Use of English

Read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap.

Slacklining is an increasingly popular activity in London's parks. All you need if you want to have a go at slacklining is a two trees about fifteen metres apart, a five-centimetre-wide strap of around the same length and the equipment to 1 _____ the strap to the trees.

The slackline is not a rope, but a flat piece of strong webbing material. The 2 _____ is to try to walk along the line without 3 _____ your balance.

The slackline is not a rope, but a flat piece of strong webbing material. The 2 _____ is to try to walk along the line without 3 _____ your balance.

As the line is usually 4 _____ about a metre or so above the ground, there is no 5

_____ risk of injury if you don’t 6 _____ to stay on the line.

As the line is usually 4 _____ about a metre or so above the ground, there is no

5_____ risk of injury if you don’t 6 _____ to stay on the line.

As the line is usually 4 _____ about a metre or so above the ground, there is no

5_____ risk of injury if you don’t 6 _____ to stay on the line.

Basically, slacklining 7 _____ quite a lot of practice, but it is something you can learn to do. 

At first, most people like to 8 _____ on to a friend's hand until get used to the feeling of the moving line under their feet.