Task 7. Choose the most appropriate options to fill in the gaps.

I (1) that emergency call nearly midnight. “My three kids (2)

not at home yet,” - a worried male voice informed the emergency service. The man

explained that his two sons, Allan, 15, and Johnny, 13, and their twelve-year-old cousin

Jack (3) for a bicycle ride and there was no sign of them yet. The man sounded

very nervous, as he suspected that something (4) to the boys. No doubt, they

(5) in trouble. The rescue party headed right there.

The rescuers saw the boys soon. They (6) down the hill. They were walking

very slowly. Two of them were helping the third boy – his leg (7) and he was

screaming with pain. Later he told us that they had been practicing extreme cycling.

Unfortunately, things like that (8) quite often. I (8) for the

emergency center for more than five years and have seen lots of kids suffering from

their extreme. They often ignore safety rules, and get injured or worse. They cannot

realize that without a very careful preparation any extreme sport is a (10)

activity.

1. a) receive b) received c) have received d) had received

2. a) are b) was c) were d) had been

3. a) left b) was left c) have left d) had left

4. a) happened b) had happened c) is happening d) has happened

5. a) is b) was c) were d) are

6. a) move b) are moving c) had moved d) were moving

7. a) was broken b) has been broken c) is broken d) broke

8. a) happen b) are happening c) have happened d) will happen

9. a) work b) am working c) was working d) have been working

10. a) danger b) dangerous c) dangerously d) endangered