Module 8a, Spotlight 9. Reading and Vocabulary

Choose the right phrase. 1) Everyonein life, but the trick is to keep smiling. 2) He was sitting waiting for the photograph to be taken. 3) She while she was cooking. 4) may occur due to an illness or an injury. 5) The injured mountaineers shouted with joy when rescue helicopter .

Put the words into the correct box.

Match the words to make collocations.

Read the text. Choose the right words and fill in the gaps in the text. My brother James is a(n) to me. Five years ago, he was badly injured in a skiing accident. The doctors all said that it was unlikely he would ever walk again. But James didn't listen. Right from the start, far from feelingfor himself, he told me that he was going to prove them wrong. He said that he was going to keep his on nothing else but walking. Well, it's what a positive can do! It took James more than two years, but he did get out of his . The doctors all call him their 'little miracle'. I say that James proved that if you bravely refuse to , you can achieve anything!

Choose the correct word. 1) Sheher finger while was chopping vegetables. 2) If you your feet firmly into the ground at each step, you won't fall. 3) Everyone faces in the road in life, but overcoming them makes you stronger. 4) Right now he is simply another film-maker, but with hard work he could become a professional. 5) My in life is "never give up and you will succeed". 6) After Ben broke his arm he found difficult to swim, but he could still through the water.