120,000 men, whe the Spartans had just 300, Loonidas was formed that he must fereat face anilaton. The Spartans dé not tea, hw, and th ensuing ball they ‘managed to Nal Xeres enormous sty at Day er some tne unl resforeomentsaived, kus otto bal dance was nots eupertiios tal Dut a orm of Calsthonies by which hoy wore bling awe-nepiing physica srongh and endian, ) The Gres took calatenice seriouly not only a a form of milary éscpine an erangth, but also ae an arts expression of movement and an aestnetcaly sea Pysiqua. Indeed, the tom calsthnics eis derived fom the Crook wors for beauty ang srengih. We krow fom Monica records aa images Fem patsy, Imosaie and souptres of th period thal tne ancant Olymplans took ealsthencaralnng seriously. They were geal edmired and sl sa, odsy~ for tal combination of alts and physical beauty. You may have hea’ a rend whinscaly sigh ana mention tal someone has the body ofa Grook god. Ths expresso has tavalled tyough cones and continent, andthe source of this envy aed admiration isthe calories mathod ) Callsthorcs exparencod its second goldon agen the 1800s. Ths contury saw tho bith of gymnasics, an organises spr that uses a rango of tars rings, vaulting horees and balancing beam osaplay payscalproweae. This peod i also when the phenomana of songmen developed. These ware pecbe of astounding physical Strength and developers who forged nomad careers by Gemenatatng olan eas of suengQ to stunned populations. Most of these men Yainedusig hand balancing ana horizontal bars, a8 moder weight machines had nol yet been vented E) nthe 1950s, Angele Sctano— who wentby the sage name Chale As was cowed “The Worl's Most Petecty Developed Man’ a's own aporoae stemmed rom radtoal calisthenics, and tough a sores of mal oréor comic books he taught ese moths to hunrods oF tousands of efaren an yours ads trrough the 1980s and 1970s, But Alas was the las ofa dipng bree. The ides were turing. nese methods wer Seng away trom calhene, ard no wie regarded propanent ofthe method woul eer succeed him. F) nthe 19608 and 1970s calthnics andthe goal of unclonal strength combined wih physical beauty wasraplaced by an emphasis on hage muscoea any cost 20. Body bullng icons, people suchas Ameld Schwarzenegge’ and Sergio Ola were caled mass mensers because of har mposing prysqves. Physical {ovslopment of ts nature was ony alinabetreugh the use of enaboc sori, synthetic ho"mone which boostod musle development wha heming overall heath, These body bulere ales raed on ee weighs and machines, which allowed tha arget and bloat te ea of indvaual mosses rater han velop naturally propartonad body. Callthencs, hts emphaseon physical Besuy and balance npropartora, had eo oer the mass monsters, 6) In is bigger e beter etme, calstrencs wa relegate to groups perceived tobe were, uch as women, people recuperating om jes and seh Sudo, Although some ofthe strongest ans most prycally developed muman beings ever fo have ved ser tet aie trough the vse of ophsteated Callthoncs, a qreat coal ofthis knowlege was dicated and the motos was reduced to nothing more than an easly accassle and ready avaiable actly. These ‘woo mastered the rudimentary sls of alsthnics cout expect to graguata fo waight rang rather than advances calisthenics ) In recent years, however, ness rends nave bean shitng back toward the use of clshenles. Badybulding approaches ha rome oxcessve muscle ‘development requerty lead tom pain, inkes,unbslenoed piyeques and weak cardovasculs health Ae @ rau, many ofthe ewes and most popular ys and Programmes emphasise calstoncs:baged methods instead, Modern practices oon combine ebmints om a rumbor of lated dons sch a yoga, ites, kale ball raring, gymastcs ard vactlonal Greco-Roman calsterics. Mary people are Koon fo roavor tho orignal Geek vsion of pryscalboauty ane strong and harmony of te mng-tedy conection, Questions 29-35, “The tox has sight paragraphs, AH. ‘Wines paragrapn cosains the folowing information? 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