North Star 3 Listening and Speaking

Unit 3 Endurance Test

Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box below. You may need to change the tense or
word form.

Achieve athletes be my own worst enemy blow my chance challenge course

easier said than done endurance experience extreme sports feel sorry for
finish line format get into goal have what it takes marathon motivation
opponent ration sand set my heart on stage tent terrain
throw for a loop unique

1. Our father doesn’t like to stay in hotels. He prefers to sleep in a _________ where he can be closer to
nature.
2. My sister has _________ being a tennis player. She doesn’t want to do anything else. All she talks about is
how she’ll play tennis when she’s older.
3. The race was so difficult, I felt so happy when I finally crossed the _________. I was so pleased that it was
all over.
4. This is the only competition of its kind. It’s completely _________.
5. Although he was competing against good people, he managed to defeat his _________.
6. If you are running a long way, you can’t carry a lot of water. You have to be careful and only drink your daily
_________, even if you feel thirsty.
7. Many people participate in _________, such as skydiving or parkour because they enjoy the adrenaline
rush.
8. When Beckham was a child, people saw that he had talent and thought he was good enough to become a
professional one day. They thought that he _________ to become a successful footballer.
9. My brother ran a _________ in London last year. He said that running twenty-six miles was one of the most
difficult things he’s ever done.
10. He didn’t train hard enough when he was a teenager, so didn’t become a professional rugby player. He
_________ because of his own laziness.
11. She aims to complete three marathons in three months. She knows that
her _________ will be difficult to achieve, but she’s training hard.
12. _________ from many countries came to participate in the European
Games.
13. They _________ sailing at a young age. The first time they got on a boat,
they knew that they loved the sport and immediately became interested in
it.
14. To complete an ultra marathon you need _________. You must be able to continue running even if you are
in pain or tired.
15. Although it is one race, a triathlon has three _________. First you have to swim, then cycle, then run to the
end.
16. She has run in many places, including through jungles and on roads, but she finds deserts the most difficult
_________ to run through because the _________ on the floor gets so hot.
17. When he got lost during the race _________. He was so confused and didn’t understand where he was.
 North Star 3 Listening and Speaking
Unit 3 Endurance Test
18. An ultramarathon is difficult, but people do it because they enjoy the challenge. They like the feeling of
having completed something that most people would find too hard.
19. He’d wanted to participate in the London marathon since he was a small boy. He finally _________ his aim
last year when he completed it.
20. His father told her that she shouldn’t be sad about the fact that she’d lost the race. It was _________,
though. She cried about it for several days.
21. People have different reasons for participating in sport, but Chris started running because he wanted to
lose weight. The idea of being slim was his _________.
22. He knows that if he misses training, it will have a negative effect on his performance in races. However, he
sometimes convinces himself that it’s fine to be lazy. In this respect, he _________.
23. Although the Tough Guy Challenge is shorter than a marathon, it is the _________ of the course that makes
it so difficult. The competitors must overcome a large number of difficult obstacles before they can finish
the race.
24. I _________ the cyclist who fell off his bike. It must be so disappointing for him to have trained for so long,
only to fail on the day of the race. I can’t imagine how sad he must be feeling right now.
25. Running a marathon was such an important life _________. It really changed the way I think about difficult
situations.
26. The _________ of the London Marathon is 26 miles long, and goes past several famous landmarks,
including Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.