1.Read the text.
Sky-diver
Clem Quinn was always interested in flying. When he was five, he tried
to fly by jumping off the garden shed with a golf umbrella. But when he grew up
he didn't become a pilot, he became a taxi driver. Then 20 years ago he did a
parachute jump and loved it. He decided that being a taxi driver in London was
a lot more dangerous than jumping out of a plane, so he moved to the country to
learn parachute jumping and sky-diving. He is now a full-time teacher of
sky-diving. He says: "I love sky-diving because the world looks so good —
blue sky, green fields, white clouds. You float through the air, it's like
floating in water. You can see forever, all the way to the French coast. The
views are fantastic. You can forget all your worries. People think it is
dangerous but it's very safe. Football is much more dangerous. Footballers
often have accidents. When did you last hear of a sky-diving accident? Next
July I'm going to do a sky-dive with 100 people from six planes. That's a
record. I'm never going to retire. I'm going to jump out of planes until I'm an
old man." 2. Answer the questions:
1.
How old was Clem when he
first tried to fly?
2.
What did he do when he
grew up?
3.
Where did he move to
learn sky-diving?
4.
What issky-diving like?
5.
What is more dangerous
than sky-diving?
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