Read the text below and decide which answer (A,B,C OR D) best fits each gap:
My son.
As a child I was never any good at sport, so when my youngest son (1) out to be natural athlete, I was unprepared for the thrill his sporting achievements gave me. And they are beneficial to him in ways that I would never have predicted. (2) a start, his skills bring him instant friends wherever he goes. Bouncing his basketball with obvious talent, he has only to walk onto an outdoor (3) in an unfamiliar town and other boys hail him, Wanna play? Boys twice his age (4) him onto their teams, big kids with attitude (5) his style, then invite him to play one on one. He's popular, he's confident, and his success at sports seems to (6) to his success in other school activities. For me it's a whole new perspective on life skills -but for him his talent is invaluable.
1.- A came B.- turned C.- stood D.- made
2.- A As B.- At C.- For D.- With
3.- A court B.- pitch C.- field D.- course
4.- A conscript B.- join C.- mobilise D.- recruit
5.- A annotate B.- research C.- scrutinise D.- scan
6.- A bring B.- add C.- increase D.- help
Source: GOLD PROFICIENCY COURSEBOOK.- Pearse Education
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
ANSWERS
ReplyDelete1 B
2 C
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 B