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particularly
for
objects
moving
at
speed,
and
is
capable
of
making
complex
calculations
very
quickly.
For
all
these
reasons
Al
is
increasingly
being
used
in
the
high-pressure
world
of
judging
gymnastics
performances.
Research
has
shown
that,
particularly
over
a
whole
day's
worth
of
events,
computers
are
just
as
reliable
as
human
judges
when
it
comes
to
giving
gymnasts
a
score.
However,
computer
scientist
Henri
Simeonson
has
been
quick
to
warn
about
some
potential
dif>iculties.
In
particular,
Simeonson
is
concerned
that
AI
is
vulnerable
to
hackers,
who
might
be
able
to
in>luence
the
outcome
of
a
tournament.
F
It
should
not
be
forgotten,
either,
that
many
sports
stars
and
sports
teams
are
commercially
dependent
on
their
fans.
If
suf>icient
supporters
do
not
buy
tickets
to
games
or
pay
to
view
a
recording,
the
teams
might
struggle
to
survive.
But
now
teams
and
stars
are
making
increasing
use
of
chatbots
and
other
'virtual
assistants'
to
provide
fans
with
statistics,
news
and
background
information
about
their
favourite
players.
Another
innovation
is
seen
in
Minor
League
Baseball
in
the
USA,
which
is
promoting
the
sport
and
seeking
new
fans
with
the
use
of
Al-enhanced
journalism.
In
this
way
baseball
is
keeping
supporters
informed
with
all
the
up-to-
the-minute
developments
in
ways
not
possible
with
more
traditional
approaches.
Analysts
believe
these
sorts
of
initiatives
are
crucial
to
increasing
a
player
or
team's
revenue
stream.
It's
just
one
more
way
that
sports
stand
to
bene>it
from
Al
technologies,
on
and
off
the
>ield.
Arti%icial
Intelligence
in
Sport
Exam
Practice
Test
5
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READING PASSAGE-2 Questions 
Questions 14-19 
Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, 
A-F

Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of 
headings below. 
Write the correct number, 
i-viii
, in boxes 14-19 on your answer 
14
Paragraph A _________________ 
15
Paragraph B _________________ 
16
Paragraph C _________________ 
17
Paragraph D _________________ 
18
Paragraph E _________________ 
19
Paragraph F _________________ 
Questions 20 and 21 
The list below gives some ways coaches could use Al.
Choose 
TWO 
letters, 
A-E.

Write the correct letters in boxes 20 and 21 on your answer sheet.
Which 
TWO
of these are proposed by Professor Rebecca Graves? 
A
speeding up analysis of data
B
personalising training programmes 
C
improving mental toughness
D
reducing cost of sports coaching
E
identifying opponents' game plans
Questions 22-26 
Complete the sentences below.
Choose 
ONE WORD ONLY
 from the passage for each answer. 
Write your answers in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.
22
Analysis of Al data by Dr Johann Muller suggests that 
teams which play defensively have fewer 
…………………….. .
23
An Indian company has designed new 
………………... 
using 
AI technology.
24
The use of Al in NASCAR is believed to improve 
……………………...
as well as driver performance. using 
25
Henri Simeonson says that 
………………………………...
might 
be able to disrupt Al and make competitions unfair.
26
In Minor League Baseball, a type of 
…………………...
powered by AI is giving the sport greater publicity. 
List of Headings 
i
Al can improve the profitability of sporting businesses 
ii
Responses to criticisms of Al in sports coaching 
iii
A contrast between coaching today and in the past 
iv
An academic outlines some of the advantages of Al in sport 
v
The businesses responsible for creating Al software 
vi
The use of Al to decide the results of a competition 
vii
An academic study into a team sport in one country 
viii
The uses of Al in coaching a range of different sports 
sheet.
Exam
Practice
Test
5
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READING PASSAGE-3 
You should spend about 20 minutes on 
Questions 27-40,
 which are based on Reading Passage 3 below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 

 
 

 
Crime
&iction
books,
in
which
detectives
hunt
for
the
perpetrators
of
crimes,
have
been
popular
with
readers
for
many
decades
-
so
popular,
in
fact,
that
at
a
recent
London
Book
Fair
sales
of
the
genre
overtook
general
&iction
for
the
&irst
time
ever,
a
development
that
had
been
widely
anticipated.
Commercial
success,
of
course,
does
not
impress
everyone
and
there
are
those
who
believe
crime
&iction
should
not
be
held
in
such
high
regard.
Prominent
in
this
group
is
Sebastian
Franklin,
who
has
argued
that
most
crime
&iction
books
better
resemble
crossword
puzzles
than
literature.
His
view
is
shared
by
other
literary
critics.
However,
increasingly
this
is
a
minority
opinion
as
crime
&iction
becomes
recognised
around
the
world
as
a
rich
and
dynamic
literary
genre
in
its
own
right.
Crime
writing
really
came
to
prominence
in
the
1920s
and
30s
with
the
books
of
the
British
author
Agatha
Christie,
and
to
a
slightly
lesser
extent
the
American
James
M.
Cain.
Agatha
Christie
was
a
proli&ic
writer,
publishing
more
than
60
detective
novels
over
a
50-year
period,
beginning
in
1920.
However,
the
majority
of
the
general
public
have
never
picked
up
one
of
her
books
and
are
more
familiar
with
Christie
from
the
numerous
adaptations
of
her
work
for
&ilms.
The
colourful
locations
around
the
world
where
Christie
set
many
of
her
stories
were
not
&ictional
depictions,
but
were
informed
by
her
extensive
travels,
on
the
Orient
Express
train,
to
Cairo
and
the
River
Nile,
and
elsewhere.
Her
memoir,
Come,
Tell
Me
How
You
Live,
published
in
1946,
is
a
non-&iction
account
of
these
real-life
travels,
so
is
unique
among
Christie's
publications.
Success
brought
Christie
considerable
wealth
and
international
fame,
though
she
never
lost
her
appetite
for
work,
continuing
writing
and
publishing
until
shortly
before
her
death
in
1976.
Without
doubt
there
are
certain
elements
that
tend
to
be
repeated
in
Christie's
books.
The
stories
generally
revolve
around
a
well-off
if
not
aristocratic
circle
of
people,
whose
privileged
lives
are
thrown
into
chaos
by
an
unexplained
crime.
What's
more,
the
location
is
often
a
con&ined
space
of
some
sort:
a
train,
an
island,
a
boat,
an
isolated
house
or
a
village.
This
is
quite
different,
for
example,
to
the
world
of
the
&ictional
detective
Sherlock
Holmes,
who
often
has
as
his
hunting
ground
the
entire
city
of
London.
But
the
in&luence
of
Christie's
sheltered,
secluded
locations
has
been
immense,
for
they
have
been
used
in
countless
television
series
ever
since.
The
writer
Michael
Utley
argues
that
Christie's
characters
lack
depth
and
are
not
convincing
people
we
can
believe
in.
This
is
a
not
infrequent
complaint,
but
it
is
quite
untrue.
Christie
was
a
perceptive
observer
of
human
nature
and
psychology
and
she
put
the
traits
of
people
she
knew
into
many
of
her
:ictional
characters.
Part
of
the
reason
her
appeal
has
been
so
widespread
is
that
she
wrote
about
human
relationships
in
a
way
so
many
of
us
can
relate
to.
Her
very
:irst
book,
The
Mysterious
Affair
at
Styles
,
features
the
amateur
detective
Hercule
Poirot.
Poirot
and
Miss
Marple
are
Christie's
two
best
known
and
most
frequently
imitated
characters
precisely
because
they
are
so
well
drawn
and
believable.
Further
evidence
of
Christie's
ability
at
characterisation
was
provided
by
a
recent
survey.
The
survey
asked
readers
to
identify
the
villain
revealed
in
the
:inal
pages
of
Christie's
sixteenth
book,
Murder
on
the
Orient
Express
.
Most
readers
could
not
recall,
because
for
them
the
really
important
aspect
of
the
book
had
been
the
interplay
between
the
characters,
not
the
outcome.
The
truth
is
that
Christie's
characters
were
one
of
her
greatest
achievements
as
a
writer.
The
books
are
also
action-packed,
no
less
so
than
today's
most
popular
thrillers.
Christie
mastered
the
art
of
the
page-turner:
events
unfold
so
quickly
and
unpredictably
that
we
keep
reading
to
:ind
out
what
happens
next.
The
most
signi:icant
consequence
is
that
it
is
so
simple
to
overlook
vital
clues.
It
is
worth
reading
a
Christie
book
a
second
time
just
to
notice
how
carefully
she
hides
crucial
information
about
the
criminal's
identity.
It
was
there
all
along,
but
we
just
fail
to
see
it
because
she
has
created
such
tension
and
so
many
exciting
distractions.
Attempts
to
retell
Christie's
stories
in
contemporary
times
have
largely
been
unsuccessful;
they
work
best
in
their
original
early
twentieth-century
settings
and
cannot
accommodate
mobile
phones,
computers
and
DNA
analysis.
But
that
does
not
mean
her
in:luence
has
come
to
an
end.
Indeed,
a
new
generation
of
global
crime
writers
is
emerging
in
nations
as
diverse
as
Brazil,
Singapore,
South
Korea,
India
and
Nigeria,
to
name
but
:ive.
And
though
each
new
writer
adds
something
of
their
own,
they
all
employ
conventions
:irst
established
by
Christie.
If
we
take
just
one
of
her
books,
The
Murder
of
Roger
Ackroyd
,
we
:ind
near
perfect
examples
of
conventions
that
are
still
used
today:
tight
plotting,
clever
sub-plots,
unexpected
twists,
perceptive
characterisation.
Perhaps
this
is
why
Christie
herself
is
believed
to
have
ranked
The
Murder
of
Roger
Ackroyd
above
all
her
other
work.
Certainly,
the
digital
revolution
has
transformed,
crime
:ighting.
But
a
survey
of
contemporary
crime
writing
shows
that
Agatha
Christie's
legacy
is
more
important
now
than
at
any
time
previously,
at
the
very
point
when
crime
writing
has
become
the
most
popular
of
all
book
genres.

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