Extreme sports - Test 2

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 4, Cambridge University Press

For questions 9–16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

People who are (0) ___ extreme sports love the idea of a challenge. For some, it's escaping the monotony of everyday life and the planning is more important than the actual sport, for example organising the event in great detail, or raising money (9) ___ charity. But adrenaline, too, plays a big part, with many saying they need a physical buzz that they can't get from normal life. (10) ___ can be a misconception to believe these people are reckless; in fact, they are often the opposite of what we assume. They try their hardest not to leave things (11) ___ chance and they don't do anything (12) ___ they're ready. There's also a lot of creativity in the things extreme-sports people do. These sports often don't have established rules; the participants have to work them out (13) ___ they go along. Crucial to this (14) ___ a sense of trust in oneself and the environment, (15) ___ something that is necessarily encouraged nowadays. After all, we're living in a time (16) ___ health and safety rules are dominant.

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