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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in 1985. He is widely regarded as
one of the best players in the world. The legendary Dutch genius Johan Cruyff said
hes one of the best eer. !onaldo beca"e a soccer superstar playing for #nglish
tea" $anchester %nited& 'pains !eal $adrid and for
(ortugal. He plays in "idfield& fro" where he regularly
scores spectacular goals.
!onaldo started )ic)ing a ball around when he was
three. His s)ill was obious then and by ten years old& two of (ortugals top clubs
wanted to sign hi". He *oined 'porting +isbon and beca"e the only player in their
history to play for the %nder,1-& %nder,1.& %nder,18& / tea" and first,tea" within
one season. His s)ills soon attracted #uropes big tea"s.
$anchester %nited decided !onaldo was the perfect replace"ent for Daid
/ec)ha" and signed hi" in 0112. He set the #nglish (re"ier +eague alight in his
ti"e there with his sil)y s)ills& and helped the tea" win nine trophies& including
the %#34 Cha"pions +eague. He also pic)ed up the 3534 6orld (layer of the
7ear award in 0118.
5n 0119& !onaldo *oined his boyhood heroes !eal $adrid and beca"e the "ost
e8pensie footballer in history. His transfer fee was oer 9121 "illion. He bro)e
!eals scoring record in his second season& with 52 goals in all co"petitions. He
bettered that in 0111,10& netting -1 ti"es to help !eal win 'pains +a +iga. 5n
0110& Diego $aradona said !onaldo was :the best player on the planet.;
CRISTIANO RONALDO
I. According to the reading write a T for True and for alse statement. !ou
have to "ustif# false statements.
$. %%% Cristiano !onaldo was born in 198.
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&. %%% !onaldo beca"e a superstar playing for $anchester %nited& 'pain=s !eal $adrid
and for (ortugal
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'. <<< !onaldo started )ic)ing a ball around when he was si8 years old
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(. <<< $anchester %nited decided !onaldhino was the perfect replace"ent for Daid
/ec)ha"
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). <<< He is the "ost e8pensie footballer in the history
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II. Read the te*t again and com+lete with the missing information
$. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in 1985. He is widely
regarded as one of the %%%%%%%%%%%%in the world.
&. He plays in <<<<<<<<<<<<<& fro" where he regularly scores spectacular
<<<<<<<<.
'. His <<<<<<<< was obious then and by ten years old& two of (ortugals
<<<<<<<<<<wanted to sign hi".
(. His s)ills soon attracted <<<<<<<<<tea"s.
). His transfer <<<<< was oer 9121 "illion. He bro)e !eals <<<<<<<<<<<<<in
his second season& with 52 goals in all co"petitions.
III. ,ulti+le Choices. According to the te*t select the -est o+tion
1. What is the name of the foot-aller>
a? !onaldhino b? @ary $edel c? !onaldo
&. Ronaldo -ecame a soccer su+erstar +la#ing for .nglish team
a? $anchester %nited& 'pains !eal $adrid and for (ortugal b? $anchester %nited and
(ortugal c? $anchester %nited& /raAil and 'pain=s !eal $adrid
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CRISTIANO RONALDO
'. /ow old was he when he +la#ed in S+orting 0is-on1
a? %nder,1- b? %nder ,18 c? %nder, 21
I2. 3/RAS. ,ATC/: ,atch the following +hrases from the article.
$. widely regarded as one a. for Daid /ec)ha"
& The legendary Dutch b. #uropes big tea"s
'. His s)ill was c. heroes
(. top clubs wanted to d. of the best players
). His s)ills soon attracted e. that in 0111,10
4. the perfect replace"ent f. sign hi"
5. set the #nglish (re"ier +eague g. s)ills
6. 'il)y h. genius Johan Cruyff
7. *oined his boyhood i. obious then
$8. He bettered j. alight
2. S!N9N!, ,ATC/: ,atch the words from the article on the left with their
s#non#ms on the right.
Paragraphs 1 and 2
$. !egarded a. freBuently
& +egendary b. caught the attention of
'. !egularly c. fa"ous
(. Cbious d. inside
). 6ithin e. considered
4. 4ttracted f. clear
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