Bai Luyen Thi Anh Van Dai Hoc 2016 Lesson 9

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>LESSON 9 – March 09, 2016 WRITING 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the word given. 1. Somebody stole the jewels from the museum. STOLEN ...........................from the museum. 2. It is possible that Mr Brown dropped this book. MIGHT Mr Brown ........................................the book. 3. I’m sure there’s a clue here somewhere. MUST There ...........................here somewhere. 4. Don’t go to see that film – it’s not very good. WORTH It’s not ...........................to see that film. 5. I went to work at the newspaper because I wanted to see how they cover a story. ORDER. I went to work at the newspaper ................. how they cover a story. 6. I’m sure I got the tickets. REMEMBER I ...........................the tickets. 7. ‘Do you realise where you are?’ he asked. IF He asked ............................ 8. I would really love to be in the Caribbean right now. ONLY ...........................in the Caribbean right now. 9. I really want my boyfriend to stop wearing his old jeans. WISH I ...........................wearing his old jeans. 10. ‘What are you doing here?’ he asked. ME He asked ...........................doing there. WORD FORMS. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in bold. 1. The ......asked a lot of questions. DETECT 2. I don’t know for sure, but I have my .....about him. SUSPECT 3. I want to be a .....when I grow up. RESEARCH 4. There have been a lot of..... in this area lately. BURGLE 5. There were over .....500 for the job. APPLY 6. The ....really annoyed me during the football match. COMMENT 7. He’s a ....... He leaves the house at 5a.m. and doesn’t come back until after 8p.m. WORK. 8. My brother was ......for a while after he left his old job. EMPLOY 9. My dad works in the..... industry. ADVERT 10. The..... was sent to prison for five years. THEFT READING 1. Choose the word or form (A, B, C or D) that best completes the text. Are you (1)..... music? One of the most common crimes among the young is illegal (2)..... of music. Lots of people are doing it, even though we know that really we are (3)...... the law, but as long as nobody is ever punished, there’s little incentive to stop doing it. But the people in the music business are starting to fight back because it is the biggest threat to their industry. Fifteen-year-old Melissa Clarke was one of the first to be taken to court for. intellectual (4)....... She had transferred over twenty hours of music to her computer and had been adding to her collection for over four years when her luck finally (5)....... Her computer was taken away as (6)...... when the police came to arrest her. The fifteen-year-old was found (7)...... and given a fine of £4,500. Her father will be paying the fine as he is legally responsible for his daughter. He was unusually calm about the situation. While he agreed with the judge’s decision, he didn’t blame her. ‘All of her friends (8)...... the Internet these days and download music without paying. It’s the first time she has ever (9)...... a crime and we’re sure she’s learnt her lesson.’ A spokesperson from the industry was happy with the court decision. ‘We are all (10)...... the changes that we are seeing in the media business, but we have to make sure that artists receive fair payment. The only way we can guarantee the quality of music in the future is to make sure that people who want to listen to the music pay a fair price.’ It’s a message Melissa has learnt very well. 1. A. on B. in C. into D. for 2. A. downloading B. clicking C. surfing D. uploading 3. A. failing B. breaking C cutting D keeping 4. A. steal B. thief C. theft D. stolen 5. A. ran up against B. ran out C. ran through D. ran into 6. A. force B. suspicions C. arrest D. evidence 7. A. guilty B. innocent C. suspect D. witness 8. A. ride B. travel C. surf D. click 9. A. committed B. do C. steal D. take 10. A. over B. into C. for D. about to WRITING 2. Rewrite each sentence, using a participle clause. 1. Norman collected the parcel, but then he realised it was the wrong one. After .......................................................... 2. Sue left the house but first she checked that she had her keys. Before......................................................... 3. Mark was parking his car when he noticed the wing-mirror was broken. While......................................................... 4. Julia cleaned the house, but then she fell asleep on the sofa. After......................................................... 5. Brian bought a new television, but first he checked all the prices. Before......................................................... 6. Alan was skiing in Switzerland and met his old friend, Ken. While......................................................... 7. Kate took two aspirins, and then she felt a lot better. After......................................................... 8. Sheila went out for the evening, but first she washed her hair. Before......................................................... 9. Dad went out again as soon as he came home. Right after......................................................... 10. Mum telephoned home only when she arrived at the airport. Not until ..........................................................

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> READING 2. CHEATING IN SPORTS Sports are about competition. The goal of every athlete, or every team, is to win. Unfortunately, two factors have been pushing American sports in an unhealthy direction. One of these factors is the obsession with winning, no matter what the cost. The other factor is money. These two factors put extreme pressure on both players and coaches to focus single-mindedly on winning. This has resulted in a problem that is spreading and becoming more serious. That problem is cheating. Of course, there are rules in all sports to penalize cheating. So coaches and players have had to come up with ingenious ways to get around the rules. Getting a competitive edge, even unfairly, is seen as a “strategy” rather than cheating. Illegal acts are now even being accepted as part of the game. Coaches encourage players to cheat, or coaches simply look the other way when they know players commit illegal acts during games. And referees rarely do anything to discourage cheating, or they impose minimal penalties. A professor of sports and recreation, Dr. James Frey, introduced the term, “normative cheating” to refer to the methods of cheating commonly used in sports today. This refers to strategies used to create conditions of some advantage over an opponent. These strategies do not actually break the rules. Instead, coaches and players have learned how to use loopholes in the rules to gain a competitive advantage. There are many forms of normative cheating. In basketball, for example, it is common for a player to pretend to be fouled in order to receive an undeserved foulshot. In football, players are typically coached to use illegal techniques to hold or trip opponents without referees noticing. And in baseball, home teams often “doctor” their fields to suit their strengths and minimize the strengths of their opponents. For example, if a home team knows they will face a fast team, they will spread water or sand between bases to slow down the runners of the other team. Other techniques used by home teams to cheat include increasing the heat in the visitor’s locker room to make the athletes sluggish. And some schools even use psychological tricks such as painting the visitor’s locker room pink, a colour said to reduce strength and make people less aggressive. Normative cheating extends to off-the-field areas of sports as well. Colleges compete to recruit the best high school players in the country. Although there are rules about when and how often colleges can contact recruits, coaches are adept at bending these rules. For instance, it is against the rules to send newspaper clippings about a university sports team to players being recruited. However, if a newspaper clipping is attached to the back of a letter, it is technically OK, even if the letter has only one sentence. Normative cheating has even crept into American high school sports. If a good athlete wants to play for a school far away from where he lives, he may move to the home of a relative or friend that does live near that school. That way, he technically lives within the school district of his new school. He has obeyed the letter of the law, but not the spirit. I. Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the reading. 1. .... Both coaches and athletes are to blame for widespread cheating in sports.. 2. .... Pink is a good color for a locker room. 3. .... Not all forms of cheating break the rules of sports. 4. .... There are rules against cheating in sports. II. Choose the best answer. 1. What is the definition of “normative cheating”? A. Cheating by changing the rules B. Cheating normally used to break rules C. Cheating that gives an edge within the rules D. Cheating that is easily noticed 2. Which is NOT an example of normative cheating? A. Acting as if you have been hit by another player B. Creating a bad atmosphere in another team’s area C. Hitting another player on purpose to hurt the player D. Hold or trip opponents without referees noticing 3. Which statement would the writer probably agree with? A. Athletes who cheat should be banned from participating in sports. B. Everybody cheats, and there is nothing we can do to stop it. C. If cheating is not controlled, sports will suffer more and more. D. Just because an action is technically not cheating doesn’t mean that it is OK to do. III. For the next two questions, look for the answers in the passage and write them on the lines provided. 1. What is primarily responsible for the increase in cheating in sports? 2. How has normative cheating made its way into high school sports? IV. Fill in the blanks with the phrases from the list. Use each phrase only once. normative cheating  cheating is illegal  loopholes in rules a team might  undeserved foul shot  athletes and coaches Because some (1) ....... are single-minded and focused on winning no matter what the cost, cheating has become more common in sports. Of course, (2) ........., so players and coaches have come up with ingenious ways to get around the rules. They have found (3)........that allow them to cheat to get an advantage over opponents. This kind of cheating is called (4) ...... One example of this kind of cheating is when a player pretends to be fouled in order to get a(n) (5) ...... . Or (6) ...... set the heat very high in the opponent’s locker room to make players on that team sluggish during the game. V. Fill in each blank with the best word from the list. Use each word only once. spectators  umpires  tactics  leagues  injured  season 1. Baseball has ......, not referees. 2. The baseball .... starts in early spring. 3. There were over 10,000 ...... at the stadium for the final game of the World Series. 4. Many sports have amateur and professional ...... that athletes play in. 5. The hockey player ..... his leg in the game. 6. Some teams use unfair ....... to try to win. For example, they try to hurt the other players so they can’t play as well..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> KEY TO LESSON 9 WRITING 1. 1.The jewels were stolen 2. might have dropped 3. must be a clue 4. worth going 5. in order to see 6. remember getting 7. if I/we realised where I was/we were 8. If only I were 9. wish my boyfriend would stop 10. me what I was WORD FORMS. 1. detective 2. suspicions 3. researcher 4. burglaries 5. applicants 6. commentator 7. workaholic 8. unemployed 9. advertising 10. thief READING 1. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. C WRITING 2. 1. After collecting the parcel, Norman realised it was the wrong one. 2. Before leaving the house, Sue checked that she had her keys. 3. While parking his car Mark noticed the wing-mirror was broken. 4. After cleaning the house, Julia fell asleep on the sofa. 5. Before buying a new television, Brian checked all the prices. 6. While skiing in Switzerland Alan met his old friend, Ken. 7. After taking two aspirins, Kate felt a lot better. 8. Before going out for the evening, but first Sheila washed her hair. 9. Right after coming home Dad went out again. 10. Not until arriving at the airport did Mum telephone home. READING 2. I. True or False. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T II. Multiple Choice 1. C 2. C 3. D III. Short Answers 1. Pressure because of funding and an unhealthy need to win. 2. Good athletes who move away from their home to the home of a relative or friend to play for a far-off school. IV. 1. athletes and coaches 2. cheating is illegal 3. loopholes in rules 4. normative cheating 5. undeserved foul shot 6. a team might V. 1. umpires 2. season 3. spectators 4. leagues 5. injured 6. tactics.

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