Choose from the words below to complete each gap or leave it blank.
some words can be used more than once.
alan, the, any, a few, both, each, neither, some
maria sharapova was born in nyagan in (a) 9 - siberia in
1987. this was (b) year of the nuclear accident at
chernobyl, which was only 100 miles away from the family home. they
moved to sochi on (c) black sea to escape the radiation.
(d) years later, in 1993, tennis champion martina
navratilova saw the young sharapova playing at the moscow tennis clinic. she was six years old. "i kney
i was watching (e) 11 future star," said martina, and she recommended that maria go to
( bollettieri tennis academy in florida. maria's parents borrowed money from
(g) family and friends to pay for the trip.
in 1994 maria and her father, yuri, arrived in (h) united states with $700 in their
pockets. we travelled by bus and train to florida,' says yuri. '0) maria nor i spoke
(1) english. luckily, there was (k). woman at the academy who spoke
russian.' nick bollettieri watched seven-year-old maria play for (1)
her at once. yuri rented a small flat and took (m) job on a building site. it was
(n) - hour's walk (o) way to the academy for yuri. maria's mother couldn't
get a visa at first. she had to wait two years, separated from (p) her husband and her
daughter, before she could come to florida.
ten years after she arrived in florida, maria won the wimbledon singles title.
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