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READING & WRITING

1 READING

a Look at the title of the reading text below and guess what the text is about.

b Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

BORN TO BE SUCCESSFUL
We all know that exercising is incredibly beneficial Just a few months after he started to walk, he fell
to our health both physically and psychologically. over from the high bar while he was training. He
It has quite a healing impact on illnesses even got such a terrible head injury that he had to leave
on depression. But do you think that sport has school for a year due to that accident.
a power to change lives? The examples show us Against all odds, he returned to school after a
that it certainly does. Kieran Behan is one of the year, but this time he was using walking sticks.
examples for those whose lives have changed After three years in pain, he was still strongly
after doing sports. determined to join European Championship.

Kieran Behan is a 27-year-old young Irish athlete Just after he was chosen for this championship,
whose story is completely different from the other his knee got badly injured this time. But he
athletes because his story is full of difficulties. didn’t give up again. In spite of these setbacks,
When he was a child, his only dream was to join he didn’t think of giving up even for a second.
Olympics as he was fond of gymnastics. However, Throughout his career, he won many medals and
at the age of 10, a tumor was diagnosed in his he managed to take part in the summer 2016
leg and he had an operation for the removal of Olympics. Moreover, he became just the second
tumor but his nerves got severely damaged in the Irish athlete who took part in the Olympics.
operation. What is worse, the doctors told him Athletics changed his life completely because if
that he would never walk again! He was confined there had been no sports in his life, he might be
to wheelchair, but he never gave up his hope. a person using a wheelchair now.
During that period, he went on exercising and
with the help of sport, he started walking again 1. Is exercise useful for our body or mind?
just after 15 months. However, bad luck didn’t a. Body
stop chasing him… b. Mind
c. Both
2. How long did it take Kieran Behan to
recover after his operation?

a. A year
b. Three months
c. More than one year
3. Did Kieran win a gold medal in summer
2016 Olympics?
a. Yes, he did.
b. No, he didn’t.
c. Not mentioned
4. Which adjective best describes Kieran as a
person?
a. Ambitious
b. Pessimistic
c. Lethargic

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