Read the text about the beginning of a young man’s sports career. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1-11). The first one (0) has been done for you.
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Even as a tiny baby, Charlie Cook loved water. However, his swimming career really began (0) the age of six,
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when he (1) to swim by his grandfather.
Grandpa Harry regularly (2) Charlie up from school
and took him to the local pool to pass the time until his parents (3) back from work.
Charlie’s grandfather had always been a keen swimmer himself, (4) even he was surprised when Charlie started expressing an interest in learning different strokes.
Long before his eighth birthday, Charlie had lost interest in splashing around in the water with the other children of his age. Instead he insisted on his grandfather timing him (5) he swam as fast as he could from one end of the pool to the other, trying his hardest to break his own records.
In a few years, Charlie was already taking (6) very successfully in competitions.
It was obvious that with the right training he had the potential to (7) a world-class swimmer.
When Charlie was twelve, he and his parents had to make a very (8) decision.
If Charlie was to achieve what he was quite clearly capable of achieving, he would have to move to the USA, where the best training opportunities (9) the world were to be found.
Charlie himself was convinced that this was the right path for him to take. His father was not really in favour of the idea as he believed Charlie’s education might suffer as a (10) .
However, his mother and grandfather were behind him all the way, and with their support Charlie managed to persuade his father that competitive swimming meant more to him than (11) else in life. Since 2017 Charlie has been training under the supervision of two of America’s top coaches and recently set a new personal best in the 200 metres free-style. We wish Charlie all the best for the 2024 Olympics.