Cheating in sport - Unit 5

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Close-up C2, National Geographic Learning

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

absolute

highest

ultimate

utmost

apply

resign

resort

aspire

level

even

straight

uniform

shaping

bending

pulling

twisting

balance

edge

line

limit

lengths

means

methods

pains

expanding

extending

elevating

escalating

removed

stripped

erased

separated

For athletes, the desire to win is of the (1) ___ importance. Sportsmen and women compete for the glory associated with being number one. But why do some athletes (2) ___ to cheating? There are a variety of reasons. Some have a fear of failure. Others want a(n) (3) ___ playing field because they are convinced everyone else is cheating. In such cases, they feel they are merely (4) ___ the rules, not breaking them. Then there's the financial motive when large sums of money and high-profile reputations are on the (5) ___ . Lucrative sponsorship deals are offered to winners, not losers. Such deals are worth millions and athletes will go to great (6) ___ to secure them. To prevent the problem from (7) ___ , anti-doping agencies are carrying out more tests. The result is that a number of champion athletes have been exposed as drugs cheats and (8) ___ of their titles. It remains to be seen if this will be enough of a deterrent.

Cheating in sport

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