CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE FOUR OPTIONS MARKED A, B, C...

Section 2. Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each numbered gap in the passage below. Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (1) _______ about their children’s career. Should they let their children train to become top sportsmen and sportswomen? For many children it (2) _______ starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other (3) _______ have to take second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when (4) _______ of his or her friends are playing. Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (5) _________ from the government for the very best young sportsmen and sportswomen. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the parents (6) __________ have to find the time and the money to support their child’s development- and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etc. can all be very expensive. Many parents are understandably (7) _______ that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young (8) _______ may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very (9) _______ people reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for (10) ________, even after many years of training. 1. A. do B. plan C. make D. prepare 2. A. should B. means C. helps D. tries 3. A. hopes B. dreams C. satisfactions D. interests 4. A. almost B. few C. most D. none 5. A. enough B. available C. possible D. enormous 6. A. that B. whom C. they D. which 7. A. interested B. excited C. cared D. worried 8. A. bloods B. capacities C. muscles D. physics 9. A. little B. few C. a few D. many 10. A. failure B. failing C. failed D. fail