Name:_________________ Class:___ ( ) Date:__________ Mark:________

NEWSPAPER CUTTING (SCMP & Student Standard 27-1-2005)

Task One: Read Article One and then insert a word in each of the blanks below.

The National Swimming Administrative Centre made an (1) _______________

yesterday that Tian would be (2)_________________ to Shaanxi’s provincial diving
squad because he was (3) _______________ from the national team. The director
explained that Tian had claimed leave for (4)____________ ____________ with
the reason that he was so (5) ______________ but in fact his (6)
_______________ in commercial activities was so active. Sometimes he even went
his own way without obtaining (7) ______________ from the administrative body.

It is officially recognized that Tian has (8) _______________ a lot to the Chinese
diving cause as he was the gold (9) ______________ in the synchronized 10-metre
platform event at the (10) _____________ ____________. Because of that, he has
got a lot of (11) _____________ ___________ which are (12) ___________ and
he has an ambition to join the (13) _____________. However, as a (14) _________
______________, he is expected to be (15) ____________ with himself and
protect his own (16) _____________. However, his (17) _____________ of the
team and administration regulations made it (18) ______________ to let him stay.
But which regulations Tian has (19) ____________ is not known to the public.

Such a (20) _____________ really shocked Tian and he became very (21)
________.
However, he pledged that he took (22) ____________ in (23) ____________ a
member of the national diving squad and would try his best to make a (24)
_________. He said that he still (25) __________ at the 2008 Games and would
never
(26) ____________ _____________.

Some people wonder why Tian has a fate so (27) ______________ from that of his
fellow Athens diving teammate Guo Jingjing. Guo was (28) ____________ to return
to the national team (29) ______________ her commercial activities. Guo used to
be Tian’s (30) _____________ girlfriend but now her relationship with the son of a
tycoon in Hong Kong has made her appear on the (31) ____________ __________
all the time.

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Task Two: Read Article Two and then complete the following.
1. Find information from the article to complete the table below.

1. ________________________________________
What do sports
heroes get? 2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

1. _________________________________________
Disadvantages of _________________________________________
sports heroes being
involved in commercial 2. _________________________________________
activities _________________________________________

3. _________________________________________
_________________________________________

1. _________________________________________
Roles and
responsibilities of an 2. _________________________________________
athlete
3. _________________________________________

4. _________________________________________

5. _________________________________________

6. _________________________________________

Reason for being

engaged in ___________________________________________
commercial activities
Real Value of an

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 athlete ___________________________________________

Task Three: In response to what Anna Lai has said, write a letter to the editor
expressing your view on the same issue in about 300 words.

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Article One

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Article Two

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 End of Paper

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