First Term exam : Football, Ethics and Money

من طرف **SAADI** الإثنين فبراير 14, 2011 7:04 pm

Read the text carefully then do the activities

]Football: Ethics, Money

On Sundays, churches in the Christian world used to be packed by believers to have inspiration and guidance. Today soccer has become the new religion for many as they take more pain to get to see their favorite teams at whatever cost. Stadiums are packed with supporters chanting for their teams instead of the halleluiah. Players have become idol.
Fans know the great fortune they can get from the game. They don't envy them for that. They want them to go on entertaining. Their lives become mixed with their favourite players because they believe in their honest play. But when a club like Juventus lowers itself to cheat for the sake of winning matches, the game loses its appeal. Fans find no reason to go wild in case of victory or to get bitter in case of loss. Cheating in such a game is an attack on the feelings of fans and making little of their regard for their favourite team.Sport in general should remain noble. It should not be commercialised to the point of having insiders who totally spoil the pleasure of the game.

World Football Cup has become a big business. Gone the days when it was possible to watch matches on national TV without paying a cent. Now the game is monopolised by cable channels that make a great profit from the great enthusiasm of football fans that can't have access to stadiums. An example of such a deception was the hard luck of the Algerians who can’t watch the World Cup on the Algerian channels Canal Algerie and A3 because of ART which charged a high price for the match transmissions. Fortunately, the Algerians managed to do without ART lucrative demands to watch the World Cup. They got plenty of satellite channels which are transmitting the matches free of charge. ART made this exuberant change because the commentary is in Arabic. However, the Algerians are multilingual. They can adapt to any commentary. After all the beauty of football is the game, not the sweet voice of the commentator.

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1/- Choose the sentence (A, B, C) that best completes the statements below:
1- In the past people preferred to :
a- practice sport b- watch television c- perform religious practices

2- Cheating particularly in football may :
a- help the fans b-hurt people’s sensibility c-make fans pleased

3- Algerian fans didn’t watch world cup 2006 on ART channels because :
a-the rights were expensive b- they are multilingual c- A3 bought the rights

2/-Re-order the sentences according to their occurrence in the text
a- sport is no longer a show but it became an investment.
b- Games lose their essence when they are associated to money and interests.
c- People tend to be attracted more in distraction than worship.

§1	§2	§3

3/- In which paragraph is it mentioned that pictures are more important than words?

4/- Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following
Empty ≠§ 1 Defeat ≠ § 2 A few≠§3

5- Find in the text words or phrases whose definitions follow
a- Their teams §1………………..
b- The game loses §2………………
c- Who can’t §3…………………

6/- Complete the table with the right verb-adjective or adverb:

Noun	Verb		Adjective
Guidance ………… Beauty	……………. Commercialise …………….	……………… …………… ……………

7/- Combine the following statements using the connectors (make any changes if necessary)
A-Football less popular / it becomes a pure business (if)
b- The transmission rights were expensive / the commentary was in Arabic. (because of)
c- They do not envy players / they know they get a great fortune (Although)

8- Classify the words according to the pronunciation of the final / s /
Churches - teams - businesses - cups

/s/	/z/	/iz/

Written expression : choose only one topic

Either one : using these notes write a composition about
this topic
What would you do if you were chosen to coach (train) a group of young pupils?
*make coaching enjoyable *increase their self-esteem*respect before sport *being responsible*fair play / opponents not enemies *no tobacco / no doping

OR TWO : Are you for or against clubs or sport associations who cheat
to win games , championship , cups ….etc.? Express your opinion .Why ? What are the effects of such manners?