1. The British mass media pay lots of attention to cricket. 2. Football was the most popular game in the Ancient World. 3. The rules for modern football were created in Great Britain. 4. According to the rules, a game of cricket lasts no longer than an hour and a half. 5. Netball was invented in a British boarding school for girls.

Решение:

• 1. True. В тексте сказано: "But the most famous and popular British sport is cricket. Cricket is an important part of life. You can watch it all day on TV or even listen to it on the radio." Это подтверждает, что масс-медиа уделяют крикету много внимания.
• 2. False. В тексте говорится: "people had been playing football in one another for thousands of years all over the world", но не уточняется, что это была самая популярная игра в Древнем Мире.
• 3. True. Текст указывает: "But it was the British who created special rules for sports and sports games."
• 4. False. В тексте сказано: "One of cricket's distinguishing features is that the games are very long. In an ordinary school it takes up to a whole afternoon. But the big international games are up to five days." Это противоречит утверждению, что игра длится не более полутора часов.
• 5. Not stated. Текст упоминает нетбол: "Schoolgirls, for example, play a game which seems a lot like basketball. It is Netball..." Однако, не говорится, где именно он был изобретен.