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While reading Pages 4–9 Pages 1–3 2 Complete the sentences. Use words in the box. 1 Complete the crossword. next to from with each the after Across above in 4 In ………… you climb into a three meter ball and somebody pushes the ball down the a US police put BASE jumpers ……… prison. street. (7) b John Vincent went ……… prison for ninety 7 In wake ………… you stand on your board days. and a boat pulls you over the water. (8) c He jumped ……… a tall building in St 8 In street ………… your board has wheels. Louis. You lie on your board and you go down the d Yosemite is ……… most famous national road very fast! (4) park in the United States. 9 In BMX bike ………… (vert) you do as e In 1978, some people jumped from El many tricks as you can in one minute. (6) Capitan ……… parachutes. 11 In ………… in-line skating, you jump high f ……… 100 skydives you get a BASE number. on your skates, you kick and you do tricks. g The world is beautiful when you see it from (10) ……… .

1 2 h About one person dies ……… year after a

3 jump.

4 i Who will be the ……… person in the BASE Association?

5 6 7 3 Answer the questions. Choose 1, 2, or 3.

8 a How old was Bill Moyes when he started hang

9 10 ? ….. 1) 14

11 12 2) 34 3) 43 b How old was his son, Steve Moyes? ….. 1) 14 2) 34 Down 3) 4 1 ………… is like bungee jumping but you c What time did Bill wake up his son every jump into cold water! (9) morning? ….. 2 In BASE ………… you jump off a building 1) four o’clock or bridge with a parachute. (7) 2) six o’clock 3 ………… gliding is the oldest extreme 3) seven thirty sport. (4) d What did they do before Steve went to 5 In ………… ballet you jump out of an school? ….. airplane with some friends. (6) 1) They made hang gliders. 6 In ………… jumping you jump from a high 2) They sold hang gliders. place with a rope around you. (6) 3) They went . 10 In cave ………… you dive under the water e Bill loved flying but what didn’t he like? ….. with air on your back. (6) 1) airports 12 ………… boarders do their tricks in the 2) airplanes . (4) 3) airlines

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Pages 10–14 7 Underline the mistakes in these sentences. 4 Number the sentences in the correct order. a When you bungee jump, you jump from a a Alma said, “Street is not for me, mountain, from a chair, or from a bridge. but I don’t want to stop you.” c b You have a string around your body. b Alma’s friend said, “My brother has a c Bungee jumping started in Old Zealand. board.” c d The lowest bungee jump was 180 meters from c Tom said, “I’ll stop doing .” c a building in Auckland. d Tom saw luge on the TV. c e When you do , you fall down and e Alma and Tom tried luge together. c down into very cold ice cream. f Tom went at 113 km/h down a street. c f The sport started in France, and it’s safe. g Tom bought a board, clothes and shoes g “People are jumping into water first for street luge. c from palaces thirty meters high,” says extreme h Tom knocked down a woman. c sports instructor Phil Maguire. i Tom said, “I’m sorry.” c h “Sometimes they hit their hats when they j Alma wasn’t happy. c go in.” k Alma had an accident. c i “Sometimes the water is very fast.” 5 Match a–h with 1–8 to make correct j “Some people don’t ride up again.” sentences. Pages 20–26 a 1) but she couldn’t. 8 Put a 3 beside the correct sentences. started in … a Every year, in the US there’s a summer b There was snow 2) made the first and a winter X Games. c … . b The first summer X Games was in 1895 c c Sherman Poppen 3) winter in Michigan. in Rhode Island. watched … c The winter X Games started two years later with on snow, d Wendy tried to 4) her new snowboard. snowball fights and building snowmen. c stand up … d Now there are X Games in Asia, e Wendy fell … 5) and ice on the Australia and Europe. c ground. e Dave Mirra, the world’s number five f Sherman went to 6) every time. BMX rider was the BMX vert champion. c his garage and … f Mehgan Heaney-Greer can dive 55 meters g Wendy loved … 7) Wendy go down the under water with no air. c ice on some wood. g Alcatraz was a prison for extreme sports h Wendy’s friends 8) wanted , champions. c … too. h It’s about three kilometers from San Francisco. c Pages 15–19 i Every fall, people try to swim from 6 Complete the sentences with the correct Alcatraz to San Francisco. c letters. j The water is very cold and there are a Michael …..ean enjoys cave . dangerous frogs in the water. c b He found an …..nstructor. k The Kamikaze Bike Race is the most c “Ha…..e you got a C-card?” asked the dangerous bike race in the world. c instructor. l Some people ride at 72 km/h on their d “No, I haven’t,” Michael repl…..ed. bikes. c e Michael said, “I wa…..t to dive in caves.” f “That’s dan…..erous,” the instructor said. Make a word from the letters.

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1 Which extreme sports use a rope and which use 5 Which words which are NOT connected with these a parachute? Copy the under the sports? correct heading. a : air, parachute, line, swim bungee jumping sky diving BASE jumping b BMX vert: minute, tricks, ride, rope aerial ballet cave diving canyoning c aerial ballet: dance, run, sky, airplane Parachute Rope d street luge: board, road, fast, ball e zorbing: jump, ball, street, push f : legs, water, feet, bike g hang gliding: board, , fly, jump h BASE jumping: number, rope, high, bridge 2 Tick 3 the equipment which has wheels. 6 Are these words places or people? Choose the a BMX bike c correct answer. b in-line skates c a Yosemite place / person c parachute c b Houston place / person d hang glider c c Boenisch place / person e airplane c d Harrison place / person f ice luge c e Kilimanjaro place / person g street luge c f Vicki place / person h c g Costello place / person i wakeboard c h Orlando place / person j snowboard c i Bren place / person k ice skates c j Alma place / person 3 Tick 3 the extreme sports in, on or under water. k Wendy place / person a cave diving c l Orlowski place / person b sky diving c m Auckland place / person c rock c n Nyquist place / person d street luge c o Mehgan place / person e canyoning c p Alcatraz place / person f c q Borneo place / person g zorbing c 7 Complete the sentences with the words below. h c dive equipment wheel skates race parachute i BMX bike riding c instructor j surf boarding c a My first ………… was in the Pacific Ocean and k aerial ballet c I saw some beautiful fish. 4 Tick 3 the countries which are mentioned in b On some very old bikes, the front ………… was Extreme Sports. bigger than the back wheel. a the United States c c She won the 400 meter …………, and the b France c Japanese woman came second. c Norway c d After you jump from the airplane, you have to open d Brazil c your …………! e Antarctica c e He wanted to climb the mountain with us, but he f New Zealand c didn’t have the right ………… . g c f There is an ………… at the pool, and he is giving h Austria c me swimming lessons. i Germany c g You can move fast with ………… on your feet. j Australia c k Borneo c l Britain c

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