1. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct article, if necessary. Use lowercase tags only. Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong is___amazing person. He was___ professional triathlete while he was still at__ school. During his senior high school year,___companies started to sponsor Lance for his cycling and he began winning championships. Six years, Lance discovered that he had cancer. It looked like it was__end of his career. But he recovered and in 1999, he won___Tour de France for___first time. He won__- competition again in 2000, 2001 and 2003!

2. Read more information about Lance Armstrong and put the sentences in the correct order according to the text above.

When he was 16, Lance became a professional triathlete.

In 1999, at the age of 28, he won the Tour de France. His success continued and he also won the competition in 2000, 2001 and 2003.

After two years of training, Lance could cycle again.

Lance Armstrong was born in Texas on the 18th September 1971.

Just after Lance’s 25th birthday, the world champion got some terrible news – he had cancer. No one knew if he could cycle again.

At school, Lance loved sport and he won the Iron Kids Triathlon when he was 13.

Will Lance win this year’s Tour de France?

Lance didn’t go to university after school. He stayed at home to train. in 1991, he won the USA national Amateur Championship and two years later he became World Champion.

Soon after he discovered he had cancer he formed a charity called the Lance Armstrong Foundation. After his treatment, Lance began to train again.

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