2015届高三英语（人教版）一轮练习：必修4-Unit 3 课时训练18.docVIP

课时训练(十八) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2014·深圳二调)Everybody cheats.Whether its the taxi driver who tricks a visitor and takes them the long way round，or the shop assistant who doesnt give the correct change，or the police officer who accepts a bribe(贿赂)－everybodys at it.Cheats in the nest include the scientist whose research was based on fake data，the game show competitors who worked with a friend in the audience to win a million pounds，and the doctor who made up his qualifications and wasnt really a doctor at all.Everybody cheats；nobodys playing the game. Is cheating acceptable，a natural way of surviving and being successful？Or is it something that should be_frowned_on，and young people discouraged from doing？If its the latter how can we explain to children why so many bend the rules? Take sport for example.The World Cup was filled with cheating.Whether diving，pretending to be hurt or denying a handball，footballers will do anything for a free-kick or a penalty shot.France striker Henry denied cheating to win the free-kick which led to his sides second goal in their 3－1 victory over Spain.Many footballers，however，are often putting it on.Whatever the nationality theres one common ploy: the player roils over holding their leg，ankle or head seeming to be in great pain.As a result a yellow card and/or free-kick is given for the foul and then，a few seconds later，the player is up and about as if nothing had happened！The ref(裁判)may be taken in by it but youngsters watching the game arent.They also see their heroes getting away with it. Of course its not just football.In 1998 the Tour de France，the worlds greatest cycling event，was hit by a drugtaking scandal(丑闻)．The 40 bottles of forbidden drugs found with the Festina team caused a massive investigation that almost caused the Tour to be abandoned.One rider，Virenque，was banned for 9 months.He claimed：“You have cheats in sport，just as you do in business－there will always be people trying to take a short cut.At least were not turning a blind eye to