COMMITTEE MEMBERS/ RESENT/ TREAT/ THAT.A. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS RE...

50. Committee members/ resent/ treat/ that.

A. The committee members resented to treat as that. B. The committee members resented to be treated as

that.

C. The committee members resented to treat like that. D. The committee members resented beinng

treated like that.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to

(51)______ about their children’s career. Should they (52)_____ their children to train to become top

sportsmen and women? For many children it (53)_____starting very young and school work, going out

with friends and other (54) ______ have to take second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child

why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when (55)_____ of his or her friends

are playing.

Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (56)____ from the

government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given it means that it is

the parents (57)_____ have to find the time and the money to support their child’s development- and sports

clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etc. can all be very expensive.

Many parents are understandably (58)______ that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an

early age. Some doctors agree that young (59)_____ may be damaged by training before they are properly

developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the

top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very (60)_____ people reach the top and both parents

and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.