Famous sports cheating scandals – B1 English Listening Test

You can take the test online and see the transcript and the answers here: (To see the transcript, click on “Check my answers“) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 Fred Lorz 0:42 The Chicago White Sox 1:17 Maradona 2:01 Nancy Kerrigan 2:40 Spain’s Paralympic basketball team 3:16 Lance Armstrong Watch a video about famous cheating scandals in sports, and for questions 1 to 6, choose the correct option. 1. American runner Fred Lorz... a. drove his own car instead of running. b. was helped to cheat in the marathon c. drank brandy and poison 2. The Chicago White Sox team... a. was earlier called the Black Sox. b. paid money to win games. c. had players who had to retire from the sport. 3. Maradona... a. gave the famous name to his illegal goal. b. scored another illegal goal during the same World Cup. c. never totally admitted what he did. 4. Nancy Kerrigan... a. cheated to be at the Winter Olympics. b. got hit in her knee while skating. c. reached success after a difficult situation. 5. What is true about Spain’s Paralympic basketball team? a. A person lied to them to expose the truth. b. One of its players told the truth. c. None of the players had disabilities. 6. Lance Armstrong... a. used drugs to compete in 1999, 2005, and 2012. b. lost most of his Tour de France titles. c. told the truth in front of the cameras. ATTRIBUTIONS: : Agencia LUSA, CC BY 3.0 (), via Wikimedia Commons : Kingkongphoto & from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (), via Wikimedia Commons