Comprehension "Fairly safe" Andalucía 2008

FAIRLY SAFE

USE OF ENGLISH

QUESTIONS

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

1 What is the collateral effect of recent advances in medicine, in the field of sports?

• They create an ethical problem because they make it possible for athletes to improve their performance in an artificial way that is unfair, according to some people.

2 Why doesn’t everybody agree that gene therapy for athletes is unfair?

• Because the genetic mutation is a natural process in some athletes. / Because other artificial methods for improving their performance are already in use.

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