8. coaches of kids' sports teams are increasingly concerned about the behavior of parents at games.
parents are screaming and cursing at coaches, officials, players, and other parents. physical fights have
even broken out at games. parents need to be reminded that coaches are volunteers, giving up their
time and energy to kids develop in their chosen sport. the goal of kids' sports teams is to learn and
develop skills, but it's also to have fun. when parents are out of control at games and practices, it takes
lhe fun out of the sport.
from this passage, it can be concluded that:
a. coaches are modeling good behavior for kids.
b. organized sports are not good for kids.
c. parents' behavior at their kids' games needs to change.
d. parents and coaches need to work together.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt