I. Read a text about an unusual dancer. Some words are missing from the text. Choose
the correct answer (А, В, С or D) for each gap (1-12) in the text. Write your answers
in the boxes below the text.
AN UNUSUAL DANCER
David Michaelowsky is a figure skater. That means he skates in a special way on
the ice. Figure skating is a bit (0) d dancing on the ice. It is not easy (1)
Good figure skaters have (2)a lot. They spend many hours skating, turning,
twisting, and jumping. They practise so they can do (3).
Like most figure skaters, David works (4).There is one big difference.
David is (5).He can't hear the music that plays (6)he skates. Even so, he
does the figures on the ice in time to the music. How can he skate in time to the
music when he can't hear (7)it?
(8)he skates, David has a teacher, or coach, who helps him. (9)coach
tells him when to start and when to stop, when to speed up and when to slow down.
He uses hand signals (10)to David.
David (11)very well. The people watching him clap hard and cheer him on. He
can't hear them, but he can see (12)smiles. He is glad that they like to see him
skate.
1
a. as
b. —
с. how
d. like
2
a. do
b. to do
с. for doing
d. doing
3
a. work

b. working
с. to work
d. worked
4
a. good
b. more good
с. best
d. well
5
a. hard
b. hardly
с. Harder
d. hardest
6
a. blind
b. dumb
с. deaf
d. lucky
7
a. as soon as
b. while
с. until
d. because
8
a. them
b. it
с. him
d. her
9
a. in time
b. during
с. where
d. when
10
a. their
b. a
c. her
d. his
10
a. talk
b. for talk
с. to talk
d. to talking
11
a. skates
b. is skating
с. skated
d. has skated
12
a. our
b. his
с. their
d. them