Professional Documents
Culture Documents
I- Vocabulary
A. Match the sports to what people say about them. One does not apply.
1. Body boarding a. I enjoy sliding down the mountain at high speed.
2. Parachuting b. It's a flying sport. As a paraglider I sit in a harness suspended below a wing.
3. Rappelling c. I love swimming under water. To help me breathe I wear a mask and a snorkel.
4. Diving d. At the weekend I do a controlled descent down a rope from a cliff.
5. Snowboarding e. I spend a lot of time in the ocean riding waves. I need a board and a wetsuit.
6. Surfing f. It's a surface water sport and I lay down on a small rectangular board and enjoy
7. Bungee jumping the waves.
g. It's exciting. I jump from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic
cord.
h. I do it as a competition and I have to jump out of an airplane.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
B. Complete the text with words from the box. Write the numbers in the blanks. One does not
apply.
1. dangerous 2.bigger 3. feeling 4. small 5. started 6. abroad 7.few 8. excitement 9. decided
I’ve been really interested in surfing for more than fifteen years. I started learning in England, then I
began going on surfing holidays ________ with my mates – we went to Bali in Indonesia, and also South
Africa.
After that I __________ wanting __________ challenges, so five years ago I __________ to try the
really big waves in Hawaii. Of course they can be ________ and you have to concentrate one hundred
percent, but it’s worth it for the ________you get when you’re riding them. It’s a magical ________,
like flying above the ocean, and for those _________ seconds you totally forget everything else in your
life.
II- Reading and Comprehension
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scope: telescópio
A.Complete the sentences according to the first three paragraphs of the text.
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2. How does he feel when he goes fishing?
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3. Which technological devices does he have?
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4. What kind of texts does he like reading and writing?
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5. In Fred’s opinion, what are the benefits of having lots of leisure activities?
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A. Complete the blanks in the following conditional sentences with the correct verb tense.
1. If you ___________________ (neg. / accept ) the boy in the team, he won't play basketball with
you.
2. What would you do if your parents _____________________ (neg. / allow ) you to do sports?
3. Fred ____________________ (have) many other opportunities to spend his free time, if he followed
his friends' advice.
5. If Fred's friend, Tom, __________________ ( lend) him his racket, he _________________ ( play)
tennis this weekend. (Type 1)