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Cambridge IELTS 20 Academic Reading Test 2 (Questions 33-37) (Online Test)

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Major League Baseball (MLB), who had commissioned the system, wanted human umpires to announce the calls, just as they would have done in the past. When the first pitch came in, a recorded voice told DeJesus it was a strike. Previously, calling a strike was a judgment call on the part of the umpire. Even if the batter does not hit the ball, a pitch that passes through the ‘strike zone’ (an imaginary zone about seventeen inches wide, stretching from the batter’s knees to the middle of his chest) is considered a strike. During that first game, when DeJesus announced calls, there was no heckling and no shouted disagreement. Nobody said a word.

Questions 1-5 Practice this section only

Complete the summary using the list ofphrases, A-H, below.

Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes on your answer sheet.

Calls by the umpire

Even after ABS was developed, MLB still wanted human umpires to shout out decisions as they had in their 1Drop answer here. The umpire’s job had, at one time, required a 2Drop answer here about whether a ball was a strike. A ball is considered a strike when the batter does not hit it and it crosses through a 3Drop answer here extending approximately from the batter’s knee to his chest.

In the past, 4Drop answer here over strike calls were not uncommon, but today everyone accepts the complete ban on pushing or shoving the umpire. One difference, however, is that during the first game DeJesus used ABS, strike calls were met with 5Drop answer here

Drag and drop an option to fill in each blank.

A. pitch boundary
B. numerous disputes
C. team tactics
D. subjective assessment
E. widespread approval
F. former roles
G. total silence
H. perceived area
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12 comments on “Cambridge IELTS 20 Academic Reading Test 2 (Questions 33-37)”

  1. NUMAN AHMOD says:

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  7. zahidul shifath says:

    Where is the answer of 4 in passage?

    1. Louis Wong says:

      I think the answer is by logical guessing

  8. Clara Lopez Sanchez says:

    passage is not complete/wrong

  9. Clara Lopez Sanchez says:

    there’s nowhere in the passage that states answer 4

    1. Louis Wong says:

      just guess it logically

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