Open-water swimming - Module 6

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Expert Proficiency, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

Do you feel (0) ___ doing something different this summer? Recently set (1) ___ by one of the world's great exponents of the sport, Strel Swimming Adventures offers open-water swimming trips on the beautiful lakes region of Slovenia. Other companies offer similar trips but what sets this one (2) ___ is the fact that Strel himself is (3) ___ of a celebrity. Renowned (4) ___ a long-distance swimmer, he is passionate about preserving the world's lakes and rivers. In (5) ___ to draw attention to this issue, he swam the length of the River Danube in the year 2000. (6) ___ successful was this trip that he went on to swim other rivers: the Mississippi, the Yangtze and, in his most famous swim to (7) ___ , the Amazon. These days, Strel's main aim is to introduce others to the joys of open-water swimming. If you sign up (8) ___ one of Strel's courses, you'll find that wetsuits, swimming caps and goggles are all provided. All you need is your swimming costume!

Open-water swimming

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