Question

In 1967, the use of drugs by (11) _________________ in the Olympics was banned. Before modern drugs became a problem, athletes has tried all sorts of ways to get an unfair advantage, including drinking a (12) ________________ of alcohol and raw egg before a race, hoping for an (13) ___________________ in their times, and Thomas Hicks, the gold (14) ____________ in the marathon in 1904, actually drank brandy during the race! (15) _________________, in 1960, a Danish athlete died after taking drugs and the (16) __________________ was taken to outlaw certain substances. Today, there are (17) ____________________ chemicals that athletes are not allowed to take during (18) ___________________ and officials randomly test athletes for (19) ____________________ of these drugs. Athletes today who are found to have these (20) _______________ performance-enhancing drugs in their system may be banned from competing. COMPETE MIX IMPROVE MEDAL FORTUNE DECIDE COUNT TRAIN EVIDENT HARM

Answer 1

11 competitors

12 mixture

13 improvement

14 medalist

15 Unfortunately

16 decision

17 countless

18 training

19 evidence

20 harmful

Answer 2

In 1967, the use of drugs by athletes in the Olympics was banned. Before modern drugs became a problem, athletes had tried all sorts of ways to get an unfair advantage, including drinking a mix of alcohol and raw egg before a race, hoping for an improvement in their times, and Thomas Hicks, the gold medalist in the marathon in 1904, actually drank brandy during the race! Evidently, in 1960, a Danish athlete died after taking drugs, and the decision was taken to outlaw certain substances. Today, there are harmful chemicals that athletes are not allowed to take during training, and officials randomly test athletes for evidence of these drugs. Athletes today who are found to have these performance-enhancing drugs in their system may be banned from competing.