Multiple choice - Vanessa Torres poziom B2

Read the text and choose the correct alternative A, B, C or D.

Vanessa Torres

Skates Better Than You!

Hailing from San Francisco, California, Vanessa Torres has become the unchallenged world number one skateboarding queen. Vanessa has displayed unprecedented talent 1) ... her professional debut at the age of 14, in 2000, and is helping to advance female skateboarding on practically a daily 2) ... .

Of the 3.3 million Americans who skateboard more than 3) ... a week, about 11 per cent are female. Women who skateboard basically dress 4) .... men who skateboard: cargo pants with worn 5) ... pockets, big, baggy tee shirts, baseball caps and sneakers. They use the same ramps, and attempt the same difficult tricks. They listen to the same music, and can't imagine wanting to do 6) .... else but skateboard. Unfortunately, like most other professional sports, they don’t get the same financial support as the guys 7) ... . At the Canadian Open World Cup last year, where Vanessa claimed the women’s street title, she only banked about a thousand bucks 8) ... to the men’s first place win that was worth $7,000.

If there is any female skateboarder who can lay it down equal to, or 9) ... than, a male skateboarder it’s definitely Vanessa. I have been skating for 10 years and I can honestly say, “I fear Vanessa Torres.” Faze got a chance to 10) ... up with Vanessa to see what she had to say about her career, her sport, her passion, and her position as a female skateboarder.

http://www.fazeteen.com/issue15/skateboarder_vanessa_torres.html

1 A from B since C starting D at
2 A basis B basic C time D routine
3 A one B onse C once D only
4 A like B as C example D out
5 A though B like C out D down
6 A anything B something C all D nothing
7 A does B do C try D make
8 A like B comparison C similarly D compared
9 A even B worse C better D less
10 A hook B meet C try D dance