Question

the united states and soviet union ice hockey teams competed in the 1980 olympics. the soviet team had won four gold medals in a row. everyone was sure the americans would lose. unless though when so ← choose two revise your work. use two of the joining words from the instructions.

Explanation:

First, identify logical connections: the Soviet team's 4 straight golds leads to the expectation of an American loss (use "so" for this cause-effect). Also, set up the contrast of the 1980 game context against this expectation (use "though" for the contrast between the dominant Soviet history and the specific 1980 matchup). Combine the sentences coherently with these two conjunctions.

Answer:

Though the Soviet Union ice hockey team had won four gold medals in a row, they competed against the United States team in the 1980 Olympics, so everyone was sure the Americans would lose.