FCE

Ballet Dancer by chance

After five years of karate lessons, Hans Jensen, 13, swapped his black belt for ballet shoes. Hans (1) .......... his first public performance only a year ago when he danced in ‘The Nutcracker’ with the local dance school.

• gave

• showed

• put

• passed

Hans’s mother said ‘He was actually helping (2) .......... his little sister. She was very shy on stage until her brother was given a small part as a soldier.

• with

• out

• off

• on

Hans enjoyed it so much that he (3) .......... himself in ballet classes.

• enrolled

• admitted

• entered

• introduced

Hans has already (4) .......... attention in the ballet world and recently won a scholarship to join the Royal Ballet School.

• paid

• achieved

• taken

• attracted

He loves it there and is working hard to increase his (5) .......... of dance steps.

• range

• volume

• total

• scale

‘I want to become stronger, (6) .......... experience and learn as much as I can,’ he said.

• collect

• raise

• add

• gain

His teacher, Yevgen Gregorevic, who has danced professionally in a variety of lead (7) .......... , said, ‘Hans has natural ability and always works hard.’

• posts

• jobs

• roles

• places

Hans has (8) .......... himself the goal of one day dancing for the Bolshoi Ballet.

• set

• thought

• decided

• put

Camels

The most distinctive feature of a camel is the hump, or humps, on its back. In these humps camels store fat (9) (a)   is used as energy when they don’t have access to food.

They can put (10) (a)   with very difficult conditions.