2. Reading - Cloze test

Tom Daley took up diving at the age of seven. (1) ... he was only fourteen years old,Daley was the youngest (2) ... of Great Britain's team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the youngest to (3) .... in a final.

• when, member, compete

• As, player, challenge

• how, person, involve

• unless, competitor, face

Unfortunately, Daley (4) ...... to win a medal in Beijing and only scored enough points to (5)...........seventh place.

• lost, arrive

• defeated, beat

• failed, reach

• dropped, success

However, the following year, at the age of just fifteen, Daley (6) ... world champion for the 10-metre platform diving event.

• became

• won

• took

• gained

(7) ... he was training to achieve his dream, Daley (8) ........... an hour and a half of homework (9) ... weekday before going to the gym and the pool for four hours.

• if, made, all

• whether, wrote, most

• so, spent, some

• while, did, every

Twice a week he practised for two hours before school and on Saturday morning he trained again for three hours. Daley believes that (10) ... work is the key to his success.

• strong

• difficult

• heavy

• hard